Penguin Names New Publishing Manager Matthew Boyd has been named Publishing Manager and Manager of Special Marketing Initiatives for Penguin Group (USA), it was announced by Susan Petersen Kennedy, President of Penguin Group (USA). Boyd was previously Publishing...
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Call for Entries From Indy Authors, Publishers
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Sept 19 - Sept 25, 2011 Edition Call for Entries From Indy Authors, Publishers The 16th Independent Publisher Book Awards, conducted annually to honor the year's best independently published titles, are now accepting entries for books with 2011 or...
McGraw-Hill Announces Education Prize Winner
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Sept 19 - Sept 25, 2011 Edition McGraw-Hill Announces Education Prize Winner NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/September 21, 2011--Harold(Terry) McGraw III, chairman, president and chief executive officer of The McGraw-Hill Companies, today announced...
FED Okays Liberty Investment in Barnes & Noble
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Sept 19 - Sept 25, 2011 Edition FED Okays Liberty Investment in Barnes & Noble New York, NY (September 20, 2011) Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the worlds largest bookseller, today announced that the Federal Trade Commission has granted early...
Borders to Sell Intellectual Property for $15.775 Million
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Sept 19 - Sept 25, 2011 Edition Borders to Sell Intellectual Property for $15.775 Million BUSINESSWIRE/September 19, 2011--Hilco Streambank, the intellectual property valuation and disposition arm of Hilco Trading, LLC, late last week said that the...
Michael Moore Promotes Latest Book, Here Comes Trouble
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Sept 19 - Sept 25, 2011 Edition Michael Moore Promotes Latest Book, Here Comes Trouble Michael Moore, bestselling author and Oscar-winning filmmaker, returns to the UK and Eire to play a series of live dates to mark the publication of his first...
McGraw-Hill to Split Into Two Units
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Sept 12 - Sept 18, 2011 Edition McGraw-Hill to Split Into Two Units NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLIK NEWS/Septemer 12, 2011Media conglomerate McGraw-Hill will split into two units by the end of next yearone public company aimed at the capital and commodity...
Brooklyn Book Festival Draws Top Authors
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Sept 5 - Sept 11, 2011 Edition Brooklyn Book Festival Draws Top Authors On Sunday, September 18, 2011, from 10:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m., a record 260+ top national and international authors and participants will join literary organizations, booksellers...
Bankrupt Borders Execs Seek Bonuses
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Sept 5 - Sept 11, 2011 Edition Bankrupt Borders Execs Seek Bonuses Executives of the bankrupt Borders Books will be back in the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court this week seeking $1.75 million in bonuses for management. The Key...
Random House Helps Drive Bertelsmann Profits in First Half of 2011
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 29 - Sept 4, 2011 Edition Random House Helps Drive Bertelsmann Profits in First Half of 2011 Gütersloh/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 31, 2011International media giant Bertelsmann reported strong financial results for the first half of 2011 over the...
