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...
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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...
Nobel Literature Prize To be Announced By Webcast Oct. 9
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 9 - 16, 2008 Edition Nobel Literature Prize To be Announced By Webcast Oct. 9 STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Authorlink, Oct. 9/2008)--The Noble Prize in Literature for 2008--the highest honor for a writer--will be announced by the Swedish Academy...
Houghton Mifflin Marmion to Chair AAP Exec Committee
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 2 - October 9, 2008 Edition Houghton Mifflin's Marmion to Chair AAP Exec Committee NEW YORK, NY/9/27/08--The Association of American Publishers announced yesterday that Bridget Marmion, Senior Vice President and Director of Marketing of...
Publishers Applaud Senate Passage of ‘Orphan Works’ Law
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 2 - October 9, 2008 Edition Publishers Applaud Senate Passage of 'Orphan Works' Law WASHINGTON, DC/09/29/08-The publishing industry this week praised the U.S. Senate's swift passage of the "Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008" (S.2913)...
Borders Publishing To Release Grisham and Donaldson’s Epic
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 2 - October 9, 2008 Edition Borders Publishing To Release Grisham and Donaldson's Epic ANN ARBOR, MI/09/30/08"Bedlam South," a historical novel about the Civil War and the chaos and uncertainty it unleashed on the lives of Southerners, has...
Cartoon Network Del Rey Manga Form Partnership
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 2 - October 9, 2008 Edition Cartoon Network, Del Rey Manga Form Partnership NEW YORK, NY/9/28/08--Del Rey Manga, an imprint of Ballantine Books at the Random House Publishing Group, in collaboration with Cartoon Network Enterprises,...
Publishers Cheer House Passage of Libel Tourism Act
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 2 - October 9, 2008 Edition Publishers Cheer House Passage of Libel Tourism Act Washington, DC/9/30/08--The Association of American Publishers yesterday cheered the passage of legislation by the U.S. House of Representatives late Saturday...
Borders Group Confirms Pershing Stock Purchase
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 2 - 9, 2008 Edition Borders Group Confirms Pershing Stock Purchase ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 1, 2008--Consistent with a previously announced agreement, Borders Group, Inc.(NYSE: BGP) has issued warrants to Pershing Square Capital Management,...
Newly Discovered Agatha Christie Tapes May Be Published
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 25 - October 2, 2008 Edition Newly-Discovered Agatha Christie Tapes May Be Published LONDON/9/22/08More than 13 hours of long-lost audio tapes recorded by mystery writer Agatha Christie, provide insights into the origins of Jane...
