MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 3 - Oct 9, 2011 Edition McGraw-Hill to Sell Broadcast Units to Scripps NEW YORK, AUTHORLINK NEWS/ October 4, 2011-- The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) yesterday announced a definitive agreement to sell its nine-station Broadcasting Group to...
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HarperCollins, Barnes & Noble Launch Kids Book Program
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 3 - Oct 9, 2011 Edition HarperCollins, Barnes & Noble Launch Kids Book Program NEW YORK, AUTHORLINK NEWS/October 6, 2011--HarperCollins Childrens Books, Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) and First Book announced yesterday the launch of the If...
Tomas Tranströmer of Sweden Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 3 - Oct 9, 2011 Edition Tomas Tranströmer of Sweden Wins Nobel Prize in Literature STOCKHOLM (AP) The Swedish Academy says Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer has won the 2011 Nobel Prize in literature. The academy said it awarded the 80-year-old...
National Book Awards Finalists to be Announced
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 3 - Oct 9, 2011 Edition National Book Awards Finalists to be Announced The twenty Finalists for the 62nd National Book Awards will be announced on Oregon Public Broadcasting's morning radio program, Think Out Loud, in front of a live...
S&S Launches Facebook Book Club
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 3 - Oct 9, 2011 Edition S&S Launches Facebook Book Club NEW YORK, NY/ AUTHORLINK NEWS/October 6, 2011--Simon & Schuster today announced the launch of a new Facebook fan page, Something to Read About: The S&S Book Club. This new page is...
Tom Clancy to Release New Novel at Putnam
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Sept 26 - Oct 2, 2011 Edition Tom Clancy to Release New Novel at Putnam New York, New York, September 26, 2011 Tom Clancy, the #1 worldwide bestselling author, bestselling videogame presenter and one of the preeminent and most prescient...
Random House to Publish Michael Scotts Ebook Original
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Sept 26 - Oct 2, 2011 Edition Random House to Publish Michael Scotts Ebook Original New York, NY/ September 26, 2011--Random House Childrens Books (RandomHouse.com/kids) will release the second ebook original from New York Times bestselling...
Penguin Names Tom Dussel Subsidiary Rights Director
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Sept 26 - Oct 2, 2011 Edition Penguin Names Tom Dussel Subsidiary Rights Director NEW YORK, NY/September 29, 2011--Tom Dussel will be joining Penguin Group (USA) as the new Director of Subsidiary Rights, responsible for the Putnam, Berkley,...
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...
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...
