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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...

2009 LONDON-BOOK FESTIVAL-CALL FOR ENTRIES

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 9 - 16, 2009 Edition 2009 LONDON BOOK FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES LONDON (AUTHORLINK NEWS, July 7, 2009)--The 2009 London Book Festival has issued its call for entries to its annual program celebrating books that deserve greater recognition from...

Random House Joins Bookglutton Social Reader

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 2 - July 9, 2009 Edition Random House Joins Bookglutton Social Reader NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/06/30/09--The Random House Publishing Group has joined forces with the social reading platform BookGlutton to offer a chapter giveaway promotion...

Simon & Schuster- to- Publish- Dick Cheney-Memoir

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....

Barnes & Noble Bookstore-App Added to Apple Store

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...

Indy-Publishing-Center-Struggles-to-Survive

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...

Childrens-Book-Burning a Shocking Law

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,...

Delacorte-Signs- Lee Child-to Multiple-Book Deal

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...

Fair Use-Tested in-Court Case

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...