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...
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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...
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...
Libraries Get-Reprieve on Lead-Law for Kids Books
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...
Movie Studio-To Replace GM-In Michigan
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 12 - February 19, 2009 Edition Movie Studio To Replace GM In Michigan PONTIAC, MI/Authorlink News/02/09/09--A $54 million film studio and production facility will replace the old General Motors truck plant in Pontiac, Michigan, according...
Random House-To Publish Memoir-By Diane Keaton
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 12 - February 19, 2009 Edition Random House To Publish Memoir By Diane Keaton Random House will publish a memoir by Diane Keaton, it was announced today by Gina Centrello, President and Publisher of the Random House Publishing Group....
HarperCollins Sales-And Profit Plummet-In Third Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 12 - February 19, 2009 Edition HarperCollins Sales And Profit Plummet In Third Quarter NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/02/06/09--Sales at HarperCollins fell 25% from $406 million last year to only $305 million in the quarter ended December...
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...
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,...
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...
