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Texas Attorney General Examines Apple E-Book Pricing

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 7 - 13, 2010 Edition Texas Attorney General Examines Apple E-Book Pricing AUTHORLINK NEWS/June 8, 2010—Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is looking into the electronic book market’s selling and pricing policies, with Apple Inc. among its main...

Disney Names New Publisher

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 7 - 13, 2010 Edition Disney Names New Publisher NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/June 8, 2010—Disney Publishing Worldwide has named Suzanne Murphy as vice president and publisher. Murphy formerly served as vice president and group publisher of...

BN Year-End Earnings Report Due

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 7 - 13, 2010 Edition BN Year-End Earnings Report Due NEW YORK/AUTHORLINK NEWS/ June 08, 2010—Barnes & Noble, Inc. investors will get a close-up look at the company’s financial results and long-term business strategies and outlook in a...

Simon & Schuster Names Karp Executive VP, Publisher

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 31 - June 6, 2010 Edition Simon & Schuster Names Karp Executive VP, Publisher NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/June 3, 2010—Jonathan Karp has been named Executive Vice President and Publisher of the Simon & Schuster trade imprint, effective June...

E-Books Show Signs of Impinging on Print Sales

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 31 - June 6, 2010 Edition E-Books Show Signs of Impinging on Print Sales NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/June 1, 2010—The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has released the results of a nine-month study of consumer attitudes toward e-book reading....

BN Launches eReader App for iPad

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 31 - June 6, 2010 Edition BN Launches eReader App for iPad New York, New York/AUTHORLINK NEWS/June 1, 2010—Barnes & Noble, Inc.— just before the Memorial Day holiday weekend—launched its free BN eReader app for iPad(TM), touting the app as...

Borders Losses Deepen, New Financing to Take Hold

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 24 - May 30, 2010 Edition Borders Losses Deepen, New Financing to Take Hold ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 27, 2010—Borders Group, Inc. today reported continuing losses for its first quarter ended May 1, 2010. Operating loss in the first quarter was...

Amazon and Penguin Reveal Finalists for Novel Award

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 24 - May 30, 2010 Edition Amazon and Penguin Reveal Finalists for Novel Award SEATTLE, NEW YORK/AUTHORLINK NEWS/ May 25, 2010--Six finalists have been selected from among thousands of qualified writers in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award...

Barbara Streisand Among Penguin Headliners at Book Expo

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 24 - May 30, 2010 Edition Barbara Streisand Among Penguin Headliners at Book Expo New York, New York/Authorlink News/May 25, 2010--David Shanks, CEO, Penguin Group (USA), Barbra Streisand, the legendary actress, singer and director, and William...

Whidbey Island Mini-Conference Has All-Star Agent Lineup

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 24 - May 30, 2010 Edition Whidbey Island Mini-Conference Has All-Star Agent Lineup Whidbey Island/Authorlink News/ May 24, 2010--The Whidbey Island Writers Association Mini-Conference may be only one day, but what a power-packed day it will be....