MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 18 - September 25, 2008 Edition Bookstores Join New NY Association NEW YORK, NY/9/18/2008--More than 70 new and used bookstores located in the New York City area have formed the Independent Booksellers of New York City (IBNYC). To be...
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U.S. Publishers Applaud Beefed Up
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 18 - September 25, 2008 Edition U.S. Publishers Applaud Beefed Up Intellectual Property Protection Act Washington, DC, September 17, 2008: The Association of American Publishers (AAP) last week welcomed the introduction of the...
Dana Gioia-to Depart-NEA Post
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 18 - September 25, 2008 Edition Dana Gioia to Depart NEA Post NEW YORK, NY/9/15/2008--Dana Gioia (pronounced JOY-uh), is stepping down as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, according to the New York Times. Gioia, age 57,...
Estrada Prize-to Honor Spanish-Language Authors
GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES September 11 - September 18, 2008 Edition Estrada Prize to Honor Spanish Language Authors The Aura Estrada Prize, established to honor a Spanish-language female writer, 35 or younger living in the United States or Mexico, and to be awarded...
Debut Novelists Shortlisted-For Man Booker Prize
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 11 - September 18, 2008 Edition Debut Novelists Shortlisted For Man Booker Prize LONDON/9/9/2008--The Man Booker Prize 2008 shortlist was announced Tuesday September 9.Two first-time novelists, Aravind Adiga and Steve Toltz, survived the...
Adobe Opens eBook Distribution-With New Server Technology
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 11 - September 18, 2008 Edition Adobe Opens eBook Distribution With New Server Technology September 10/2008--Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) yesterday announced Adobe(R) Content Server 4, a new server software solution that copy...
John Wiley Posts-Higher Revenues-In First Quarter ’09
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 11 - September 18, 2008 Edition John Wiley Posts Higher Revenues In First Quarter '09 Hoboken, N.J., 9/9/2008--John Wiley & Sons, Inc. reported revenue of $402 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 ended July 31, 2008, a 3%...
Court Ruling -Favors JK Rowling-In Infringement Case
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 11 - September 18, 2008 Edition Court Ruling Favors JK Rowling In Infringement Case NEW YORK, NY/9/9/2008--Author J.K. Rowling said yesterday that she was "delighted" that legal case against Michigan-based RDR Books has been...
Legendary Publisher-Robert Giroux-Dies at Age 94
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 11 - September 18, 2008 Edition Legendary Publisher Robert Giroux Dies at Age 94 The legendary publisher Robert Giroux died in his sleep September 5 at the age of 94. In 1955 he joined Farrar Straus, the company that would eventually...
Stephenie Meyer Puts New Book On Hold After Leak
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 4 - September 11, 2008 Edition Stephenie Meyer Puts New Book On Hold After Leak 9/4/08--New York Times Bestselling author Stephenie Meyer has decided not to finish and publish this year's biggest release, Midnight Sun, after a draft of...
