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Barnes & Noble Proxy Fight Looms, Store Closings Possible

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 15 - Aug 22, 2010 Edition Barnes & Noble Proxy Fight Looms, Store Closings Possible NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 16, 2010--Billionaire Ron Burkle’s has begin mounting a proxy fight for control over Barnes & Noble bookstore chain after...

Barnes & Noble Breaks Off Talks with Yucaipa

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 9 - Aug 15, 2010 Edition Barnes & Noble Breaks Off Talks with Yucaipa NEW YORK,NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 12, 2010--Barnes & Noble today broke off its talks with Yucaipa Companies indicating a proxy fight for control of the bookseller lies...

Putnam to Release New Patricia Cornwell Novel This Fall

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 9 - Aug 15, 2010 Edition Putnam to Release New Patricia Cornwell Novel This Fall NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 12, 2010--Patricia Cornwell, the world’s #1 bestselling crime writer, has agreed to write two new novels featuring her beloved...

Margaret Atwood, Ursula Le Guin to Lecture

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 9- Aug 15, 2010 Edition Margaret Atwood, Ursula Le Guin to Lecture Celebrated authors Margaret Atwood and Ursula K. Le Guin will headline the 2010-2011 Portland Arts & Lectures series September 23, 2010. The award-winning authors will discuss...

Speculators Say Amazon a Likely Barnes and Noble Buyer

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 9- Aug 15, 2010 Edition Speculators Say Amazon a Likely Barnes and Noble Buyer NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 9, 2010--Amazon.com may be the likely buyer for Barnes & Noble which went on the block last week, according to speculation by The...

Pat Conroy to Announce Book Award Finalists

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 9- Aug 15, 2010 Edition Pat Conroy to Announce Book Award Finalists NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 10, 2 010—Acclaimed author Pat Conroy will make the announcement for this year’s National Book Award finalists. The short list for fiction,...

Barnes and Noble to Unveil Textbook Rental Program

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 9- Aug 15, 2010 Edition Barnes and Noble to Unveil Textbook Rental Program New York, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 9, 2010--Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, owned by Barnes & Noble, Inc. has expanded its multi-channel textbook rental program to...

Barnes and Noble Sale Draws Lackluster Interest

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 1 - Aug 8, 2010 Edition Barnes and Noble Sale Draws Lackluster Interest NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 4, 20100--Barnes & Noble’s announcement this week that it would put the company up for sale has drawn little attention from potential...

Two Attorneys General Review Apple, Amazon Pricing

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 1 - Aug 8, 2010 Edition Two Attorneys General Review Apple, Amazon Pricing Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal became the second Attorney General to look into pricing policies of Amazon.com and Apple, saying he is concerned the...

HarperCollins Acquires Justin Bieber Memoir

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 1 - Aug 8, 2010 Edition HarperCollins Acquires Justin Bieber Memoir NEW YORK/LONDON/AUTHORLINK VIA PRNewswire/August 2, 2010--HarperCollins announced today the acquisition of the official illustrated memoir from multi-platinum selling superstar...