NEWS

1. Gift check
   Now you can give anyone a gift check through wwaow.com. Just click on the gift check item or learn more through our FAQ section. For questions, please mail to info@wwaow.com

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2. Customized Agenda Books
   Need a fully personalized project planner? Make your own unique business agenda on UniBook!

3. Where to Eat at BEA
   After a long day at the Javits Center, unwinding with a nice meal is just what many convention-goers need. We talked to New Yorkers with cookbooks and books about food out this year to get their picks. There's plenty to chose from, but if all else fails, follow the advice of former food critic William Grimes: “Do not despise food from street carts. Many are terrific. Not the hot dog ones, but the spicy-smelling ones selling chicken and rice and French fries for about $5 can be great.” Bon appétit! http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6654201.html

4. Free Speech Groups Criticize Dismissal of Wisconsin Library Board Members
   Four members of a library board in West Bend, Wis., were dismissed last week for refusing to remove controversial books from the library’s young adult section—and yesterday, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the National Coalition Against Censorship, the Association of American Publishers and PEN American Center criticized the firings.

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5. Print Business Publications
   Want to make a professional business publication? Create all of your corporate books on UniBook!

6. New Report Projects Small Decline in Book Sales in ’09
   Total book sales are projected to dip 0.5% in 2009, to $35.04 billion, according to the PW/IPR Book Sales Index, a new report from Publishers Weekly and the Institute for Publishing Research. Sales will be down or flat in all the trade segments, but will increase in the professional, higher education and standardized testing segments.

7. Google Deadline Delayed Four Months as Steinbeck Motion Granted
   In a surprise move, New York Judge Denny Chin today granted a four-month extension to a group of authors, led by Gail Knight Steinbeck, delaying the May 5 deadline to opt out or object to the Google Book Search settlement to early September. Although the order had not yet been made public at press time, sources confirmed for PW that Chin had granted the extension.

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8. UniBook Now Publishes for FREE
   UniBook has launched a revised website that allows authors to write and publish their own books without any listing or start-up costs. Authors retain ownership of their copyrights and earn money on the sale of each book sold on the website.

9. Settlement Likely in E-Reserves Case
   A legal settlement now appears likely between academic libraries and publishers after recent developments in a controversial lawsuit brought last April by a group of publishers against four individuals at Georgia State University (GSU) over the use of electronic course content and e-reserves system. On June 22, the U.S. District Court in Atlanta granted a protective order to the GSU defendants, limiting the plaintiffs’ (Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and SAGE Publications) discovery to GSU’s “ongoing and continuous conduct,” in light of a new, more conservative copyright policy, adopted earlier this year by the Georgia State Regents

10. UniBook and BookRix Join In New Partnership
   UniBook, in cooperation with BookRix, is giving Bookrix users the chance to have their works published and printed. Visit BookRix Web To Reality for more information. www.bookrix.com