Publishers are betting that the reading public, exhausted by four
years of terrorism, war , and polarizing presidential elections, will
be more than ready for the kind of escapist and self -help fare that
seemed trivial and inappropriate in the wake of a national tragedy.

Novels published by the large trade houses averaged 359 pages
in 2004, a growth of 24 pages since 1995, and 43 pages since
1990.
Baker joins an esteemed class of inductees that also includes
Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist; Nobel Prize-winning
physicist Eric Cornell; journalist Tom Brokaw; playwright Tony
Kushner; architect and sculptor Maya Lin; Google co-founders Sergey
Brin and Larry Page; Steven Squyres, leader of NASA's Rover program
for the exploration of Mars; and pianist and conductor Daniel
Barenboim, elected as a Foreign Honorary Member.

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Baker has been head of Educational Broadcasting Corporation since
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relevance of public television programming at the local, national and
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Founded in 1780 by John Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock and
other scholar-patriots, the American Academy of Arts + Sciences has
elected as Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members the finest minds and
most influential leaders from each generation, starting with George
Washington and Benjamin Franklin in the 18th century.
"Throughout its 225-year history, the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences has brought together people from diverse fields to examine
and confront critical challenges facing our society," said Baker. He
oversaw the station's transition to digital broadcasting and its
historic merger with WLIW21, as well as the launch of several new
digital channels. Both stations are major producers of programming for
the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS ) seen on public television
stations across the country.

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U.S. Book Production Reaches New High of 195 000 Titles in 2004; Fiction Soars

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NEW PROVIDENCE, N.4%, to 24,159 , their largest increase since 2001.3% to 14,484,
reversing a 4. "The historic
increase in fiction , and the high double-digit growth of the religion,
personal development, domestic arts, and travel categories, point to a
seismic shift in the marketplace from the political to the personal."

Other interesting statistics from Bowker include the following:

11,458 new publishers registered with the U.com, on
CD-ROM, in hardbound print format and as licensed data feeds.

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Adult fiction now accounts for 14% of all titles published
in the U.6% to
21,516, a new high for that category.

Among adult non-fiction
categories, religion, travel and home economics enjoyed the largest
increases , while education, history, science and biography suffered
the steepest declines.
Additional information , including charts to download, can be found
at: http://www.com/bookwire/decadebookproduction.com /bookwire/university.R.

Baker's career spans four decades. Magazine program and
introduced Oprah Winfrey as a talk show host.

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title output in 2004 increased by 14% to 195,000 new titles
and editions, reaching another all-time high.
University presses increased their title output 12. The average list price for juvenile hardcovers increased 26
cents to $16.S.

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In 2004 Baker was inducted into the Broadcasting + Cable Hall of
Fame, which honors pioneers and innovators in the field and those who
have made significant contributions to the electronic arts.,
Intrepid Sea, Air + Space Museum, Consumers Union, and Leitch
Technology Corporation, and is on the Advisory Board of the National
Park System.

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leading provider of bibliographic information in North America, today
released statistics on U. Since 1995, new titles have
increased 72% for all U.6 million U. The company's flagship product, Books In
Print(R), is available on the Internet at www. Baker,
chief executive of Educational Broadcasting Corporation, licensee of
Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21 New York , has been elected a fellow of the
American Academy of Arts + Sciences. The 225th class of fellows , which
will be inducted at the Academy's annual ceremony on October 8th in
Cambridge, Massachusetts , is made up of scholars, scientists, artists,
and civic and corporate leaders. Current Academy research focuses on
science and global security, social policy, the humanities and
culture, and education .

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The catalyst for growth in 2004 was adult fiction, which reversed
a three-year plateau and increased a staggering 43. publishers as a whole.

Entertainment Editors/TV Writers

NEW YORK----Dr .
Baker is also a lecturer and the author of Down The Tube: An
Insider's Account of the Failure of American Television (Basic Books,
1998) and Lighthouse Island: Our Family Escape (Ruder Finn Press ,
2004).

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New juvenile titles continued to rise in 2004, increasing 6.bookwire. ISBN Agency in
2004, an increase of 5. Other
products and services may be trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective companies. He established the station's Educational Resources Center,
which has become America's most prolific teacher trainer in multimedia
techniques, and helped stabilize the finances of the station by
instituting the largest endowment in public television history.

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Books In Print is the only bibliographic database with more than
5. Books In Print was designated by Barnes + Noble, Inc. "I
am honored to have been elected a fellow and recognized for a career
that has been concerned with the responsibilities of broadcasting,
particularly over the public airwaves.

Educational Broadcasting Corporation, headquartered in New York
City , is the parent company of public broadcasters Thirteen/WNET and
WLIW21 New York.

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book, audiobook , and video titles., the
nation's largest bookseller, as the database of record for its stores
and web site. Today, as an
independent policy research center, the Academy undertakes studies of
complex and emerging problems. Prior to assuming his position
at Educational Broadcasting Corporation, he was president of
Westinghouse Television and chairman of the cable and programming
companies.

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In 2004, the average suggested retail price for adult hardcovers
released by the largest trade houses decreased 10 cents to $27.08; and adult non-fiction
hardcovers decreased 29 cents to $28.html
"2004 marked a return to pre-9/11 patterns of publishing," said
Andrew Grabois, senior director of publisher relations and content
development for New Providence, N.

4,040 books were translated into English from another
language, a decrease of 8.bowker. Bowker LLC. During his tenure Thirteen/WNET has grown and prospered,
creating new program standards such as Charlie Rose, Wide Angle,
Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly, and the children's math mystery series
Cyberchase.

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Print(R) database.
The number of new titles released by the largest trade houses
increased 5.09.
Books In Print data represents input from 81,000 publishers in the
U. Summary statistics for U. Thirteen is America's most-watched public television
station and WLIW21 has the fourth-largest public television audience
in the nation.

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1%, to 25,184 new
titles and editions, the highest total ever recorded for that
category.16; and adult mass-market paperbacks increased 14 cents
to $7.S. The data is sent to Bowker in electronic files, and via
BowkerLink (TM), Bowker's password protected Web-based tool, which
enables publishers to update and add their own data. He has
been honored by the National Academy of Television Arts + Sciences
with its national Trustee's Emmy Award and Silver Circle Award, and
has won six Emmys as a television producer. He serves on the boards of the Public
Broadcasting Service, Rodale Press, Freedom Communications, Inc . In addition to its well-known analog
channels, EBC is the provider of a number of digital public television
services, including Thirteen HD, Thirteen World, Kids Thirteen, WLIW
Create, Thirteen On Demand, and Thirteen/PBS Kids On Demand.

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S. The large trade houses published significantly
more business, juvenile, law, sociology, and travel titles, and
significantly fewer religion, poetry, and literary fiction titles.S.49.com/bookwire/trade.-based Bowker.

The book production figures in this preliminary release are based
on year-to-date data from U.
Founded in 1872, Bowker is North America's leading provider of
bibliographic information, and is also the official agency for
assigning ISBNs in the United States.bookwire.

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that U., the highest proportion since 1961. New poetry and drama
titles increased 40.
Meanwhile , university presses enjoyed increases in almost all
categories, with only philosophy and psychology experiencing
significant declines. Adult trade paperbacks
increased 11 cents to $15. Baker has also won two
Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards in Television and Radio Journalism -
the broadcast equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize - as well as a Gabriel
Award, and many others.

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Books In Print is a registered trademark of R. During his 10 years at Westinghouse, five cable networks
were launched, including Discovery Channel and the Disney Channel.

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adult fiction titles published by the large houses increased a modest
3.5%, a fraction of the increase seen from U.S. publishers. It is widely
regarded throughout the publishing industry as the most authoritative
and comprehensive source of bibliographic data available worldwide,
and has been a trusted source of data in North America for over 50
years . Book
Production is available on Bookwire, Bowker's portal to the book
trade, at www.

Dr. William F. Baker Chief Executive of Educational Broadcasting Corporation is Elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts + Sciences; Baker Heads Publ