MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Nov 19- 25, 2012 Edition Louise Erdrich Wins National Book Award NEW YORK, NY/November 19, 2012--Louise Erdrich's "The Round House" has been awarded the National Book Award for fiction. Katherine Boo's "Behind the Beautiful...
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Tablets Gain Over E-Readers, BISG Says
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 22- Oct 28, 2012 Edition Tablets Gain Over E-Readers, BISG Says New York, New York (November 14, 2012) E-book consumers are decidedly shifting to multi-function tablets and away from dedicated e-readers, according to the Book Industry Study...
Bertelsmann and Pearson to Combine Book Units
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 22- Oct 28, 2012 Edition Bertelsmann and Pearson to Combine Book Units Gütersloh / New York / London, October 29, 2012 The international media groups Bertelsmann and Pearson announced today that they will combine the activities of their...
BISG and DBW Sponsor 3-Part Webcast on E-books
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 22- Oct 28, 2012 Edition BISG and DBW Sponsor 3-Part Webcast on E-books NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK/10/25/2012--The e-book revolution is well underway and digital publishing continues to grow at a staggering rate almost too fast to measure. How...
Ten Writers Earn $50,000 Whiting Award
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 22- Oct 28, 2012 Edition Ten Writers Earn $50,000 Whiting Award New York, October 23 The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation today named ten recipients of the 2012 Whiting Writers’ Awards. The awards of $50,000 each, totaling $500,000 have...
Great Northwest Book Festival Calls for Entries
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 15 - Oct 21, 2012 Edition Great Northwest book Festival Calls for Entries PORTLAND/Authorlink News/October 18, 2012--The 2013 Great Northwest Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its competition honoring the best books of the late...
Author Freethy Sells 1 Million NOOK Books Via PubIt!
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 15 - Oct 21, 2012 Edition Author Freethy Sells 1 Million NOOK Books Via PubIt! New York, New York October 18, 2012 Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today...
Pen Literary Awards Call for Entries
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 15 - Oct 21, 2012 Edition Pen Literary Awards Call for Entries Submissions are now open for the 2013 PEN Literary Awards. Our awards program, the most comprehensive in the country, will present 17 awards in 2013. Send in your submissions or...
2013 SAN FRANCISCO BOOK FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 15 - Oct 21, 2012 Edition 2013 SAN FRANCISCO BOOK FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES SAN FRANCISCO _ The 2013 San Francisco Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best books of the spring. The 2013 San...
Chautauqua Institution Calls for Literary Prize Submissions
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 8 - Oct 14, 2012 Edition Chautauqua Institution Calls for Literary Prize Submissions Chautauqua Institution is pleased to invite submissions for its important new annual prize for a work of fiction or literary/narrative nonfiction. Awarded for...
