MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 21 - May 28, 2009 Edition Chinese eBooks Coming To North American Libraries CLEVELAND, OH/Authorlink News/05/19/09--OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), a leading global distributor of digital audiobooks, eBooks, and more to libraries, yesterday...
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Scribd Opens Social-Publishing Website
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 21 - May 28, 2009 Edition Scribd Opens Social Publishing Web Site SAN FRANCISCO/05/19/09--Scribd, Inc., the world's largest social publishing website, yesterday launched its online document store where anyone-from professionals , publishers,...
Bowker Reports Book Production-Declines While On-Demand Soars
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 21 - May 28, 2009 Edition Bowker Reports Book Production Declines While On-Demand Soars NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ/Authorlink News/05/19/09--Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information management solutions, today released statistics on U.S....
Iowa Writing Festival-Features CLMP Book Fair
GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES May 14 - 21, 2009 Edition Iowa Writing Festival Features CLMP Book Fair Iowa (Authorlink News, May 14, 2009)--The Iowa Review and The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses are co-sponsoring the CLMP Lit Mag and Small Press Fair as part of...
Columbia University Press-Fulfillment to Move to Perseus
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 14 - 21, 2009 Edition Columbia University Press Fulfillment to Move to Perseus NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/05/11/09--Columbia University Press, the fourth-oldest university press in the United States , announced late last week that it will...
Amazon Launches New Kindle-Store for DX Reader
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 14 - 21, 2009 Edition Amazon Launches New Kindle Store for DX Reader SEATTLE/Authorlink News/05/12/09--Amazon.com yesterday launched its new Kindle Store optimized for the Safari Web browser on iPhone, just one day after unveiling its new,...
Harlequin Sales Help-Offset Torstar’s Steep Losses
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 14 - 21, 2009 Edition Harlequin Sales Help Offset Steep Losses at Torstar TORONTO, ONTARIO/Authorlink News/05/11/09--Sales for Harlequin Enterprises grew at a solid clip in the first quarter ending March 31, 2009, partly offsetting parent...
Bertelsmann Revenues, Profits Fall in First Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 14 - 21, 2009 Edition Bertelsmann Revenues, Profits Fall in First Quarter Gütersloh/Authorlink News/05/12/09--Against the backdrop of the global economic crisis, Bertelsmann, the international media group, started the new fiscal year with a...
Oregon Book Awards, Literary-Fellowships-Call for Entries
GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES May 7 - 14, 2009 Edition Oregon Book Awards, Literary Fellowships Call for Entries Portland, OR (Authorlink News, May 4, 2009)--Literary Arts, a state-wide nonprofit literary organization in Oregon, has announced the entry deadline for the...
ALA, ACRL Fear Google Compromises-Competition, Privacy and Library Values
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 7 - 14, 2009 Edition ALA, ACRL Fear Google Compromises Competition, Privacy and Library Values WASHINGTON, DC (Authorlink News, May 5, 2009)--The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and...
