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...
Doris
Sony, Google Expand e-Book Deal
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 6 - August 13, 2009 Edition Sony, Google Expand e-Book Deal The battle for dominance in the e-book market heated up last week with Google and Sony announcing they would provide access to more than 1 million free public domain books in Sony's...
Publishers Weekly for Sale
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 6 - August 13, 2009 Edition Publishers Weekly for Sale NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/08/06/09--Reed Business Information announced last Thursday that it is putting Publishers Weekly and its affiliated publications, Library Journal and School...
Commentary: The End of Vintage Kids’ Books
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 6 - August 13, 2009 Edition Commentary: The End of Vintage Kids' Books? /08/03/09--Blogger Jonathan Adler, posted this lament on The http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_08_02-2009_08_08.shtml#1249340466 Volokh Conspiracy blog site this...
BN e-Book Store Prompts Stock Price Increase
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 6 - August 13, 2009 Edition BN e-Book Store Prompts Stock Price Increase NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/08/06/09--Barnes & Noble's stock prices rose 54 percent as of August 3 on the heels of the launch of its e-reader bookstore in partnership...
McGraw-Hill Pays Stock Dividend
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 6 - August 13, 2009 Edition McGraw-Hill Pays Stock Dividend NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/08/05/09--Graw-Hill Companies last week approved a regular quarterly cash dividend on the Corporation's common stock. The dividend of $0.225 is payable...
Random House Republishes Spy vs Spy Series
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 6 - August 13, 2009 Edition Random House Republishes Spy vs Spy Series Once in a great while a lost piece of our cultural history is returned to us. With the publication of Spy vs. Spy! Danger! Intrigue! Stupidity!, Spy vs Spy! Masters of...
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...
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...
BISG Searches for New Executive Director
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...
