MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 3 - 9, 2012 Edition Great Southwest Book Festival Call for Entries AUSTIN, TX/December 6, 2012--The 2013 Great Southwest Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its competition honoring the best books of the late winter/spring season....
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Barnes & Noble Sales Soar in Q2
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 3 - 9, 2012 Edition Barnes & Noble Sales Soar in Q2 New York, NY (December 5, 2012) Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) last week reported sales and earnings for its fiscal 2013 second quarter ended October 27, 2012. Second quarter...
E.L. James Wins UK National Book Award
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 3 - 9, 2012 Edition E. L. James Wins UK National Book Award LONDON/DECEMBER 4, 2012--E.L. James, Hilary Mantel, Clare Balding and Miranda Hart make it a great night for women at The Specsavers National Book Awards. The winners of the Specsavers...
McGraw-Hill to Sell Apollo for $2.5 Billion
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Nov 26- Dec 2, 2012 Edition McGraw-Hill to Sell Apollo for $2.5 Billion NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/November 26, 2012--The McGraw-Hill Companies today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its McGraw-Hill Education business to...
Pandora’s Temple by Jon Land
Yet another thrilling adventure by Jon Land, featuring Blaine McCracken has arrived, and the work of this special operations agent is just as amazing as it ever was as he answers the call of his country.
Louise Erdrich Wins National Book Award
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...
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...
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...
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...
