MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 10 - September 17, 2009 Edition Weinstein Books Remains Afloat NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/09/10/09--Weinstein Books, rumored to possibly close under financial strains, does not have plans to shut down, according to publisher Judy...
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Publishers Rely on Big Guns in Tough Times
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 10 - September 17, 2009 Edition Publishers Rely on Big Guns in Tough Times NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/09/10/09--Struggling against a tough economy, publishers are turning to more safe bets in their fall lineup of books. The list this...
McGraw-Hill Launches All-Digital Learning Platform
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 10 - September 17, 2009 Edition McGraw-Hill Launches All-Digital Learning Platform NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/09/08/09--Harold McGraw III, chairman, president and chief executive officer of The McGraw-Hill Companies today opened the...
More Libraries Seek Changes in Google Settlement
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 3 - September 10, 2009 Edition More Libraries Seek Changes in Google Settlement NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/09/01/09--The Urban Libraries Council (ULC), a group of medium and large public libraries, has joined other entities who are...
Lagardere Publishing Profits Soar
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 3 - September 10, 2009 Edition Lagardere Publishing Profits Soar PARIS/AUTHORLINK NEWS/09/01/09--Lagardere, parent company to Hachette Book Group in the USA, reported on August 27 a 61.1% increase in profits to 112 million euros. The...
Random House Revenues Dip in First Half
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 3 - September 10, 2009 Edition Random House Revenues Dip in First Half Gütersloh/Authorlink News/08/31/09— Random House, the world’s largest trade book publishing group owned by German-based Bertelsmann, registered a...
Sony Unveils Third eBook Reader, and Library Finder
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 3 - September 10, 2009 Edition Sony Unveils Third eBook Reader, and Library Finder NEW YORK/09/01/09--Sony last week announced the third member of its new Reader family – the Reader Daily Edition™, a highly-anticipated...
BBC Audiobooks Rumored for Sale
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 3 - September 10, 2009 Edition BBC Audiobooks Rumored for Sale NEW YORK, NY/09/02/09--The commercial arm of the BBC is seeking to sell a majority share of UK-based BBC Audiobooks, according to Publishers Weekly. The BBC Audiobooks America...
Newspaper Cuts May Impact Younger Reporters
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 3 - September 10, 2009 Edition Newspaper Cuts May Impact Younger Reporters SAN FRANCISCO/Authorlink News/09/02/09--Financially stretched newspapers are losing many of their youngest reporters, editors and photographers at a time when...
Opposition to Google Settlement Heats Up
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...
