MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 16 - October 23, 2008 Edition Frankfurt Book Fair Survey Reveals Impact of Digitzing On Publishing World FRANKFURT, GERMANY (Authorlink/10/14/08)--a Frankfurt Book Fair survey released today reveals online bookselling as most important...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Borders Extends E-Books Commitment, Carries Sony’s New Reader
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 9 - 16, 2008 Edition Borders Extends E-Books Commitment, Carries Sony's New Reader ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Authorlink, Oct.9, 2008)--Borders(R), the first retailer beyond SonyStyle(R) stores to carry Sony's Reader Digital Book beginning in 2006,...
Sony’s New Device Gives Readers “Feel” for Literature
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 9 - 16, 2008 Edition New Sony Device Gives Readers "Feel" for Literature SAN DIEGO, CA (Authorlink, Oct. 9, 2008).--Sony last week announced its new Sony Reader Digital Book, letting readers truly let their fingers do the walking. An...
Book Sales Up for August AAP Reports
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 9 - 16, 2008 Edition Book Sales Up for August AAP Reports NEW YORK, NY (Authorink, Oct. 8, 2008)--Book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of August increased by 0.6 percent at $1.5 billion but were...
