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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Kindle Fire Ranks Tops in Most Gifted Holiday Products
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 19 - Dec 25, 2011 Edition Kindle Fire Ranks Tops in Most Gifted Holiday Products SEATTLE/ AUTHORLINK NEWS/VIA BUSINESS WIRE--December. 19, 2011Amazon.com announced late last week that Kindle devices remain the hottest products this holiday...
BALLANTINE TO PUBLISH SIMON COWELL BIOGRAPHY
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 12 - Dec 18, 2011 Edition BALLANTINE TO PUBLISH SIMON COWELL BIOGRAPHY NEW YORK, NY/Decemer 16, 2011--Ballantine Books will publish SWEET REVENGE: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell by journalist Tom Bower, it was announced today. This...
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest Underway
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 5 - Dec 11, 2011 Edition Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest Underway SEATTLE & NEW YORK & CHARLESTON, S.C. December 6, 2011 Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Penguin Group (USA) today announced the fifth annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel...
BISG Sets Policy for Assigning eBook ISBNs
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 5 - Dec 11, 2011 Edition BISG Sets Policy for Assigning eBook ISBNs NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/December 8, 20111The Book Industry Study Group, after two years of work, has issued policy standards and best practices for the assignment of ISBN...
McGraw-Hill Splits Company Into Two Entities
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 5 - Dec 11, 2011 Edition McGraw-Hill Splits Company Into Two Entities NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) yesterday provided an update on its Growth and Value Plan (announced September 12, 2011), which...
