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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 8 - Oct 14, 2012 Edition Book Subject Codes to Go International Frankfurt, Germany (October 10, 2012) – Book industry representatives from 15 countries announced today the formation of a new, global standard to categorize and classify book...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 8 - Oct 14, 2012 Edition Grimmelmann Joins PW as Legal Editor NEW YORK—October 9, 2012— Publishers Weekly has appointed James Grimmelmann, professor of law at New York Law School, as contributing editor for legal affairs. One of the foremost...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct. 1 - 7, 2012 Edition John Fallon to succeed Marjorie Scardino as Pearson’s chief executive Pearson is today announcing that Marjorie Scardino has decided to step down as Pearson’s chief executive at the end of 2012. John Fallon will succeed her...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Sept 24 - Sept 30, 2012 Edition Rouvillois to Guide Barnes and Noble Global Expansion New York, NY, and Luxembourg City, Luxembourg/ September 25, 2012 -- Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Sept 17 - Sept 23, 2012 Edition WAL-MART BANISHES AMAZON KINDLE FROM STORES Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the world's largest store chain said September 20 that it will stop selling Amazon Kindle tablets and electronic readers, in what analysts see as a...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES   Sept 17 - Sept 23, 2012 Edition DIY BOOK FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES LOS ANGELES _ The 2012-2013 DIY Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its 11th annual competition honoring independent book authors and publishers. The DIY Book...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Sept 17 - Sept 23, 2012 Edition Berkley Inks Huge Deal for Maya Banks Romance Trilogy New York, NY, September 17, 2012— Berkley Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), announced today the acquisition of an all-new trilogy of erotic romance novels...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Sept 10 - Sept 16, 2012 Edition BERKLEY/NAL TO LAUNCH GRAPHIC NOVEL IMPRINT INKLIT New York, NY, Authorlink News/September 10, 2012— In October 2012, Penguin Group (USA)’s Berkley/NAL division will launch InkLit, a new graphic novel imprint, it was...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Sept 10 - Sept 16, 2012 Edition SEDONA Movie Now on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD SEDONA/AZ/AUTHORLINK NEWS/September 10, 2012--Sedona (The Movie) has been released nationwide on DVD, Blu-ray and Video On Demand. Dubbed the world’s very first...