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Barnes & Noble, Burkle Trade More Charges
www.publishersweekly.com

The battle of letters and press releases between Barnes & Noble and Ron Burkle shows no signs of abating

Borders Working To Redefine Store Model
www.publishersweekly.com

As book sales migrate from print to digital over the next few years. the number one focus at Borders is to redefine its store model

Birmingham City Council Spends £187m On New Library - And Cuts Book Fund
www.birminghammail.net

Cash-Strapped Birmingham City Council has cut its book-buying fund – as it spends £187 million on a showpiece library

Scribd.com Goes To The Dark Side
pbackwriter.blogspot.com

Free Books Put Behind Paywall?

2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalists
www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org

The Dayton Literary Peace Prize, inaugurated in 2006, is the first and only annual U.S. literary award recognizing the power of the written word to promote peace

No TV return for Richard and Judy
www.bbc.co.uk

Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan rule out TV comeback

Sony And Amazon Try To Rain On Apple's Parade
www.rethink-wireless.com

Apple still has plenty of tame press and analysts to get excited about its launch event today, but its rivals are getting far more adept at stealing its thunder

Sony Unveils Revamped E-readers
content.usatoday.com

and probably blows it

Borders US sees sharp fall in revenue
www.prnewswire.com

Second quarter sales were $526.1 million, down 11.5% from the same period a year ago, with comparable store sales declining by 6.8%

Richard And Judy Announce Book Club 'Page Turners'
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Richard and Judy opened a new chapter for their Book Club today as they chose a new stack of authors who are destined to benefit from their 'magic touch'

BBC loses court battle over Stig
www.bbc.co.uk

The BBC has lost a legal fight to stop publication of a book which reveals the identity of Top Gear's driver The Stig

Blair's Long-Awaited Memoirs Are Finally Published
www.independent.co.uk

Former Prime Minister finally breaks his silence

Barnet's Libraries Could Be Sold Off
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk

and leased back to plug hole in council accounts

Merlin Wolfhound To Cease Publishing
irishpublishingnews.com

Merlin Publishing the Dublin based non-fiction publisher is to cease its publishing activities for the forseeable future

Company marketing messages to be regulated by ASA
www.guardian.co.uk

Messages on company websites and social media services such as Twitter to be subject to same rules as TV and newspapers ads

Blair Book 'To Become Biggest Political Memoir Of All-time'
www.telegraph.co.uk

Tony Blair: A Journey set to become biggest political memoir of all-time

Reading Agency Defends Libraries' Impact On Literacy
www.guardian.co.uk

As government cuts threaten libraries, the Reading Agency comes to their defence with a success story – the Summer Reading Challenge

Stig Wrangle Continues In Private
www.bbc.co.uk

A court case to prevent the identity of Top Gear's The Stig from being revealed is to continue being heard in private

JK Rowling gives £10m for Edinburgh MS centre
www.bbc.co.uk

Author JK Rowling has donated £10m to the University of Edinburgh to set up a multiple sclerosis research clinic

Kobo Opens New York Office
blog.kobobooks.com

Kobo has opened an office in New York, focused on publisher relations and content acquisition for the US market

Chilean Artists Bomb Berlin With 100,000 Poems
publishingperspectives.com

Chilean artist collective Casagrande, along with Literaturwerkstatt Berlin, drops 100,000 poems over Berlin as a protest against war

Book Attracts 692,000 Facebook Followers Yet Sees No Corresponding Increase In Sales
mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com

"Shut Up, I'm Talking": It's the catchphrase not the book

Whitcoulls Owner Gets Waiver For Breaches
tvnz.co.nz

Melbourne based book, stationery and entertainment company said it is exploring a range of options to strengthen its balance sheet longer term

Bertelsmann Raises Full-year Forecast
online.wsj.com

Media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG said Tuesday said it swung to a first-half net profit and lifted its outlook for 2010

High Street Sales Up For Second Consecutive Month
www.theretailbulletin.com

Volumes of sales on the high street were higher than a year ago in August, the second consecutive year-on-year increase


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