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...
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Book Industry Trends 2009 Shows More Declines
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 20 - 27, 2009 Edition Book Industry Trends 2009 Shows More Declines NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, August 18, 2009)Book industry growth slowed significantly, to 1.0 percent in 2008, according to the newly-released Book Industry Trends 2009....
Journalists and Authors Oppose Google Settlement
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 20 - 27, 2009 Edition Journalists and Authors Oppose Google Settlement NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, August 17, 2009)--The board of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), nonfiction freelance writers, has voted to oppose the...
Book Publishing Sales Post Gains in June
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 13 - 20, 2009 Edition Book Publishing Sales Post Gains in June NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink News, August 12, 2009)--: Book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of June increased by 21.5 percent at $942.6...
UCLA Slates Extension Writers Faire
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 13 - August 20, 2009 Edition UCLA Slates Extension Writers Faire LOS ANGELES, CA/Authorlink News/08/13/09--The Los Angeles literary community comes together at the UCLA Extension Writers' Program's annual Writers Faire on Sunday, August 30....
Borders Board Replaces Five Directors
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 13 - August 20, 2009 Edition Borders Board Replaces Five Directors ANN ARBOR,MI/Authorlink News/08/13/09--Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) Tuesday announced plans to elect five new Board members at the company's September 17 Board meeting....
HarperCollins Fourth Quarter and Full Year Decline
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 13 - August 20, 2009 Edition HarperCollins Fourth Quarter and Full Year Decline HarperCollins reported fourth quarter adjusted operating loss of $1 million for the period ended June 30, 2009, and full year adjusted operating income of $17...
S&S Revenues Dip in Second Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 13 - August 20, 2009 Edition S&S Revenues Dip in Second Quarter NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/08/11/09--Simon & Schuster publishing revenues for the second quarter of 2009 decreased 2% to $181.4 million from $186.0 million for the same...
Borders Names Three New Zone Vice Presidents
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 13 - August 20, 2009 Edition Borders Names Three New Zone Vice Presidents ANN ARBOR, MI/Authorlink News/08/11/09-- Borders Group has named three new zone vice presidents to lead its store operations teams nationwide. Mike Steele is zone vice...
B&N Buys College Booksellers, Reuniting B&N Brand
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 13 - August 20, 2009 Edition B&N Buys College Booksellers, Reuniting B&N Brand NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/08/11/09--Barnes & Noble, Inc., the world's largest bookseller, yesterday announced it has acquired privately held Barnes &...
