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2014 Animals Book Festival Call for Entries

The 2014 Animals, Animals, Animals Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best stories from the world of dogs, cats, horses, wild beasts, birds, insects, reptiles and other creatures great and small. The Animals, Animals,...

2014 New England Book Festival Call for Entnries

The 2014 New England Book Festival's has issued a call for entries to its annual program honoring the best books of the holiday season. The competition will accept entries in non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books, young adult, how-to,...

Ebook, Audio Downloads Hit New Highs- 2014 Report

According to BookStats Volume 4, the industry remained flat in 2013 as compared to 2012, with $27 billion in net revenue. However, e-book and audio book downloads hit an all-time high. New 2013 figures show some notable trends: 2013 defied conventional wisdom...

Simon & Schuster Expands Library EBook Lending-2014

Simon & Schuster announced today that, following a successful pilot program in more than twenty library systems, it was moving to expand access to its catalog of ebooks to libraries nationwide.   Effective immediately, public libraries across the United States can...

Barnes & Noble 2014 Performance Improves, Nook Splits

Barnes & Noble 2014 Performance Improves, Nook Splits Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) today reported sales and earnings for its fiscal 2014 fourth quarter and full-year ended May 3, 2014, and that its Board of Directors authorized management to separate the...

2014 Halloween Book Festival Call for Entries

The 2014 Halloween Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program honoring the best books of the season. The Halloween Book Festival (www.halloweenbookfestival.com) will consider works in science fiction, horror, general fiction, non-fiction,...

Lemony Snicket Author to Host 2014 Book Awards

Novelist and award-winning children's book author Daniel Handler will host the 65th National Book Awards Ceremony on November 19. Handler joins the illustrious company of Fran Lebowitz, Steve Martin, Faith Salie, Garrison Keillor, and many other distinctive voices of...

PEN America Reveals Awards Shortlist -2014

PEN American Center has announced the shortlists for its prestigious Literary Awards in categories spanning fiction, non-fiction, poetry, translation, essay, and more. For the first time, PEN this year issued a longlist for the awards in May, recognizing more authors...

Sy Syms Journalistic Excellence Program Launches – 2014

The Sy Syms Journalistic Excellence program at Women's eNews launched this summer with support from the Sy Syms Foundation. The new fellowship will provide support and development opportunities for editorial interns in the pursuit of journalistic excellence. "For a...

2014 Southern California Book Festival – Call for Entries

The 2014 Southern California Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best books of the fall. The Southern California Book Festival will consider published and unpublished works in fiction, non-fiction,...