MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 18 - 25, 2010 Edition Bowker Buys Publishing Research Firm, BML NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ/Authorlink News/ February 18 --Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information management solutions, earlier this month expanded its ability to...
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Burkle Interest in Barnes & Noble Boosts Stock Position
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 18 - 25, 2010 Edition Burkle Interest in Barnes & Noble Boosts Stock Position NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/February 18, 2010--Goldman Sachs this week gave a small vote of confidence to Barnes & Noble stocks, announcing that it has...
Google Defends Book Settlement Against DOJ Concerns
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 18 - 25, 2010 Edition Google Defends Book Settlement Against DOJ Concerns MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA/AUTHORLINK NEWS/February 18, 2010—California-based Google Inc. filed a motion last Friday urging a federal judge to accept a $125 million...
Justice Department Urges Restructuring of Google Settlement
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 11 - February 18, 2010 Edition Justice Department Urges Restructuring of Google Settlement WASHINGTON/AUTHORLINK NEWS/02/11/10--The U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a 26-page legal brief filed last week that many of the initially...
Pre-Event Survey to Explore Book Industry Digital Transformation
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 11 - February 18, 2010 Edition Pre-Event Survey to Explore Book Industry Digital Transformation NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/02/11/10--A new Book Industry Study Group (BISG) survey, opened this week, explores the ways in which new...
Education Secretary to Keynote AAP Annual Meeting
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 11 - February 18, 2010 Edition Education Secretary to Keynote AAP Annual Meeting WASHINGTON,DC/Authorlink News/02/11/10--Arne Duncan, the Obama Administration's popular Secretary of Education, will be the keynote luncheon speaker at...
London Book Fair Begins April 19
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 11 - February 18, 2010 Edition London Book Fair Begins April 19 The London Book Fair, global marketplace or rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels, is scheduled in...
Wattpad User Report Shows Rapid E-Book Growth in Fourth Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 11 - February 18, 2010 Edition Wattpad User Report Shows Rapid E-Book Growth in Fourth Quarter TORONTO, CANADA/AUTHORINK NEWS/02/11/10--E-book consumption grew in excess of 50% in the fourth quarter of 2009, and Mobile consumption grew...
Bertelsmann Offers to Buy Back Profit Participation Certificates
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 4 - February 11, 2010 Edition Bertelsmann Offers to Buy Back Profit Participation Certificates GUTERSLOH, GERMANY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/02/04/10--Bertelsmann AG, the international media company which also owns Random House in the USA, is...
Authors Guild Backs Macmillan in Amazon Fray
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 4 - February 11, 2010 Edition Authors Guild Backs Macmillan in Amazon Fray NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/02/03/10--The Authors Guild, advocacy group for writers, is lending its support to Macmillan Publishers in its fight with Amazon over...
