MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 23 - October 30, 2008 Edition Booksellers Prompted To Let ABA Help In Tough Times NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink.com/10/22/08)The president of the American Booksellers Association last week sent a letter to its members saying that "it is...
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Indy Booksellers Honor Wambaugh At Annual Show
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 23 - October 30, 2008 Edition Indy Booksellers Honor Wambaugh At Annual Show LOS ANGELES, CA (Authorlink News/10/23/08)-Joseph Wambaugh, well-known author of fictional police novels as well as nonfiction, received The T. Jefferson Parker...
Medieval Books To Be Digitized For Online Access Top of Form
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 23 - October 30, 2008 Edition Medieval Books To Be Digitized For Online Access Top of Form ST. GALLEN, Switzerland (Authorlink.com/10/23/08 via New York Times)-According to the New York Times this week, one of the oldest and most valuable...
New IndyBound Book Community Delayed Until 2009
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 23 - October 30, 2008 Edition New IndyBound Book Community Delayed Until 2009 NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink News/10/23/08)-The American Booksellers Association is delaying the launch of an open-source web site for members of the new IndieBound...
National Book Award Finalists Named for 2008
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 16 - 23, 2008 Edition National Book Award Finalists Named for 2008 Chicago, Illinois (Authorlink, October 15, 2008) -The 20 Finalists for the 2008 National Book Awards, announced today, represent an extraordinary range of background and...
Del Rey Acquires King and Straub’s Graphic Novel
BOOK DEALS October 16 - October 23, 2008 Edition Del Rey Acquires Rights to King and Straub's Graphic Novel Talisman NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink/10/16/08)--Del Rey, an imprint of Ballantine Books at the Random House Publishing Group, announced this week the acquisition...
Newsweek Releases Candidate Bios Exclusively On Amazon.com’s Kindle
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 16 - October 23, 2008 Edition Newsweek Releases Candidate Bios Exclusively On Amazon.com's Kindle NEW YORK, (Authorlink/10/16/08)--Newsweek yesterday released four biographies on the presidential and vice presidential candidates for...
Barnes & Noble Lags Broader Market Recovery, Analysts Say
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 16 - October 23, 2008 Edition Barnes & Noble Lags Broader Market Recovery, Analysts Say BOSTON (Authorlink/10/13/08 via MidnightTrader)--Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) missed out on Monday's stock rally. Hoover's and MidnightTrader reported at 6...
Simon and Schuster To Offer Book Excerpts Via MPS Global Reader
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 16 - October 23, 2008 Edition Simon & Schuster To Offer Book Excerpts Via MPS Global Reader TORONTO (Authorlink, Oct. 14, 2008) MPS Mobiles Global Reader, a worldwide mobile content distribution service, has cinched a major content...
F+W Media Restructures For Digital World
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 16 - October 23, 2008 Edition F+W Media Restructures For Digital World CINCINNATI, OH (Authorlink/10/15/08)-- F+W Media, formerly known as F+W Publications, has reorganized the company around customer communities, replacing the old channel...
