Bertelsmann Ousts CEO Middelhoff, Media Head Steps InFRANKFURT, GERMANY/7/28/02—Thomas Middelhoff, chief executive of Bertelsmann, the secretive privately-owned conglomerate that also owns Random House and BMG music, was...
Read MoreA monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR Of Polecats and Print-on-Demand Publishing by Susan Malone August 2002 I’ve talked...
Read MoreLightning Source Names J. Kirby Best President & CEO LAVERGNE, TN/7/8/02—J. Kirby Best has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Lightning Source Inc., a leading provider of digital content management...
Read MoreSuspension Richard E. Crabbe Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin?s Griffin July 2002 Trade Paperback/436 pages ISBN: 0-312-28464-0 Buy This Book www.amazon.com "…a terrorist plot to blow up the Brooklyn...
Read MoreAuthorlink Launches Searchable Agency Database for Listed Writers DALLAS, TX/7/1/02–Authorlink, the award-winning rights showcase for editors, agents, and writers, has launched a streamlined service for its...
Read MoreLate last year, the President signed into law the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. Under the new lawwhich adds 20 years to most copyright termsno new works will enter the public domain until 2019. Enacted to ensure adequate protection for U.S. works abroad, the new act restricts access to works published after 1922. As this article points out, passage of the act has changed the rules for using public domain materialsa rich source of quality, inexpensive content for many smaller publishers. Unfortunately, those who rely on such materials will be adversely affected by these new rules.
Read MoreA monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR Why Attend Writers' Conferences? By Susan Malone July 2002 Writers often ask me about...
Read MoreMount Vernon Love Story A Novel of George and Martha Washington Mary Higgins Clark Simon & Schuster June, 2002 Hardcover/223 pages ISBN: 0-9319-1740-9 Buy This Book www.amazon.com "A fresh...
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Bowker, Booksurge Team Up to Deliver Print-on-Demand Services New Providence,...
Read MoreBig Three Booksellers Post First Quarter Gains 5/27/02—America's three largest bookstore chains reported sales gains totaling 4.8% (a $1.71 billion increase) in the first quarter ended May 4, according to a Publishers...
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