MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 30 - August 6, 2009 Edition Spiegel and Grau Acquire Next Yan Martel Novel Publisher Cindy Spiegel of Spiegel & Grau has acquired Yann Martel's next novel after Life of Pi, which won the Man Booker Prize in 2002 and went on to be published in...
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Editorial-Consider Effects of-Google Settlement-as Deadline Nears
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 30 - Aug 6, 2009 Edition EDITORIAL--Consider Effects of Google Settlement as Deadline Nears DALLAS (AUTHORLINK NEWS, August 1, 2009)--Authors and publishers have just a little over a month to decide whether to opt out of the book search...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
