MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 26 - March 5, 2009 Edition Random House Ups Spanish Language Book Publishing NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/02/24/09--Vintage Español, a leading publisher in the United States Spanish-language book market, and Random House Mondadori in Spain...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 26 - March 5, 2009 Edition Immigrants Fired At B&N After Ice Questions Papers RENO, NV/Authorlink News/02/26/09--Barnes & Noble's distribution center in Reno, Nevada fired 50 immigrants after a federal immigration audit showed they were...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 26 - March 5, 2009 Edition Old Paper Mill site To House Google Data Center HELSINKI/Authorlink News/02/26/09--In an unusual twist that symbolizes the times, Google says it will build a data centre on the site of an old paper mill in...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 26 - March 5, 2009 Edition ABA to Launch Indies Choice Book Awards TARRYTOWN, NY/Authorlink News/02/19/09-- This spring, the American Booksellers Association will launch a new awards program -- the Indies Choice Book Awards. Winners will...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 26 - March 5, 2009 Edition Authors, Publishers Urged to File Online Claims With Google DALLAS, TX/Authorlink News/02/26/09--The pending Google settlement for a class action law suit filed by the Authors Guild and Association of American...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 19 - 26, 2009 Edition Borders Books Makes Deeper Job Cuts ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Authorlink News, Feb. 19, 2009)—Borders Group today announced that it has reduced its corporate workforce by another 136 positions, which were eliminated effective...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 19 - 26, 2009 Edition Authors Guild Warns of Possible Kindle2 Audio Rights Issue Editorial NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink News, February 19, 2009)—The Authors Guild has issued a warning to its members not to sign any e-book rights to Amazon’s...

GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES February 19 - February 26, 2009 Edition Memorials Planned For B&T Executive Who Died in Crash NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/02/19/09--Memorial services for Jean Srnecz, senior vice president of merchandising at Baker & Taylor, will be held at 2...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 19 - February 26, 2009 Edition Author of Leaving Glorytown to Appear At B&N Book Launch Memoir reveals struggles under Castro Eduardo F. Calcines, author of the humorous and heartbreaking memoir, Leaving Glorytown, One Boy's Struggle Under...

GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES February 19 - February 26, 2009 Edition TorchOnline Specializes In Fantasy Genre TheTorchOnline.com, a news and commentary website devoted to the genre of fantasy in all entertainment mediums, is now online. "I've always loved fantasy," said...