MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 11 - 18, 2009 Edition Readers Digest flails In Third Quarter PLEASANTVILLE, NY (Authorlink News, June 11, 2009)--Readers Digest teeters on the edge of closing, affected by the failing economy and unfavorable exchange rates. In its fiscal...
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Book Sales Up for April, Down for Year
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 11 - 18, 2009 Edition Book Sales Up for April, Down for Year NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, June 10, 2009)--Book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of April increased by 3.3 percent at $494.9 million...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ingram Companies, Book Group Restructure for Digital Trade
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 28 - June 4, 2009 Edition Ingram Companies, Book Group Restructure for Digital Trade NASHVILLE - John Ingram announced May 26 the formation of a single new company - Ingram Content Group Inc. - in order to provide better print and digital...
Borders Names Information-And e-Commerce Chiefs
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 28 - June 4, 2009 Edition Borders Names Information And e-Commerce Chiefs ANN ARBOR, MI/Authorlink News/05/26/09--Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) today announced two appointments within its Information Technology (IT) group: Scott Laverty,...
Sagging Bookstore Sales-Affect B&N Investors Mood
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 28 - June 4, 2009 Edition Sagging Bookstore Sales Affect B&N Investors' Mood Barnes & Noble, Inc. last week reported sagging performance for its first quarter ended May 2, 2009. But perhaps more troubling is that during the past three months,...
