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...
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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...
Penguin Reports Record Sales, Profits for First Half of 2010
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 26 - Aug 1, 2010 Edition Penguin Reports Record Sales, Profits for First Half of 2010 New York, New York/AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 26, 2010--Penguin Group, the international publishing company, today reported a 9% sales increase for the second half...
Amazon Says e-Books Now Outsell Print
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 19 - July 25, 2010 Edition Amazon Says e-Books Now Outsell Print SEATTLE, WA/AUTHORLINK NEWS/July20, 2010Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos said in a statement yesterday that e-book sales have outsold printed books for the past three months, and that...
Publishers Cheer Senate Libel Tourism Bill
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 19 - July 25, 2010 Edition Publishers Cheer Senate Libel Tourism Bill Washington, DC /AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 20, 2010-- The Association of American Publishers (AAP) yesterday cheered Senate passage of bi-partisan legislation that will protect...
BN Android App Coming Soon
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 19 - July 25, 2010 Edition BN Android App Coming Soon AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 19, 2010--Barnes & Noble will soon release an app for Googles Android software platform, according to the blog Andronica. Following Amazon and Borders lead in...
