MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15 - October 22, 2009 Edition Amazon Offers New Kindle Wireless SEATTLE, WA/AUTHORLINK NEWS/10/15/09--Amazon this week announced a new wireless feature for its Kindle reader which will allow users to receive books, newspapers, and magazines...
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Grove Atlantic to Sell Shares in Atlantic Books
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15 - October 22, 2009 Edition Grove Atlantic to Sell Shares in Atlantic Books NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/10/14/09--Grove/ Atlantic, Inc., (GAI) New York-based independent publishing house, is selling a portion of its UK-based subsidiary,...
Lawyers to File Amendments in Google Case
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 8 - October 15, 2009 Edition Lawyers to File Amendments in Google Case NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink News, October 8, 2009)Lawyers for the Association of American Publishers and Authors Guild will file an amended agreement in the Google...
Bowker and AAP To Host Webinar on Consumer Book Buying
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...
Borders to Offer Free Wi-Fi Via Verizon
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...
Headline CEO Departs After Short Stint
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...
S&S Introduces Vook: Innovative Way to Read
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...
New Gallery Books Unites Two Big S&S Imprints
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...
AAP to Increase Publisher Presence on Capitol Hill
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...
Book Publishing Sales Post Gains in July
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...
