MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 12 - February 19, 2009 Edition Libraries Get Reprieve on Lead Law for Kids Books WASHINGTON, DC/Authorlink News/02/12/09--Librarians who might have had to purge their shelves of potentially harmful lead-containing books, have received a...
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Amazon Unveils-Slimmer, Faster-Amazon Kindle 2
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 12 - February 19, 2009 Edition Amazon Unveils Slimmer, Faster Amazon Kindle 2 SEATTLE/Authorlink News/02/09/09--Amazon.com, Inc. today introduced its new reading device, Amazon Kindle 2, to a crowd of publishing dignitaries in New York's...
HarperCollins-Shuts Down-Collins Division
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 12 - February 19, 2009 Edition HarperCollins Shuts Down Collins Division NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/02/10/09--HarperCollins, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, has shut down its entire Collins division, which specialized in nonfiction...
La Leche League-to Publish Books-At Ballantine
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 5 - February 12, 2009 Edition La Leche League to Publish Books At Ballantine La Leche League International, the highly-revered organization devoted to the education of pregnant and new mothers and the support of their efforts to...
Well-Known Authors-To Read Work for PEN-Global Cause
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 5 - February 12, 2009 Edition Well-Known Authors To Read Work for PEN Global Cause NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/02/05/09- PEN American Center's award-winning magazine, PEN America will have the first in a series of readings on February 24...
Big Money Bets-On Bookseller-Barnes & Noble
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 5 - February 12, 2009 Edition Big Money Bets On Bookseller Barnes & Noble NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/02/05/09-An updated stock advisory from Steven Halpern at www.thestockadvisors.com is now actively "recommending" that investors buy...
Internet Publishing-Broadcasting Grow-Twenty Percent
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 5 - February 12, 2009 Edition Internet Publishing, Broadcasting Grow Twenty Percent WASHINGTON, DC/Authorlink News/02/05/09--Revenue for the motion picture and video production and distribution industry increased 7 percent in 2007,...
Print-on-Demand-Gains Acceptance-In UK, Says Lightning
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 5 - February 12, 2009 Edition Print-on-Demand Gains Acceptance In UK, Says Lightning MILTON KEYNES, UK/Authorlink News/02/05/09/--Print-on-demand publishing has become an acceptable medium for books in the UK. According to Lightning Source...
Reed Shuts Down-BookExpo Canada-For Lack of Interest
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 5 - February 12, 2009 Edition Reed Shuts Down BookExpo Canada For Lack of Interest NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink News, February 5, 2009)-Publishers Weekly reported this week that Reed Exhibitions Canada, owned by the same parent company as PW,...
Borders Eliminates-Executive-Level-Posts to Cut Expense
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 5 - February 12, 2009 Edition Borders Eliminates Executive Posts to Cut Expenses ANN ARBOR, MI (Authorlink News, Feb. 3, 2009)--Borders Group today announced it will eliminate six vice president and ten director positions in order to...
