MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 30 - June 5, 2011 Edition BookExpo Attendance Down Slightly NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/May 31, 2011--Attendance for the publishing industry’s largest trade show, BookExpo America fell slightly this year from 21,919 in 2010 to 21,664 this...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 30 - June 5, 2011 Edition Barnes And Noble Begins Shipping Touchscreen Nook New York, New York/June 1, 2011--Barnes & Noble, Inc. began shipping its All-New NOOK yesterday, getting pre-ordered devices to customers well ahead of schedule. New...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 30 - June 5, 2011 Edition Study Shows Illegal Downloading on the Rise by Students New York, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/June 1, 2011–-The final installment in Volume One of BISG’s ongoing Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education survey shows...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 22 - May 29, 2011 Edition Former Time Warner CEO Heads Amazon Publishing NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/ May 23, 2011—Larry Kirshbaum, former Time Warner Book Group CEO and current agent, has been named v-p of publishing for Amazon Publishing’s...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 22 - May 29, 2011 Edition Bookstats Report Offers Deep Look at Publishing New York, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/May 24, 2011--A new annual survey capturing the size and scope of the total U.S. book publishing industry is being introduced today along...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 16 - May 22, 2011 Edition Simon & Schuster to Launch India Publisher NEW YORK, LONDON and NEW DELHI/AUTHORLINK NEWS/May 19, 2011—As part of its strategic focus on bringing the works of its authors to the widest possible global audience, Simon &...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 16 - May 22, 2011 Edition Print Books Grow While E-Book Sales Soar Washington, DC/AUTHORLINK NEWS/May 19, 2011--Both print and digital formats of books enjoyed revenue gains in March 2011 vs last year according to the monthly net sales report...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 16 - May 22, 2011 Edition BISG Looks for New Director New York, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/May 18, 2011--The Book Industry Study Group (BISG), the industry's leading trade association for policy, standards and research, today announced that Scott...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 16 - May 22, 2011 Edition Penguin’s New Imprint Named Blue Rider Press New York, NY/Authorlink News/May 17, 2011--David Rosenthal’s general trade imprint at Penguin Group (USA), launched in November 2010, will be called Blue Rider Press, it was...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 16 - May 19, 2011 Edition Madoff’s Daughter-in-Law to Write Inside Story for Blue Rider Press New York , NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/May 18, 2011--Bernard Madoff’s daughter-in-law, Stephanie Madoff-Mack, widow of Mark Madoff, will tell the first genuine...