MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 24 - July 31, 2008 Edition Simon & Schuster Proposes E-Book Royalty Amendment NEW YORK, NY/7/18/08--Simon & Schuster recently sent a one-page letter to a number of authors who have varying or unspecified e-book royalty rates, attempting to set...
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Borders.com Launches New-Audiobook Download Service
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 17 - July 24, 2008 Edition Borders.com Launches New Audiobook Download Service ANN ARBOR, Mich.,/7/15/2008—Borders Audiobook Downloads—a new audiobook download service—was launched today on Borders.com, offering an initial...
NAIBA to Honor Indy Publisher Morgan Entrekin
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 17 - July 24, 2008 Edition NAIBA to Honor Indy Publisher Morgan Entrekin NEW YORK, NY/7/16/08--Morgan Entrekin, president and publisher of Grove/Atlantic, Inc., has been named the 2008 recipient of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers...
Penguin Acquires World Rights to Four Seasons Business Book
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 17 - July 24, 2008 Edition Penguin Acquires World Rights to Four Seasons Business Book NEW YORK, NY/7/14/08--David Davidar, President and Publisher of Penguin Group (Canada) and Adrian Zackheim, Publisher of the Portfolio imprint of Penguin...
Coutts Information Services Names New Sales VP
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 17 - July 24, 2008 Edition Coutts Information Services Names New Sales VP NIAGARA FALLS, NY/7/11/08--Coutts Information Services, the leading international supplier of books and electronic content to libraries, has named Stephen Pugh Vice...
Government Shows May Book Sales Up While AAP Says Not
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 17 - July 24, 2008 Edition Government Shows May Book Sales Up, While AAP Says Not WASHINGTON, DC/7/15/08--The U.S. Census Bureau reports that sales for May 2008 rose 2.6% to $1.15 billion, while the Association of American Publishers, which...
Book Sales Decline in May, Remain Flat for Year
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 17 - July 24, 2008 Edition Book Sales Decline in May, Remain Flat for Year NEW YORK, NY/7/11/08--Net domestic book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of May decreased by 1.8 percent at $670 million and...
Sci-Fi Author Andre Norton’s Estate Debated
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 10 - July 17, 2008 Edition Sci-Fi Author Andre Norton's Estate Debated MURFREESBORO, TN/7/4/08--The late science fiction novelist Andre Norton left behind a real-life mystery when she died three years ago. Who will manage the rights for her...
Court Rules Google Must Give Youtube User Data to Viacom
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 10 - July 17, 2008 Edition Court Rules Google Must Give Youtube User Data to Viacom SAN FRANCISCO/7/4/08 Google has been ordered by a US judge to expose to Viacom the video-viewing habits of everyone who has ever used YouTube. The...
NY Booksellers to Create New Indy Organization
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 10 - July 17, 2008 Edition NY Booksellers to Create New Indy Organization NEW YORK,NY/7/10/08--A consortium of 20 independent New York City bookstores has now officially formed under the name Independent Booksellers of New York City. The group...
