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...
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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,...
Copyright Center App Allows Instant Rights Check
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...
Book Publishers Name New President
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 18 - June 25, 2009 Edition Book Publishers Name New President NEW YORK, NY/AUTORLINK NEWS/06/19/09--Carlene Sippola has been named president of The Independent Book Publishers Association. She owns Whole Person Associates and previously served...
AAP Wants Tougher-Libel Regulation- for-Publishers
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 18 - June 25, 2009 Edition AAP Wants Tougher Libel Regulation for Publishers NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/06/15/09--The Association of American Publishers (AAP) admonished Congress last week that the government hasn't gone far enough in its...
Book Publishers-TRENDS Shows Unit Sales Decline
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 18 - June 25, 2009 Edition Book Publishers' TRENDS Shows Unit Sales Decline NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/06/18/09--Total U.S. book publishers' net revenues reached $40.32 billion in 2008, up 1.0% over 2007, while 2008 unit sales...
McGraw-Hill Launches- Digital Education-Center
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 18 - June 25, 2009 Edition McGraw-Hill Launches Digital Education Center BOTHELL,WA/AUTHORLINK NEWS/06/16/09)-McGraw-Hill Education today announced the creation of its new Center for Digital Innovation, a first-of-its-kind research and...
Penguin- Launches Its Own- Book Entertainment Channel
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 18 - June 25, 2009 Edition Penguin Launches Its Own Book Entertainment Channel NEW YORK,NY/Authorlink News/06/16/09--Penguin Group (USA) has launched its own online network called "From the Publisher's Office," with three...
Justice Department May Block-Google Book Settlement
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 11 - 18, 2009 Edition Justice Department May Block Google Book Settlement WASHINGTON, D.C. (AUTHORLINK NEWS, JUNE 11, 2009The Justice Department may move to block or force a renegotiation of the much-publicized Google book settlement, which...
