MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 11 - 18, 2009 Edition Dorchester to Reward Top Cell Phone Story Dorchester Publishing is sponsoring a competition for aspiring novelists via the serialized fiction service, Textnovel. The winner will earn a $2,000 advance and will be published...
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Publishers Issue Statement-on Open Access
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 11 - 18, 2009 Edition Publishers Issue Statement on Open Access Washington, DC (AUTHORLINK NEWS, June 9, 2009)-- The Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP/PSP) today expressed its support...
Arcade Publishing In Chapter 11
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 11 - 18, 2009 Edition Arcade Publishing In Chapter 11 NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, June 10, 2009)--Arcade Publishing, which has published some 500 titles and discovered dozens of new literary voices, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
New Letter Blocks Site At BN- Encourages Kids to Read
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 4 - June 11, 2009 Edition New Letter Blocks Site at BN Encourages Kids to Read NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/06/03/09--Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the worlds largest bookseller, announced last week the debut of the Letter Blocks blog on...
DK Eyewitness Travel Launches-Top Travel Guides for iPhone
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 4 - June 11, 2009 Edition DK Eyewitness Travel Launches Top Travel Guides for iPhone NEW YORK and LONDON/Authorlink News/06/01/09--DK Eyewitness Travel announced last week that its best-selling Top 10 Travel Guides are available starting today...
Canongate Named British Publisher Of Year, With A Little Help From Obama
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 4 - June 11, 2009 Edition Canongate Named British Publisher Of Year, With A Little Boost From Obama The British Book Industry Awards named Canongate Publishing publisher of the year at a June 1 ceremony in Cambridge. Surprisingly, other...
BookExpo Attendees Hear-Of More Book Industry Declines
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 4 - June 11, 2009 Edition BookExpo Attendees Hear Of More Book Industry Declines NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/06/04/09--The Book Industry Study Group revealed gloomy numbers from its 2008 Book Industry Trends during BookExpo America, which...
Borders Book Sales Drop-12.1% in First Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 28 - June 4, 2009 Edition Borders Book Sales Drop 12.1% in First Quarter ANN ARBOR, Mich., (Authorlink News, May 26, 2009)Borders Group, Inc today reported a 12.1% decline in first quarter sales ended May 2 to $641.5 million, compared to the...
A Look at Why Booksellers Should Embrace the New Technologies
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 28 - June 4, 2009 Edition A Look at Why Booksellers Should Embrace the New Technologies by Stephanie Anderson Reprinted from "Namastechnology: The Whys," with permission from Shelf-Awareness.com In my first two columns, I've...
HarperCollins UK Restructures-After Managing Director Departs
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 28 - June 4, 2009 Edition HarperCollins UK Restructures After Managing Director Departs LONDON/Authorlink News/05/28/09--Harpercollins UK has announced it is restructuring after the departure of managing director Amanda Ridout. CEO and...
