Feb 17 2009: Alfred A. Knopf Jr., who left the noted publishing house run by his parents to become one of the founders of Atheneum Publishers in 1959, died on Saturday. He was 90, the last of the surviving founders, and lived in New York City.
Feb 17 2009: Standard & Poor has downgraded Barnes & Noble stock from "hold" to "strong sell", noting that B&N shares "have risen about 40% over the past 3 months and are now trading well above" S&P's target price. The firm also expects further weakening in sales over the next ...
Feb 12 2009: Although only weeks into the new presidency, President and Michelle Obama are thrilling the book community by finding time in their schedules to encourage the love of reading. Last week President and Mrs Obama talked with 2nd grade students at the Capital City Public ...
Feb 12 2009: The new Amazon Kindle (officially available Feb 24) features a robotic voice that can, if wished, read the book out loud. This feature has caused the Authors Guild to issue a public statement urging authors to consider the implications this could have to the $1 ...
Feb 09 2009: Amazon have launched the Kindle 2 (officially available Feb 24 for $359). The device can hold an average of 1500 books and has an improved battery life that will hold its charge for two weeks. It is lighter and thinner (about as thick as a pencil) than the original ...
Feb 03 2009: Reed Exhibitions announced yesterday that June's Book Expo Canada is being closed "effective immediately."
Canadian author and editor of January Magazine, Linda Richards has an interesting take on the closure saying,
"Though some media are acting surprised by Reed...
Jan 28 2009: Sebastian Barry's The Secret Scripture has won the Costa book of the year award (formerly the Whitbread Award) after what the Guardian describes as "an extraordinarily close finish." Apparently Barry was favored by five judges while the other four were in support of ...
Jan 28 2009: Three Percent has announced its shortlist of best 2008 books in translation. The winners will be announced on February 19. Three Percent (named for the approximate 3% of books published in the USA that are books in translation) launched in the summer of 2007 as part of...
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