MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 24 - October 1, 2009 Edition Banned Book Week Highlights Freedom to Read NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, September 24, 2009)--Banned Books Week (BBW): Celebrating the Freedom to Read will be observed during the last week of September,...
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Public Asked to Vote on Book Awards
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 24 - October 1, 2009 Edition Public Asked to Vote on Book Awards Organizers of the National Book Awards are asking the public to choose the best fiction book in the awards 60-year history. Chosen by 140 writers from across the country,...
Ballantine Acquires South Carolina First Ladys Memoir
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 24 - October 1, 2009 Edition Ballantine Acquires South Carolina First Ladys Memoir NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, September 22, 2009)-- Ballantine Books has acquired at auction the inspirational memoir of South Carolina first lady Jenny...
Backlash on Google Settlement Deepens
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 17 - September 24, 2009 Edition Backlash on Google Settlement Deepens Mountain View, CA (Authorlink News, September 14, 2009)Google Incs announcement late last week that it will sell access to millions of out-of-print books to third...
Hachette Livre, Lightning Source Team Up on POD
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 17 - September 24, 2009 Edition Hachette Livre, Lightning Source Team Up on POD PARIS (Authorlink News, September 15, 2009)--Hachette Livre of France, the worlds second largest publisher of trade books, and Lightning Source Inc., an...
Bookstore Sales Drop Less Than Other Retailers
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 17 - September 24, 2009 Edition Bookstore Sales Drop Less Than Other Retailers WASHINGTON, D.C (Authorlink News, September 16, 2009)--Bookstore sales for the month of July 2009 fell 0.5% compared to the same period a year ago to...
B&N Offers eReader for iPhone/iPod touch
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 17 - September 24, 2009 Edition B&N Offers eReader for iPhone/iPod touch Among a number of new initiatives at Barnes & Noble is the ability for consumers to automatically download and read their latest Barnes & Noble eBook purchases and...
LIBERTY & TYRANNY Hits One Million Copies Sold
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 17 - September 24, 2009 Edition LIBERTY & TYRANNY Hits One Million Copies Sold New York, NY (Authorlink News, September 16, 2009) Louise Burke, Threshold Editions Executive Vice President and Publisher at Pocket Books, announced today...
Borders Names New VP of Merchandising
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 17 - September 24, 2009 Edition Borders Names New VP of Merchandising ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Authorlink News, Sept. 15, 2009) Michael J. Edwards, a 26-year retail veteran, has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising...
William Saroyan Prize Calls for Entries
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 17 - September 24, 2009 Edition William Saroyan Prize Calls for Entries (Authorlink News, September 17, 2009)--Stanford University Libraries, in partnership with the William Saroyan Foundation, announced has launched the fourth William...
