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Publication: PublishersWeekly.com

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Borders Gift Card Holders to Get Nothing

At the time of the final Borders store closings in September 2011, Borders had approximately 17.7 million outstanding gift cards with unredeemed balances of $210.5 million. Not a single claim was filed by card holders by the June 1, 2011 deadline for ... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Priority Claim, Distribution Plan, Bankruptcy Court, Administrative Expenses

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 47 mins ago - 1 reports

LexisNexis Buys Sheshunoff and A.S. Pratt

Best known for its how to guides for compliance professionals, the Sheshunoff collection of publications includes more than 100 titles offering information critical for the financial services industry with a strong focus on federally regulated banking ... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - 1 hour ago]

Entities: LexisNexis Group, Compliance (Banking), E-book

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

INscribe Signs Eight New Publishers

With the addition of the new companies more than 20,000 titles are now distributed by INscribe Digital iwhich was founded two and a half years ago. ... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Publisher

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Michigan Writers Series Takes to the Road

WSU Press, which is located in Detroit, hosted four unique literary events in four cities across the southern and central parts of the state within a 24-hour period Friday and Saturday. The Michigan Writers Series Tour kicked off Friday evening with a ... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Gloria Whelan, Ann Arbor, Annie Martin

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Lydia Davis Wins the Man Booker International Prize 2013

Not only a writer (she has nine collections of stories and one novel), Davis is also a renowned translator, having recently done acclaimed translations of Swann's Way and Madame Bovary. Her translation work led her to be named a Chevalier of the Order ... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Lydia Davis, Tim Parks, Yiyun Li

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Job Moves: May 23, 2013

Mary McCue has been promoted to senior publicity manager for Gallery Books and Threshold Editions. She joined Gallery in 2010.Jessica Strand is manager of donor events at the New York Public Library, beginning June 17. She was previously events manager ... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Threshold Editions, Donor

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

'Inferno' Has Huge Debut, But Below 'The Lost Symbol'

Doubleday reported that Inferno sold 1 million units (print + e-book) in the U.S. and Canada in its first five days. Because BookScan's figure of 369,000 tracks somewhere around 80% of print sales, the total number of print units sold should be somewhere ... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - 14 hours ago]

Entities: E-book, yield, Canada

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Guiding Prayers: Rick Hamlin

We now get almost a million prayer requests a year. Youll be glad to know that I dont pray for them all myself, Hamlin says. Many people tell Guideposts that they pray, but are unsure if they do it right. In his latest book, 10 Prayers You Cant Live Without: ... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - 21 hours ago]

Entities: New York City, San Francisco (United States)

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

It Is Written: News in Bibles and Sacred Texts, May 2013

B&H Publishing Bibles were honored at the recent SEPA (Spanish Evangelical Publishers Association) Awardsin four categories.On July 1 B&H will release Biblia del Pescador (RVR 1960 Fisher of Men Bible), a Spanish-language Bible that focuses on evangelism, ... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - 21 hours ago]

Entities: LifeWay Christian Resources, Evangelism, Publishing, Publisher

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

PW Talks with Guillermo Maldonado: Experiencing God in the Now

What was your thinking behind writing The Glory of God?First it was the guidance and leading of the Spirit, but also because of the lack of knowledge of the glory of God in the body of Christ. Second, because of the end times were living in. Earth and ... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Guillermo Maldonado, United States, Abortion, Miami (Florida, United States)

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, May 2013

B&H Publishing Group was named Publisher of the Year at the held in Miami during Expolit 2013 (May 2-5). B&H also received the Book of the Year award for La Resolucin para Hombres (The Resolution for Men) by Stephen and Alex Kendrick, whose El Desafo ... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Lion Hudson, Alex Kendrick, Publishing

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

New ALA Supplement Looks at 'Faustian Bargains' of Digital

Contributors include Publishers Weekly contributing editor Peter Brantley, director of scholarly communication at Hypothes.is, whose piece, The Unpackaged Book, examines ways in which the fundamental model of libraries, publishers, distributors, and books ... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - 22 hours ago]

Entities: E-book, Supplement, Peter Brantley, American Library Association

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"The bus tour was all about connecting our authors with new audiences in creative ways," series editor Annie Martin explained. "There is such an amazing literary community across the state; it was really important to us to reach out beyond metro Detroit to tap into it. It was great; wed love to do it again." WSU Presss Made in Michigan Writers Series launched in 2006 and publishes four or five books each year by Michigan authors...

Michigan Writers Series Takes to the Road [Published PublishersWeekly.com - 1 hour ago]

The full agreement had not been made public Wednesday morning, but in a brief statement, Penguin said it has "committed to the State Attorneys General to abide by the same injunctive relief as previously agreed in a separate settlement with the Department of Justice." Penguin also noted that parent company Pearson has already taken a $40 million charge for the settlement in its 2012 accounts...

Penguin Finally Settles Price-Fixing Charges, Will Avoid Trial [Published PublishersWeekly.com - 22 hours ago]

...entitled "ALA, Ebooks, and the leadership of ALAs Digital Content Working Group will provide an overview of ALA activities and plans, and a panel discussion will provide further views on libraries as publishers and stewards of Americas digital cultural heritage."

New ALA Supplement Looks at 'Faustian Bargains' of Digital [Published PublishersWeekly.com - 22 hours ago]

...Marlin said the company incorporated a number of recommendations made by the publishers who tested the system, one of which was Candlemark & Gleam. "AuthorPortal.com is already a valuable tool for any publisher trying to manage their data and documents in a sensible, organized fashion, says Kate Sullivan, publisher of Candlemark & Gleam. and it's only going to get better from here. "Our objective is to bring the powerful features that the Big 5 [publishers] and Amazon provide their authors to the relationship-oriented independent publishers, Marlin says."

MetaComet's AuthorPortal.com Goes Live [Published PublishersWeekly.com - May 21 2013]

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