MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 27 - Sept 3, 2009 Edition Fanball Acquires F+W Media Sports Units CINCINNATI, OH (AUTHORLINK NEWS, August 25, 2009)--Fantasy sports network Fanball is acquiring several of F+ W Publications’ athletics related online and offline properties....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 27 - Sept 3, 2009 Edition Investors Back Jane Friedman’s New Company NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, August 25, 2009)—Jane Friedman, the former CEO of HarperCollins Worldwide, has received $3 million in funding for her new company OpenRoad...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 27 - Sept 3, 2009 Edition BN to Reissue Out of Print Titles New York, NY - August 27, 2009 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. last week launched Barnes & Noble Rediscovers, a new publishing program that will return to print important and noteworthy books...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 27 - Sept 3, 2009 Edition Borders Q2 Sales Fall Sharply, Debts Slashed ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AUTHORLINK NEWS, August 25, 2009—Borders Group today reported a 17.7% drop in sales for the second quarter ended August 1, 2009, compared to the same...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 27 - Sept 3, 2009 Edition Opposition to Google Settlement Heats Up Three technology heavy-weights and several library associations have joined a coalition to challenge Google, Inc.’s settlement with authors and publishers, according to The Wall...

NEW YORK,NY(AUTHORLINK NEWS, August 20, 2009) - Barnes & Noble, Inc. today reported a 5% decrease in total sales to $1.2 billion for the second quarter ended August 1, 2009, compared to the prior year. Store sales decreased 5% to $1.0 billion, with comparable store...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 20 - 27, 2009 Edition Random House Names Executive VP NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLIK NEWS, August 17, 2009)--Andy Ward, executive editor of GQ Magazine, has been named vice president, executive editor of the Random House imprint of the Random House...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 20 - 27, 2009 Edition S&S Launches World Campaign for Philippa Gregory Novel NEW YORK, August 17—In advance of the August 18th global publication of Philippa Gregory’s THE WHITE QUEEN by Touchstone in the US and Simon & Schuster’s publishing...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 20 - 27, 2009 Edition BN College Acquisition Deal Rankles Investors NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, August 17, 2009)-- The world-leading financial services company, Credit Suisse Group, downgraded Barnes & Noble stocks last Friday after the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 20 - 27, 2009 Edition Writers Union Opposes Google Settlement CHICAGO, IL (August 18, 2009)--The National Writers Union, following a recent delegate meeting in Chicago, announced the organization opposes the Google Book settlement, calling it...