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...
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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...
Ask.com Buys Lexico Publishing’s Reference Sites
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 10 - July 17, 2008 Edition Ask.com Buys Lexico Publishing's Reference Sites OAKLAND, CA/7/10/08-- Ask.com (www.ask.com), a leading search engine and wholly-owned business of IAC last week completed the previously announced agreement to acquire...
Bertelsmann Plans to Sell Off DirectGroup France
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 10 - July 17, 2008 Edition Bertelsmann Plans to Sell Off DirectGroup France PARIS/7/8/08--German media conglomerate Bertelsmann, is planning to sell its DirectGroup France division for more than 300 million euros ($470 million), according to a...
Morgan Replaces Eugster As CEO of Baker & Taylor
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 10 - July 17, 2008 Edition Morgan Replaces Eugster As CEO of Baker & Taylor CHARLOTTE, NC/7/7/08 - Baker & Taylor, Inc., the world's largest wholesale distributor of books and entertainment products, last week named Thomas I. Morgan...
WL Literary Rebutts SFWA Claim of Impropriety
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 3 - July 10, 2008 Edition WL Literary Rebutts SFWA Claim of Impropriety DALLAS, TX/6/30/08--Robert West, senior agent at WL Writer's Literary Agency, has responded to Authorlink about a story we ran on June 26, headlined "Complaints Surge...
Bauer Literary Agency Sues Wikipedia, Others
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 3 - July 10, 2008 Edition Bauer Literary Agency Sues Wikipedia, Others NEW YORK, NY/7/1/08--Barbara Bauer of Barbara Bauer Literary Agency in New Jersey, has filed a lawsuit in Monmouth County Superior Court against Wikipedia, Absolute...
