MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 16 - Jan 22, 2012 Edition Publishing Veteran Farley Joins SwoopThat.com LA JOLLA, Calif/AUTHORLINK/January 18, 2012--SwoopThat.com, an education technology platform that offers free services to colleges, their stores, and students; announced...
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New Bertelsmann Fund Backs Innovative Education
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 16 - Jan 22, 2012 Edition New Bertelsmann Fund Backs Innovative Education Gütersloh/New York, January 17, 2012 Bertelsmann, which owns Random House in the US, has teamed up with other prominent investors and education entrepreneurs to launch...
Bookstore Sales Continue Decline
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 9 - Jan 15, 2012 Edition Bookstore Sales Continue Decline NEW YORK, NY/January 13, 2012--Bookstore sales experienced their deepest decline in the 2011 year. November sales fell 8.6%, to $941 million, according to preliminary estimates released...
Kupferberg Memorial Writing Contest Calls for Entries
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 9 - Jan 15, 2012 Edition Kupferberg Memorial Writing Contest Calls for Entries Symphony Space’s award winning, nationally aired program, Selected Shorts is sponsoring the 2012 Stella Kupferbery Memorial Writing Contest. The contest is...
Barnes & Noble to Sell Off Sterling Publishing
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 2 - Jan 8, 2012 Edition Barnes & Noble to Sell Off Sterling Publishing AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 5, 2012Barnes & Noble has put its Sterlington Publishing business up for sale, a move that will end its decades-long involvement in publishing...
Indy Book Awards Calls for 2012 Entries
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 2 - Jan 8, 2012 Edition Indy Book Awards Calls for 2012 Entries AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 5, 2012--The 16th Independent Publisher Book Awards, conducted annually to honor the year's best independently published titles, are now accepting entries...
Walter Dean Myers Named National Ambassador of Kids Literature
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 2 - Jan 8, 2012 Edition Walter Dean Myers Named National Ambassador of Kids Literature AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 4, 2012--Walter Dean Myers, five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award and two Newbery Honors, was named on January 3 as...
Nook Holiday Sales Soar, BN Considers Separate Nook Unit
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 2 - Jan 8, 2012 Edition Nook Holiday Sales Soar, BN Considers Separate Nook Unit New York, NY (January 5, 2012) Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS),the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today reported...
Publishers Cheer End to Scholarly Mandates
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 26, 2011 - Jan 1, 2012 Edition Publishers Cheer End to Scholarly Mandates Washington, DC; December 30, 2011 The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and its Professional and Scholarly Division (PSP) late last week welcomed the introduction...
Book Foundation Accepts 2012 Reading Prize Entries
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 26, 2011 - Jan 1, 2012 Edition Book Foundation Accepts 2012 Reading Prize Entries NEW YORK, NY/January 1, 2012--The National Book Foundation is again sponsoring the Innovations in Reading Prize. The application for the fourth annual Innovations...
