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New York, NY /January 15, 2013 --Leading independent eBook publisher RosettaBooks today announced that Roger Cooper will assist the digital publisher as Associate Publisher-at-Large.
Beverly Hills, Calif. (Dec 15, 2012) Greta Garbo, the legendary Hollywood actress widely acknowledged as the most beautiful woman of the 20th Century continued to capture the world beyond the screen at the Julien’s Auctions two-day event, Friday and Saturday.
New York, NY - December 18, 2012 - Leading independent eBook publisher RosettaBooks has announced the first-time digital release in the U.S. of 35 titles from renowned science fiction author Sir Arthur C. Clarke, one of the most influential science fiction writers of the 20th and 21st century.
Reportero follows veteran reporter Sergio Haro and his colleagues at Zeta, a Tijuana-based independent newsweekly, as they stubbornly ply their trade in one of the deadliest places in the world for members of the media.
Gütersloh, December 10, 2012 – Bertelsmann now documents the breadth of its creative
products and services in a new format: the international media company’s new “Experience
Bertelsmann” app presents information about the Group’s major sites and brands
Published Thursday, December 13, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 9, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
New York, NY (December 5, 2012)—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) last week reported sales and earnings for its fiscal 2013 second quarter ended October 27, 2012.
AUSTIN, TX/December 6, 2012--The 2013 Great Southwest Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its competition honoring the best books of the late winter/spring season.
NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/November 26, 2012--The McGraw-Hill Companies today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its McGraw-Hill Education business to investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO) (collectively with its subsidiaries, "Apollo"), for a purchase price of $2.5 billion, subject to certain closing adjustments.
Published Tuesday, November 20, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 18, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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
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 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,
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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 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.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (September 10, 2012) — Roger D. Hodge is the new editor of The Oxford American, becoming only the second editor in the magazine's 20-year history.
Hodge was the editor of Harper’s Magazine from 2006-2010, and during his tenure, the magazine was a National Magazine Award finalist seven times, winning in 2007 for fiction and in 2010 for reporting.
SEDONA/AZ/AUTHORLINK NEWS/September 10, 2012--Sedona (The Movie) has been released nationwide on DVD, Blu-ray and Video On Demand. Dubbed the world’s very first “charming, inspirational, quirky, feel-good, magical, mystical adventure about finding miracles,” the independently produced 'Sedona' depicts the profound personal transformations of two stressed-out visitors over the course of one life-altering day in beautiful Sedona, AZ
New York, NY, Authorlink News/September 10, 2012— In October 2012, Penguin Group (USA)’s Berkley/NAL division will launch InkLit, a new graphic novel imprint, it was announced today by Kara Welsh, Vice President and Publisher of NAL
Gütersloh, August 29, 2012 – Dr. Bernd Buchholz (50), a member of the Bertelsmann Executive Board and CEO of Gruner + Jahr, has tendered his resignation from his Executive Board mandate to the Supervisory Board of Bertelsmann Management SE, with immediate effect. The Supervisory Board issued a statement saying it “regrets this decision, and thanks Bernd Buchholz for the long years of collaboration.”
>(Weymouth, MA) August 30, 2012...Despite continued weakness in the U.S. economy, American print service providers are investing in transformative technology such as web-to-print, cross-media marketing and workflow automation solutions to future-proof their business.
Authorlink News/August 30, 2012--Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen along with 54 attorneys general in other states, districts and U.S. territories, announced yesterday that they have reached an antitrust settlement with three of the largest book publishers in the United States.
New York, NY/Authorlink News/August 21, 2012—Barnes & Noble, Inc. today reported sales and earnings for its fiscal 2013 first quarter ended July 28, 2012.
Gütersloh, August 21, 2012 – Bertelsmann, the international media company that owns Random House in the US, will from now do business as Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA.
Canada/Authorlink News/ August 21, 2012--Patrick Crean, known in publishing circles for his passion for Canadian writers, joins HarperCollins Canada in September to become publisher of his new eponymous imprint, Patrick Crean Editions.
Published Thursday, August 23, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 19, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
Published Thursday, August 16, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 12, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
LAWRENCE, Kan./August 14, 2012--Allen Press, Inc. publisher and printing services provider, has released the 2012 Study of Subscription Prices for Scholarly Society Journals
AUSTIN, TX/Authorlink News--The 2013 Great Southwest Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its competition honoring the best books of the late winter/spring season.
