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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Banned Book Week Highlights Freedom to Read
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,...
Government Urges Court to Reject Google Settlement
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...
Barnes & Noble Achieves Major Digital Milestones
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...
