MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 2 - July 9, 2009 Edition Simon & Schuster to Publish Dick Cheney Memoir NEW YORK/Authorlink News/06/24/09--Former Vice President Dick Cheney will publish his much-anticipated memoir with Threshold Editions, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 2 - July 9, 2009 Edition Barnes & Noble Bookstore App Added to Apple Store NEW YORK,NY/06/30/09--Barnes http://www.bn.com/ & Noble.com has launched a new application on the Apple App Store that will allow booklovers to search for millions of...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 2 - July 9, 2009 Edition Indy Publishing Center Struggles to Survive NEW YORK, NY/07/02/09--The non-profit New York Center for Independent Publishing (NYCIP) is struggling to survive in the downtrodden economy. In February the Center laid off...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 2 - July 9, 2009 Edition Children’s Book Burning a Shocking Law Editor’s Note: In 2008 Congress passed a Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act which has the effect of requiring the destruction of any children’s book published before 1985,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 25 - July 2, 2009 Edition Delacorte Signs Lee Child to Multiple Book Deal NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink/06/23/09--Internationally bestselling author Lee Child has signed a major new multiple-book contract for his Jack Reacher series with Delacorte...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 25 - July 2, 2009 Edition Fair Use Tested in Court Case NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/06/23/09--When the recording industry launched more than 30,000 lawsuits against people accused of illegally downloading music, it turned into a...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 25 - July 2, 2009 Edition B&N New Store Cutbacks Hurt Publishers Barnes & Noble, the nation's largest bookstore chain, has cut its annual new superstore openings from about 35 to 15, most of which will replace existing neighborhood...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 25 - July 2, 2009 Edition Perseus Cuts Staff and Title Output NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/06/23/09--Perseus Books Group this week laid off about 20 staff members (about 3% of its workforce) and plans to trim its 2010 list down by about 100...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 25 - July 2, 2009 Edition Barnes & Noble Names Shopping and Digital VP NEW YORK,NY/Authorlink News/06/23/09--Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, yesterday named Jamie Iannone Executive Vice President, Shopping,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 18 - June 25, 2009 Edition Copyright Center App Allows Instant Rights Check DANVERS,MA/Authorlink News/06/15/09--Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) is now offering clients the ability to instantly check the rights status of content against CCC's...