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Provides information on all the exhibitors of the BookExpo America which will be held in April 2002 in New York.

Features the Full Cast Audio, an audio book publisher owned by children's book author Bruce Coville, based in Syracuse, New York. Responsibilities shared with Dan Bostick, the company's managing director; Reasons for choosing Syracuse as the company's base location; Book list which will debut in spring and summer 2002.

Reports on iPods filled with a selection of best-selling audiobooks to be offered to guests by the Algonquin Hotel in New York starting May 2005. Examples of the audiobooks stored in the iPods; Reason for launching the service; Benefits offered by the hotel to writers.

Highlights the audiobook events in New York City sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association held at the Park Central Hotel. Audiobooks Rights Conference held on February 19, 2003; Audiobook Job Market on February 20, 2003.

Deals with the renovation and reconstruction of the American Girl Place retail/entertainment complex in New York City in March 2003. Background on the retail and entertainment complex; Improvements to the complex's facilities.

Announces that Holtzbrinck Publishers will move its audio division Audio Renaissance to New York City from the Los Angeles, California location in November 2002. Number of audiobooks produced by the division per year; Trade publishers of Holtzbrinck.

Highlights the annual Auddie Awards hosted by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) in the Delegates Dining Room in New York City on May 3, 2002. Comments from Eileen Hutton, APA president; Recipients of the awards.

Presents updates related to audiobooks in the United States as of November 5, 2001. Selection of A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, a bookstore in San Francisco, California, as the winner of the Audiobook Month 2001 Promotion Contest; Sponsorship to be taken by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) on the 2002 Audiobook Rights Conference which will be held in New York City; Audiobook authors being sought by APA and Book Expo America for a book convention in New York City.

Features Eloise the cow, the only children's book character on display in an art exhibition held by CowParade Worldwide Inc. at the Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan, New York. Background on the development of cow sculpture illustrated by Hilary Knight; Expectation of the cow's sponsor, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing from the event.

Discusses why New York City Mayor David Dinkins' recent proposal to extend the city's public library hours has cast a dim ray of hope upon the city's ailing book-lending institutions. Consequences if Dinkins' proposal is approved by the City Council; All 205 branches of New York City's three public library systems will have extended hours; Fundraising projects being undertaken.

Reports on the Brooklyn Public Library's new funding which includes a $400,000 grant for its fiscal year 1998 to go towards an audiobook collection in each of its 58 branches. Other community projects the library is involved with; Recommendations from the Young Adult Library Services Association regarding audiobooks for teens.

Discusses efforts to remove the stuffed animals that make up the Winnie-the-Pooh original collection from the New York Public Library and return them to Great Britain. Efforts of British Parliament member Gwyneth Dunwoody to have the toys sent to their homeland; Concerns of Karen Lotz, publisher of Dutton Books For Children; Use of the toys for the book series by A.A. Milne; History of the toys.

Reports on the celebration of book character Winnie-the-Pooh's 70th birthday. Opening of hands-on exhibition `The World of Pooh' at the Children's Museum in Manhattan, New York City; Pooh artifacts displayed at the `70 Years of Winnie the Pooh' gallery; Debut of `Take My Hand: Songs From the 100 Acre Wood' music album.

Reports on New York, New York-based Metropolitan Museum of Art's release of the children's activity kit `Fun With Beads: Ancient Egypt,' distributed to the trade by Viking Children's Books. Comments from Museum manager Robie Rogge; Kit contents; Obstacles in developing the kit; Factors for publication delays.