MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 17 - December 24, 2009 Edition Al Pacino Buys Rights to Philip Roth Novel HOLLYWOOD, CA/AUTHORLINK NEWS/12/16/09--Al Pacino has purchased movie rights to Philip Roth's The Humbling, about a washed up, aging stage actor who finds hope...
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Amendments to Google Settlement Posted Online
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 17 - December 24, 2009 Edition Amendments to Google Settlement Posted Online MOUNTAINVIEW, CA/DALLAS/AUTHORLINK NEWS/12/16/09--Google has posted amendments on its website for the Book Search Settlement case after a U.S. District Court...
Publishers Delay e-Books to Curb Price Wars
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 17 - December 24, 2009 Edition Publishers Delay e-Books to Curb Price Wars NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/12/17/09Several major publishers, including Simon & Schuster and Hachette, are delaying e-book releases of their book titles to combat...
More Publishers Join Scribd eBook Store
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 17 - December 24, 2009 Edition More Publishers Join Scribd eBook Store WASHINGTON, DC/AUTHORLINK NEWS/12/16/09--Several major publishers save signed up at Scribd to sell their e-books in the Scribd Store, according to The Washington Post....
Sesame Street Goes Digital for 40th Birthday
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 10 - 17, 2009 Edition Sesame Street Goes Digital for 40th Birthday DALLAS, TX/AUTHORLINK NEWS/DECEMBER 9, 2009-- Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization that produces Sesame Street, yesterday announced the launch of its first eBook...
Amazon and Penguin Announce Breakthrough Novel Competition
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 10 - 17, 2009 Edition Amazon and Penguin Announce Breakthrough Novel Competition SEATTLE, NEW YORK/AUTHORLINK NEWS/ December 9, 2009--Amazon.com and Penguin Group (USA) today announced the third annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. The...
Library Groups Point to Flaws in Revised Google Book Settlement
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 10 - December 17, 2009 Edition Library Groups Point to Flaws in Revised Google Book Settlement CHICAGO, IL/AUTHORLINK NEWS/December 9, 2009-- The American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and ALAs Association of...
Mystery Writers Reject Harlequin Over Self-Publishing Move
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 10 - December 17, 2009 Edition Mystery Writers Reject Harlequin Over Self-Publishing Move NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/December 9, 2009Despite Harlequin Publisher Donna Hayes letter to the Mystery Writers of America, the MWA voted...
Meier Leaving Santa Barbara Writers Conference
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 10 - December 17, 2009 Edition Meier Leaving Santa Barbara Writers Conference SANTA BARBARA, CA/AUTHORLINK NEWS/December 10, 2009--Marcia Meier, the longtime owner and director of Santa Barbara Writers Conference (SBWC) is stepping down...
2010 New York Book Festival Calls for Entries
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 10 - December 17, 2009 Edition 2010 New York Book Festival Calls for Entries NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/December 10, 2009--The 2010 New York Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual celebration of books worthy of further...
