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...
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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 Childrens Book Burning a Shocking Law Editors Note: In 2008 Congress passed a Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act which has the effect of requiring the destruction of any childrens 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...
B&N New Store Cutbacks Hurt Publishers
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...
Perseus Cuts Staff and Title Output
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...
Barnes & Noble-Names Shopping and-Digital-VP
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,...
