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Displaying news issues from 09/17/2012 to 11/12/2012.First | Previous | Next | Last News Issue for 11/12/2012Tablets Gain Over E-Readers, BISG Says(Main News) Summary: New York, New York (November 14, 2012) – E-book consumers are decidedly shifting to multi-function tablets and away from dedicated e-readers, according to the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)’s closely watched on-going Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading survey. News Issue for 11/12/2012The Indie Bestsellers List(Bestsellers) Summary: Published Thursday, November 15, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 11, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. News Issue for 11/05/2012The Indie Bestseller List(Bestsellers) Summary: Published Thursday, November 8, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 4, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. News Issue for 10/29/2012Bertelsmann and Pearson to Combine Book Units(Main News) Summary: Gütersloh / New York / London, October 29, 2012 – The international media groups Bertelsmann and Pearson announced today that they will combine the activities of their respective trade-book publishing companies, Random House and Penguin Group. News Issue for 10/22/2012The Indie Bestseller List(Bestsellers) Summary: Published Thursday, October 25, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 21, 2012). Ten Writers Earn $50,000 Whiting Award(Main News) Summary: New York, October 23 – The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation today named ten recipients of the 2012 Whiting Writers’ Awards. The awards of $50,000 each, totaling $500,000 have been given annually since 1985 to writers of exceptional talent and promise in early career.
BISG and DBW Sponsor 3-Part Webcast on E-books(Main News) Summary: NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK/10/25/2012--The e-book revolution is well underway and digital publishing continues to grow at a staggering rate – almost too fast to measure. News Issue for 10/15/2012The Indie Bestseller List(Bestsellers) Summary: Published Thursday, October 18, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 14, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. 2013 SAN FRANCISCO BOOK FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES(Main News) Summary: SAN FRANCISCO _ The 2013 San Francisco Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best books of the spring. Pen Literary Awards Call for Entries(Main News) Summary: Submissions are now open for the 2013 PEN Literary Awards. Our awards program, the most comprehensive in the country, will present 17 awards in 2013. Author Freethy Sells 1 Million NOOK Books™ Via PubIt!™(Main News) Summary: New York, New York – October 18, 2012 – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced that Barbara Freethy has sold 1 million NOOK Books through its self-publishing platform PubIt! Great Northwest book Festival Calls for Entries(Main News) Summary: PORTLAND/Authorlink News/October 18, 2012--The 2013 Great Northwest Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its competition honoring the best books of the late winter/spring season.
News Issue for 10/08/2012Grimmelmann Joins PW as Legal Editor(Main News) Summary: NEW YORK—October 9, 2012— Publishers Weekly has appointed James Grimmelmann, professor of law at New York Law School, as contributing editor for legal affairs The Indie Bestsellers List(Bestsellers) Summary: Published Thursday, October 11, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 7, 2012). Book Subject Codes to Go International(Main News) Summary: Frankfurt, Germany (October 10, 2012) – Book industry representatives from 15 countries announced today the formation of a new, global standard to categorize and classify book content by subject. Chautauqua Institution Calls for Literary Prize Submissions(Main News) Summary: Chautauqua Institution is pleased to invite submissions for its important new annual prize for a work of fiction or literary/narrative nonfiction. Awarded for the first time in the summer of 2012, News Issue for 10/01/2012The Indie Bestseller List(Bestsellers) Summary: Published Thursday, October 4, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 30, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. Fallon to succeed Marjorie Scardino as Pearson’s CEO(Main News) Summary: Pearson is today announcing that Marjorie Scardino has decided to step down as Pearson’s chief executive at the end of 2012. John Fallon will succeed her as chief executive on 1 January 2013, and joins the Pearson board with immediate effect News Issue for 09/24/2012Rouvillois to Guide Barnes and Noble Global Expansion(Main News) Summary: New York, NY, and Luxembourg City, Luxembourg/ September 25, 2012 -- Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced the appointment of Patrick Rouvillois as Vice President, Managing Director – International, a new role in which he is responsible for building the NOOK® brand outside the US across the globe The Indie Bestsellers List(Bestsellers) Summary: Published Thursday, September 27, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 23, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. News Issue for 09/17/2012Berkley Inks Huge Deal for Maya Banks Romance Trilogy(Main News) Summary: New York, NY, September 17, 2012— Berkley Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), announced today the acquisition of an all-new trilogy of erotic romance novels by New York Times bestselling author Maya Banks. DIY BOOK FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES(Main News) Summary: LOS ANGELES _ The 2012-2013 DIY Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its 11th annual competition honoring independent book authors and publishers. Wal-Mart Banishes Amazon Kindle From Stores(Main News) Summary: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the world's largest store chain said September 20 that it will stop selling Amazon Kindle tablets and electronic readers, in what analysts see as a growing competitive strain between the two retail titans. | |
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