MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 8 - October 15, 2009 Edition Bowker and AAP To Host Webinar on Consumer Book Buying NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ/AUTHORLINK NEWS/10/08/09--Who is today's book consumer, where are they shopping, and how successful are we at reaching them will be the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 8 - October 15, 2009 Edition Borders to Offer Free Wi-Fi Via Verizon ANN ARBOR, MI/Authorlink News/10/06/09--Borders Group last week signed an agreement with Verizon to provide free Wi-Fi service in virtually all of its more than 500...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 8 - October 15, 2009 Edition Headline CEO Departs After Short Stint LONDON/AUTHORLINK NEWS/10/06/09--Kate Wilson, chief executive officer at Headline publishing in the UK, has left the company by "mutual agreement" after only five months in...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 8 - October 15, 2009 Edition S&S Introduces Vook: Innovative Way to Read NEW YORK, NY and EMERYVILLE, CA/Authorlink News/10/05/09--Simon & Schuster last week introduced vook, an innovative new way to read. The vook blends text and video...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 8 - October 15, 2009 Edition New Gallery Books Unites Two Big S&S Imprints NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/10/08/09--Simon & Schuster last week joined together its Pocket Books hardcover and trade paperback lines with Simon Spotlight...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 8 - October 15, 2009 Edition AAP to Increase Publisher Presence on Capitol Hill WASHINGTON, DC/Authorlink News/10/05/09-- In an effort to maximize the opportunity for publishers to press their case with Members of Congress on a range of...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 24 - October 1, 2009 Edition Book Publishing Sales Post Gains in July New York, NY (Authorlink News, September 23, 2009)— Book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of July increased by 2.0 percent at...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 24 - October 1, 2009 Edition Thousands to Attend Frankfurt Book Fair Frankfurt, Germany (Authorlink News, September 24, 2009)--The Frankfurt Book Fair, one of the largest trade shows in the world, is scheduled to take place October 14-18...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 24 - October 1, 2009 Edition Barnes & Noble Achieves Major Digital Milestones New York, NY (Authorlink News, September 21, 2009)--Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, has announced that downloads...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 24 - October 1, 2009 Edition Government Urges Court to Reject Google Settlement WASHINGTON, D.C. (Authorlink News, September 21, 2009)--The Department of Justice today advised the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York...