Brooklyn, NY/May 5, 2013--Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz invites Brooklyn high school students to make submissions in the form of a story, a poem, an essay, spoken word or rap for the 8th annual “Brooklyn Lit Match” teen writing contest, a...
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Ebooks Grow to 20% of Market, Bookstats Says
New York; May 15, 2013—eBooks are now fully embedded in the format infrastructure of Trade book publishing according to BookStats Volume 3, the most comprehensive survey capturing the size and scope of the US book publishing industry in calendar year 2012. The...
Barnes & Noble Launches New NOOK for iPad and iPhone Apps
New York, NY/May 14, 2013 –- NOOK Media LLC, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today launched its updated NOOK for iOS app, making the most incredible reading experience...
Barnes & Noble Nook Eyes Sale to Microsoft
May 13, 2013-- Microsoft is planning to offer $1 billion to buy Barnes and Noble’s e-reader unit, according to several news reports. Microsoft already owns 17.6% of Nook Media and Penguin owns a 5% stake. If the acquisition is successful, Microsoft would...
Children’s Choice Book Awards Winners Announced
New York, NY/May 14, 2013 --The Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader announced the winners of the sixth annual Children’s Choice Book Awards (CCBAs) at a charity gala benefitting Every Child a Reader in New York City last night. The...
2013 Southern California Book Festival call for Entries
HOLLYWOOD/May 09, 2013--The 2013 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 The Southern California Book Festival will consider published and unpublished works in fiction, non-fiction,...
2013 New York Book Festival Sets Fest
NEW YORK (May 8, 2013) The 2013 New York Book Festival will hold a day festival on Saturday, June 22 at the Radisson Martinique on Broadway hotel for its annual event honoring books that deserve greater recognition from the world's publishing capital. Those...
Children’s Choice Awards to Honor NPR’S Michele Norris
New York, NY/ May 6, 2013 --Every Child a Reader and the Children’s Book Council are honored to present the 2013 Impact Award to Michele Norris for creatively and significantly advancing our collective mission of instilling a lifelong love of reading in...
Bertelsmann to sell RTL Shares for €1.4 billion
Gütersloh, April 29, 2013 – Today, the international media company Bertelsmann, which owns Random House in the US, set the price for the secondary public offering of ordinary shares of RTL Group at €55.50 per ordinary share. The transaction represents...
SPJ Picks Sigma Delta Chi journalism Winners
INDIANAPOLIS/April 29, 2013 — The Society of Professional Journalists gladly recognizes the recipients of the Sigma Delta Chi Awards, which recognize exceptional professional journalism produced in 2012. Judges selected 84 honorees from nearly 1,700 submissions....
