MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 27 - Sept 3, 2009 Edition Borders Q2 Sales Fall Sharply, Debts Slashed ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AUTHORLINK NEWS, August 25, 2009Borders Group today reported a 17.7% drop in sales for the second quarter ended August 1, 2009, compared to the same...
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BN to Reissue Out of Print Titles
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...
Investors Back Jane Friedmans New Company
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 27 - Sept 3, 2009 Edition Investors Back Jane Friedmans 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...
Fanball Acquires F+W Media Sports Units
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....
Texas Book Festival Set for Fall 2009
GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES Aug 27 - Sept 3, 2009 Edition Texas Book Festival Set for Fall 2009 AUSTIN, TX August 6, 2009 The 2009 Texas Book Festival (www.texasbookfestival.org) will take place on October 31 and November 1 on the State Capital grounds. The free...
S&S Launches World Campaign for Philippa Gregory Novel
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 20 - 27, 2009 Edition S&S Launches World Campaign for Philippa Gregory Novel NEW YORK, August 17In advance of the August 18th global publication of Philippa Gregorys THE WHITE QUEEN by Touchstone in the US and Simon & Schusters publishing...
Random House Names Executive VP
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...
Barnes & Noble Sales Decline
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...
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 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....
