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The Indie Bestsellers List

Jan 30 - Feb 5, 2012 Weekly Updates

Published Thursday, February 2, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 29, 2012).

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Amazon Profits Down While Sales Soar

Jan 30 - Feb 5, 2012 Weekly Updates

SEATTLE/AUTHORLINK NEWS/-Feb. 2, 2012-- Amazon.com, Inc. Tuesday announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011. While fourth-quarter revenues grew 35% , profits fell 58% as the company continued to spend on technology, warehouses and its Kindle electronic devices.

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2012 New York Book Festival Call For Entries

Jan 30 - Feb 5, 2012 Weekly Updates

NEW YORK/AUTHORLINK NEWS/FEBRUARY 2, 2012--The 2012 New York Book Festival last week issued a call for entries to its annual program honoring books that deserve greater recognition from the world's publishing capital.

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Nominations Accepted for the Medill Journalism Medal

Jan 30 - Feb 5, 2012 Weekly Updates

EVANSTON, Ill.,/AUTHORLINK NEWS/ Feb. 2, 2012 --Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications is currently taking nominations for the Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism.

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Allen Press Seminar Targeted to Scholarly Publishing Experts

Jan 23 - Jan 29, 2012 Weekly Updates

LAWRENCE, Kan/Authorlik News/ January 23, 2012-- Allen Press, Inc. (www.allenpress.com) will present its annual Emerging Trends in Scholarly Publishing™ Seminar on April 19, 2012 at the Embassy Suites Washington DC Convention Center.

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BISG Presents Royalty Reporting Format

Jan 23 - Jan 29, 2012 Weekly Updates

BISG and the international standards organization EDItEUR have been developing standardized computer-to-computer message formats for royalty reporting between licensees and licensors or their agents.

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Albuquerque Writers Retreat Set for March

Jan 23 - Jan 29, 2012 Weekly Updates

Longtime Authorlink columnist Lisa Lenard-Cook & her ABQ Writers Co-op co-founder & UT-Austin Professor Emerita Lynn C. Miller have announced their first weekend writing retreat, "Re-Vision Means Re-Seeing."

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The Indie Bestsellers List

Jan 23 - Jan 29, 2012 Weekly Updates

Published Thursday, January 26, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 22, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.

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New Bertelsmann Fund Backs Innovative Education

Jan 16 - Jan 22, 2012 Weekly Updates

Gütersloh/New York, January 17, 2012 – Bertelsmann, which owns Random House in the US, has teamed up with other prominent investors and education entrepreneurs to launch the University Ventures Fund I, L.P..

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The Indie Bestsellers List

Jan 16 - Jan 22, 2012 Weekly Updates

Published Thursday, January 19, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 15, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.

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Publishing Veteran Farley Joins SwoopThat.com

Jan 16 - Jan 22, 2012 Weekly Updates

LA JOLLA, Calif/AUTHORLINK/January 18, 2012--SwoopThat.com, an education technology platform that offers free services to colleges, their stores, and students; announced today that Dan Farley has joined as a principal and Executive Vice President for Business Development.

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McGraw-Hill to Deliver textbooks via Apple iBooks

Jan 16 - Jan 22, 2012 Weekly Updates

NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2012 /AUTHORLINK NEWS -- McGraw-Hill Education today is bringing its leading K-12 curricula and instructional expertise to Apple's iPad with innovative iBooks Textbooks.

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Kupferberg Memorial Writing Contest Calls for Entries

Jan 09 - Jan 15, 2012 Weekly Updates

Symphony Space’s award winning, nationally aired program, Selected Shorts is sponsoring the 2012 Stella Kupferbery Memorial Writing Contest. The contest is offered to writers worldwide.

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The Indie Bestseller List

Jan 09 - Jan 15, 2012 Weekly Updates

Published Thursday, January 12, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 8, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.

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Bookstore Sales Continue Decline

Jan 09 - Jan 15, 2012 Weekly Updates

NEW YORK, NY/January 13, 2012--Bookstore sales experienced their deepest decline in the 2011 year. November sales fell 8.6%, to $941 million, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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The Indie Bestsellers List

Jan 2 - Jan 8, 2012 Weekly Updates

Published Thursday, January 5, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 1, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.

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Nook Holiday Sales Soar, BN Considers Separate Nook Unit

Jan 2 - Jan 8, 2012 Weekly Updates

New York, NY (January 5, 2012) — Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS),the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today reported record holiday sales for its NOOK business, including devices and digital content.

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Walter Dean Myers Named National Ambassador of Kids Literature

Jan 2 - Jan 8, 2012 Weekly Updates

AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 4, 2012--Walter Dean Myers, five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award and two Newbery Honors, was named on January 3 as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington.

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Indy Book Awards Calls for 2012 Entries

Jan 2 - Jan 8, 2012 Weekly Updates

AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 5, 2012--The 16th Independent Publisher Book Awards, conducted annually to honor the year's best independently published titles, are now accepting entries for books with 2011 or 2012 copyrights or released between November 1, 2010 and March 15, 2012.

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Barnes & Noble to Sell Off Sterling Publishing

Jan 2 - Jan 8, 2012 Weekly Updates

AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 5, 2012—Barnes & Noble has put its Sterlington Publishing business up for sale, a move that will end its decades-long involvement in publishing its own books.

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Book Foundation Accepts 2012 Reading Prize Entries

Dec 26, 2011 - Jan 1, 2012 Weekly Updates

NEW YORK, NY/January 1, 2012--The National Book Foundation is again sponsoring the Innovations in Reading Prize. The application for the fourth annual Innovations event is now available.

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Publishers Cheer End to Scholarly Mandates

Dec 26, 2011 - Jan 1, 2012 Weekly Updates

Washington, DC; December 30, 2011— The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and its Professional and Scholarly Division (PSP) late last week welcomed the introduction of the bipartisan Research Works Act, H.R. 3699 as significant legislation that will help reinforce America’s leadership in scholarly and scientific publishing...

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Kindle Fire Ranks Tops in Most Gifted Holiday Products

Dec 19 - Dec 25, 2011 Weekly Updates

SEATTLE/ AUTHORLINK NEWS/VIA BUSINESS WIRE--December. 19, 2011—Amazon.com announced late last week that Kindle devices remain the hottest products this holiday season – for the third week in a row, customers are purchasing well over 1 million Kindle devices per week, and Kindle Fire remains the #1 bestselling, most gifted, and most wished for product

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The Indie Bestsellers List

Dec 19 - Dec 25, 2011 Weekly Updates

Published Thursday, December 22, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 18, 2011). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.

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The Indie Bestsellers List

Dec 12 - Dec 18, 2011 Weekly Updates

Published Thursday, December 15, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 11, 2011). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.

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BALLANTINE TO PUBLISH SIMON COWELL BIOGRAPHY

Dec 12 - Dec 18, 2011 Weekly Updates

NEW YORK, NY/Decemer 16, 2011--Ballantine Books will publish SWEET REVENGE: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell by journalist Tom Bower, it was announced today.

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The Indie Bestsellers List

Dec 05 - Dec 11, 2011 Weekly Updates

Published Thursday, December 8, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 4, 2011).

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Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest Underway

Dec 05 - Dec 11, 2011 Weekly Updates

SEATTLE & NEW YORK & CHARLESTON, S.C. – December 6, 2011 – Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Penguin Group (USA) today announced the fifth annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest, the international search for the next great voices in fiction. The competition will award two grand prizes: one for general fiction and one for young adult fiction. Each grand prize winner will be published by Penguin Group (USA), and the competition will be open to both unpublished and self-published novels.

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BISG Sets Policy for Assigning eBook ISBNs

Dec 05 - Dec 11, 2011 Weekly Updates

NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/December 8, 20111—The Book Industry Study Group, after two years of work, has issued policy standards and best practices for the assignment of ISBN numbers to e-books and other digital products.

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McGraw-Hill Splits Company Into Two Entities

Dec 05 - Dec 11, 2011 Weekly Updates

NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) yesterday provided an update on its Growth and Value Plan (announced September 12, 2011), which includes the creation of two independent companies: the newly named McGraw-Hill Financial, a world leader in content and analytics for financial markets, and McGraw-Hill Education, a global leader in education services and digital learning.

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Indy Bookstores Predict Strong Holiday Sales

Dec 05 - Dec 11, 2011 Weekly Updates

Tarrytown, NY/Authorlink News/ December 8, 2011-- Independent bookstores are showing continued resilience this holiday season, as reported online and in-store sales are well up year-over-year, according to the American Booksellers Association (ABA), the national trade group for independent bookstores.

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Canadian Booksellers’ President Resigns

Nov 28 - Dec 4, 2011 Weekly Updates

CANADA/AUTHORLINK NEWS VIA QUILL AND QUIRE/November 28, 2011--At a time of major uncertainty for independent booksellers, the current vice-president and incoming president of the Canadian Booksellers Association has stepped down.

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BISG Now Shipping E-Book Consumer Survey

Nov 28 - Dec 4, 2011 Weekly Updates

NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/Nov. 29, 2011--The Book Industry Study Group is now shipping Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading, Volume Two:

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The Indie Bestseller List

Nov 28 - Dec 4, 2011 Weekly Updates

Published Thursday, December 1, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 27, 2011). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.

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Hesse to Head Bertelsmann Digital Transformation

Nov 28 - Dec 4, 2011 Weekly Updates

Gütersloh/AUTHORLINK NEWS/November 30, 2011 – Thomas Hesse has been named to the executive board of Bertelsmann AG, the international media company which owns Random House in the US. He will be charged with developing new business for the group and facilitating the digital transformation of its core businesses.

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Barnes & Noble Takes Unexpected Sales Hit

Nov 28 - Dec 4, 2011 Weekly Updates

Barnes & Noble Inc. on December 1 reported an unexpected decline of 0.6% in sales for the second quarter compared to the prior year. Total sales fell from $1.90 billion to $1.89 billion and retail store sales decreased 1% from $931 million to $918 million with comparable sales decreasing 0.6%.

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The Indie Bestsellers List

Nov 21 - Nov 27, 2011 Weekly Updates

Published Tuesday, November 22, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 20, 2011). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.

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Analysts’ Ratings Mixed on Barnes & Noble

Nov 21 - Nov 27, 2011 Weekly Updates

AUTHORLINK NEWS VIA LOCALIZED USA/11/23/2011--Equities research analysts at Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS) raised their earnings per share (EPS) estimates on shares of Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) in a research note issued to investors on yesterday. The bookseller currently has a “neutral” rating and a $20.00 price target on the company’s shares.

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2012 Beach Book Festival Call For Entries

Nov 21 - Nov 27, 2011 Weekly Updates

NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/11/23/11--The 2012 Beach Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program spotlighting the hottest reads of the summer season.

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E-Book Buyers Deeply Committed, BISG Study Says

Nov 14 - Nov 20, 2011 Weekly Updates

New York, NY /AUTHORLIK NEWS/November 15, 2011 — E-book sales can be expected to continue growing as readers show increased loyalty to and satisfaction with the digital format, according to Book Industry Study Group’s (BISG) closely watched Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading survey.

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Barnes & Noble Introduces Nook Tablet

Nov. 7 - Nov. 14, 2011 Weekly Updates

New York, NY/November 7, 2011--Barnes & Noble, Inc. today expanded its portfolio of bestselling NOOK® devices with the introduction of NOOK Tablet, the company’s fastest and lightest tablet with the best in HD entertainment.

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Republican Senators Back Internet Sales Taxes

Nov. 7 - Nov. 14, 2011 Weekly Updates

WASHINGTON, D.C. AUTHORLNK NEWS VIA CNET NEWS/November 7, 2011--The days of tax-free Internet shopping may soon be coming to an abrupt end. Two Republican senators are preparing to introduce new legislation that would allow states to force Amazon.com and other out-of-state online retailers to collect sales taxes.

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The Indie Bestseller List

Nov. 7 - Nov. 14, 2011 Weekly Updates

Published Thursday, November 10, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 6, 2011). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.

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Rakuten to Acquire Kobo Books

Nov. 7 - Nov. 14, 2011 Weekly Updates

TOKYO and TORONTO, November 8/9, 2011 -- Rakuten, Inc. (JASDAQ: 4755) and Kobo Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Rakuten intends to acquire 100% of total issued and outstanding shares of Kobo for US$315 million in cash.

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Wiley Files Suit Against Illegal Sharing

Oct 31 - Nov 06, 2011 Weekly Updates

NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/ November 1, 2011--John Wiley & Sons is suing 27 “John Does” for illegally copying and distributing its For Dummies books. The copyright infringement suit was filed last week in U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, against persons using Bit Torrent file sharing software. Wiley currently knows only the IP addresses and names of the information service providers for the John Does, Bbt the company’s goal is to learn the names of the infringers so that they can be contacted to work out a settlement.

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The Indie Bestseller List

Oct 31 - Nov 06, 2011 Weekly Updates

Published Thursday, November 3, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 30, 2011).Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.

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2012 Hollywood Book Festival Call for Entries

Oct 23 - Oct 30, 2011 Weekly Updates

HOLLYWOOD, CA/AUTHORLINK NEWS/OCTOBER 25, 2012--The 2012 Hollywood Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its seventh annual program celebrating books that deserve greater recognition from the film, television, game and multimedia communities.

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2011 London Book Festival Call for Entries

Oct 23 - Oct 30, 2011 Weekly Updates

LONDON/AUTHORLINK NEWS/October 26, 2011--The 2011 London Book Festival has added new categories to its annual awards honoring the best of international publishing.

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Stephanie Madoff Mack’s Memoir Goes On Sale October 20

Oct 17 - Oct 23, 2011 Weekly Updates

New York, N.Y., AUTHORLNK NEWS/October 17 , 2011-- It was announced today that Blue Rider Press will publish Stephanie Madoff Mack’s memoir, titled THE END OF NORMAL: A Wife’s Anguish, A Widow’s New Life, on October 20, 2011.

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The Indie Bestsellers List

Oct 17 - Oct 23, 2011 Weekly Updates

Published Thursday, October 20, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 16, 2011). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit , www.IndieBound.org

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Bertelsmann Names Thomas Rabe Chairman & CEO

Oct 10 - Oct 16, 2011 Weekly Updates

Gütersloh/Authorlink News/ October 10, 2011 – The Supervisory Board of Bertelsmann AG,which owns Random House in the USA, has appointed Thomas Rabe (46), currently Chief Financial Officer of the Group, as its future Chairman & CEO. He will succeed the current Chairman & CEO Hartmut Ostrowski (53) on January 1, 2012.

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Ashbery to Receive Book Award Lifetime Achievement Medal

Oct 10 - Oct 16, 2011 Weekly Updates

In the past six years, the selection committee for the National Book Award's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters has a fifty percentage average for honoring LG writers with its loftiest prize.

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TOC Frankfurt Launches with Global eBook Market Survey

Oct 10 - Oct 16, 2011 Weekly Updates

Sebastopol, CA/Authorlink News/October 10, 2011—O'Reilly Media launches TOC Frankfurt with the publication of The Global eBook Market: Current Conditions & Future Projections.

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The Indie Bestsellers List

Oct 10 - Oct 16, 2011 Weekly Updates

Published Thursday, October 13, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 9, 2011).

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Nook Color Devices Arrive at Target

Oct 3 - Oct 9, 2011 Weekly Updates

NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/October 3, 2011 – Barnes & Noble, Inc. today announced that NOOK Color and NOOK Simple Touch eReaders are now available at Target stores nationwide and at Target.com as Barnes & Noble continues to expand the distribution of NOOK devices. The $139 NOOK Simple Touch Reader™ and the $249 NOOK Color Reader’s Tablet™ and accessories arrived at Target on October 2, 2011.

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Brooklyn Book Festival Picks Winners of Fave Contest

Oct 3 - Oct 9, 2011 Weekly Updates

BROOKLYN, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/ October 3, 2011-- Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, AT&T and the Brooklyn Book Festival on September 29 announced that authors Kate Beaton, Alan Heathcock and Alia Malek were the top three vote-getters in the first ever “AT&T Fan Fave Contest” as part of the 2011 Brooklyn Book Festival.

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McGraw-Hill to Sell Broadcast Units to Scripps

Oct 3 - Oct 9, 2011 Weekly Updates

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 The E. W. Scripps Company for $212 million in cash.

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The Indie Bestseller List

Oct 3 - Oct 9, 2011 Weekly Updates

Published Thursday, October 6, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 2, 2011). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.

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HarperCollins, Barnes & Noble Launch Kids Book Program

Oct 3 - Oct 9, 2011 Weekly Updates

NEW YORK, AUTHORLINK NEWS/October 6, 2011--HarperCollins Children’s Books, Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) and First Book announced yesterday the launch of the “If You Give a Child a Book” program, a promotion with the goal of donating up to 60,000 books from a selection of young adult and children’s titles.

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Tomas Tranströmer of Sweden Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Oct 3 - Oct 9, 2011 Weekly Updates

The Swedish Academy says Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer has won the 2011 Nobel Prize in literature.

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