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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 3 - July 10, 2008 Edition Two Legendary Bookstores Close Up Shop WASHINGTON, DC AND NEW YORK/7/1/08--Two legendary bookstores, Olsson's Books & Records in the Penn Quarter of Washington, D.C., and Strand Bookstore in New York City, are closing...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 3 - July 10, 2008 Edition NPR Expands Book Reviews and Book Coverage NEW YORK, NY/7/1/08--National Public Radio (NPR) has hired a new staff of book reviewers and is expanding coverage of literary works using Internet tools such as feeds and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 3 - July 10, 2008 Edition Tribune Page Cuts May Limit Book Coverage NEW YORK, NY/6/30/08--The Tribune Company, acquired in December 2007 by billionaire Sam Zell, is apparently planning to slash overall page counts across the newspaper chain as...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 26 - July 3, 2008 Edition Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau Open for Business NEW YORK/6/26/08--The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau, a new initiative that will bring a wide-ranging roster of bestselling, critically acclaimed, and expert...