MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 30 - August 6, 2009 Edition BISG Searches for New Executive Director NEW YORK, NY/07/30/09--Dominique Raccah (Sourcebooks) and Andrew Weber (Random House), Co-Chairs of the Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG), announced this week that it...
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Penguin Reports-Growth in First Half of 2009
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 30 - August 6, 2009 Edition Penguin Reports Growth in First Half of 2009 NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/07/28/09--Penguin Group, this week reported its results for the first half of 2009. On a headline basis, sales were up 11% and operating...
Government Move to Bend First Amendment Opposed by AAP
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 30 - Aug 6, 2009 Edition Government Move to Bend First Amendment Opposed by AAP Washington, DC, July 27, 2009: The Association of American Publishers (AAP), joined by librarians, authors, booksellers and a range of content providers and...
Nichols Named Houghton Mifflin Harcourt-Publisher
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 23 - 30, 2009 Edition Nichols Named Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publisher BOSTON & NEW YORK (BUSINESS WIRE, July 22, 2009) --Gary Gentel, president of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Division, announced today that Bruce Nichols has...
Borders-to Report Q2 2009 Results in August
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 23 - July 30, 2009 Edition Borders to Report Q2 2009 Results in August ANN ARBOR, MI/AUTHORLINK NEWS/07/23/09--Borders Group, Inc.will discuss the company's second quarter 2009 financial results on a conference call for analysts and investors...
Late Frank McCourt Book Sales Soar
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 23 - July 30, 2009 Edition Late Frank McCourt Book Sales Soar NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/07/24/09--The death of beloved author Frank McCourt on Sunday July 19 has spurred a huge surge in sales of his books on Amazon.com. He is best known for...
Copyright Industries Key to Economy, Report Says
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 23 - July 30, 2009 Edition Copyright Industries Key to Economy, Report Says WASHINGTON DC/07/20/09--The Association of American Publishers (AAP) joined by other representatives of the U.S. copyright industries and Secretary of Commerce Gary...
B&N Launches Every Device Book Store
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 23 - July 30, 2009 Edition B&N Launches "Every Device" eBook Store NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/07/20/09--Barnes & Noble, Inc. announced today the launch of the Barnes & Noble eBookstore ), the world's largest eBookstore, on Barnes & Noble.com...
Amazon Removes Illegal Books from Kindle
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 23 - July 30, 2009 Edition Amazon Removes Illegal Books from Kindle NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/07/22/09--Amazon.com last week removed 1984 and Animal Farm from its Kindle Store after learning the book titles were illegal copies. The...
Book Industry Group-Redesigns Web Site
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 16 - July 23, 2009 Edition Book Industry Group Redesigns Web Site NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/07/16/09--Publishers will soon have an easier way to access key industry research and standards when the Book Industry Study Group launches a new...
