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...
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Report Gauges-Copyright Industries-Economic Impact
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 16 - July 23, 2009 Edition Report Gauges Copyright Industries Economic Impact Publishers and other interested parties on July 20 will get a look at how the copyright industries have fared in the U.S. economy from 2003-2007. The new Copyright...
Bowker-Launches New -Book Search Platform
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 16 - July 23, 2009 Edition Bowker Launches New Book Search Platform NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/07/14/09-- Bowker (www.bowker.com), a provider of bibliographic information management solutions, this week announced the beta release of Books In...
Pocket -Joins-Permuted Press- to-Publish-Zombie Fiction
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 16 - July 23, 2009 Edition Pocket Joins Permuted Press to Publish Zombie Fiction NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/07/16/09--Anthony Ziccardi, Vice President and Deputy Publisher of Pocket Books, announced last week a new co-publishing venture with...
Book Sales Decline 3.9 Percent, AAP Reports
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 16 - July 23, 2009 Edition Book Sales Decline 3.9 Percent, AAP Reports NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/07/14/09-- Book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of May decreased by 3.2 percent at $637.9 million...
Range Review-Calls for-Fiction Submissions
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 9 - 16, 2009 Edition Range Review Calls for Fiction Submissions The Front Range Review is accepting submissions of high quality short fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction as well as artwork for its spring 2010 issue. The reading period is...
Fate of Book Ban in Hands of New CPSA Chair
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 9 - 16, 2009 Edition Fate of Book Ban in Hands of New CPSA Chair Inez Tenenbaum, newly-confirmed chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, July 9, 2009)A shocking law which technically bans the sale...
Hachette-Supports-Amazon Text-to-Speech
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 9 - 16, 2009 Edition Hachette Supports Amazon Text-to-Speech NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, July 9, 2009)--The Hachette Book Group last week issued a statement in support of Amazons text-to-speech feature for Kindle 2. The new feature had...
Penguin UK-Reorganizes-Downsizes
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 9 - 16, 2009 Edition Penguin UK Reorganizes, Downsizes LONDON (AUTHORLINK NEWS, July 9, 2009)Penguin UK early this week announced a series of cost-cutting measures that includes the layoff of about 100 employees there. The move will not...
J.D. Salinger-Wins-Copyright-Battle
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 9 - 16, 2009 Edition J.D. Salinger Wins Copyright Battle NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, July 9, 2009)Literary icon J.D. Salinger won his law suit July 1 against the unauthorized publication of a sequel to his famous novel, THE CATCHER IN THE...
