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...
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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 010Acclaimed author Pat Conroy will make the announcement for this years 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 & Nobles 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...
Barnes And Noble Counters Suit on Nook Patent Violations
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 1 - Aug 8, 2010 Edition Barnes And Noble Counters Suit on Nook Patent Violations NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 2, 2010--Barnes & Noble moved this week to counter claims that the company has violated Xerox Corp. and Alcatel-Lucent SA...
Random House Makes Key Editorial Staff Changes
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 26 - Aug 1, 2010 Edition Random House Makes Key Editorial Staff Changes NEW YORK, NY/July 27, 2010--Susan Mail, Random House senior vice president and editor-in-chief has been named to the additional position of Publisher of the Random House...
Janet Evanovich Joins Random House, 4 New Titles Due
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 26 - Aug 1, 2010 Edition Janet Evanovich Joins Random House, 4 New Titles Due (NEWYORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 26, 2010--Janet Evanovich, one of the world's biggest-selling and fastest-growing novelists in both print and digital formats, will...
Booksellers Oppose Law to Restrict Free Speech on Web
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 26 - Aug 1, 2010 Edition Booksellers Oppose Law to Restrict Free Speech on Web AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 26, 2010--A coalition of booksellers and first amendment supporters is trying to block a new Massachusetts law that aims to protect kids from...
