MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 11 - July 17, 2011 Edition Zondervan Acquires Bestselling Kids’ Bible GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., AUTHORLINK NEWS VIA PRNewswire/July 11, 2011-- -- The Beginner's Bible®, which has dominated the top 10 bestsellers list in the Christian industry for...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 11 - July 17, 2011 Edition Portland Film Festival Calls for Entries Portland, ME. June 15, 2011 ­–– Announcing its second exciting season, the Portland Maine Film Festival's call for entries is now open. The PMFF invites international and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 11 - July 17, 2011 Edition John Sandford’s Bad Blood Wins Thriller Writers Award New York, NY/Authorlink News/July 11, 2011--Number-one New York Times bestselling author John Sandford was honored at the sixth annual Thriller Awards banquet,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 11 - July 17, 2011 Edition ABA Responds to Amazon Stance on Sales Tax Tarrytown, NY/AUTHORLINK/ July 13, 2011-- Just weeks after California Gov. Jerry Brown signed sales tax fairness legislation into law, Amazon.com has filed a petition with...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 11 - July 17, 2011 Edition Borders Liquidation Appears Likely NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 14, 2011—In Borders’ bankruptcy hearing this morning, Judge Martin Glenn dismissed objections from landlords seeking to delay a stalking horse bid...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 04 - July 10, 2011 Edition Amazon Offers to Buy The Book Depository NEW YORK, NY/JULY 5,2011--Amazon has made an offer to buy The Book Depository, a competitive bookseller in the UK and Australia. The deal must first be examined by the Office...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 27 - July 03, 2011 Edition JANET EVANOVICH FIRST-DAY SALES SMOKIN' NEW YORK, NY/June 28, 2011--Sales for Janet Evanovich, one of the world's biggest-selling novelists, more than lived up to the title of her new book, SMOKIN’ SEVENTEEN....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 27 - July 03, 2011 Edition Baker & Taylor Launches Digital Library Platform NEW ORLEANS/June 28, 2011--Baker & Taylor, the world's largest distributor of physical and digital books, last week unveiled its Axis 360 digital media...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 27 - July 03, 2011 Edition New Publisher to Publish Christian Writers Guild Winner BRENTWOOD, TN/June 28, 2011--Worthy Publishing of Brentwood, Tenn., a new company with strong ties to the Christian publishing industry, will publish the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 27 - July 03, 2011 Edition Borders Enters Purchase Bid With Direct Brands ANN ARBOR, MICH/AUTHORLINK NEWS/ June 30, 2011 – Borders Group, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Direct Brands, a portfolio...