MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 25 - October 2, 2008 Edition Magazine Article Predicting "The End" Has Publishers Buzzing NEW YORK, NY/9/25/08--An article published last week by NEW YORK magazine boldly proclaimed: "The End: The book business as we know it will not...
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Bookstore Sales-for July 2008-Continue Down
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 18 - September 25, 2008 Edition Bookstore Sales for July 2008 Continue to Decline WASHINGTON, D.C./9/15/2008--The U.S. Census Bureau reported Friday that bookstore sales for July 2008 fell 7.4% to $1.12 billion for the month. The July...
Harper Studio-Unveils First-25 Acquisitions
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 18 - September 25, 2008 Edition Harper Studio Unveils First 25 Acquisitions NEW YORK, NY/9/18/2008--Harper Studio, the new "shared" publishing model at HarperCollins, has launched a blog called 26thStory.com, and this week...
Right to Write-Fund to Help-Creative Artists
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 18 - September 25, 2008 Edition Right to Write Fund to Help Creative Artists NEW YORK, NY/9/17/2008--The Right to Write Fund, a project of the Center for Ethics in Action, has launched a fund-raising effort to help support creative...
Seventy Indy-Bookstores Join-New NY Association
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...
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...
