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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...