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July 2008

• AAP Announces Book Editors Online and Unscripted
• New Date, Location Announced for AAP 10th Anniversary Smaller and Independent Publishers Annual Meeting
• Book Sales Decrease Slightly in May

June 2008

• Zhejiang Copyright Authorities Move to Stop Pirated Textbooks
• Publishing Sales Stable for the Year

• Yearly Publishing Sales on the Rise

• ALA Conference Program to Look at Libel Tourism/Libel Terrorism As a Threat to Free Speech

May 2008

• Publishers Welcome Congressional Initiatives to Fight Libel Tourism

• AAP Launches Get Caught Listening ™ Audiobook Campaign

• Book Publishers Commend Congressional Anti-Piracy Caucus Report on 2008 Priority Watch List

• May is ‘Get Caught Reading Month’

• Publishers Join in Suing Over Indiana Retailer Registration Law

• AAP, Borders, Las Comadres Announce Launch of First National Latino Book Club

• Publishers Applaud Signing of New York Libel Tourism Bill

April 2008

• Publishers Join in Legal Challenge to Oregon Censorship Statute

• Publishers Applaud Focus on Important Markets in USTR’s Annual “Special 301” Report
• Publishers Applaud Attention to World Intellectual Property Day

• Book Publishing Sales Post Gains in February

• Publishers Take Action Against

  Georgia State University Copyright Infringement

• Cambodian Literary Project and Its Founder to Receive Sixth Annual Jeri Laber International Freedom to Publish Award

• Book Groups Urge Congress to Pass NSL Reform Act

March 2008

• AAP Reports Book Sales Rose to $25 Billion in 2007

• John Tagler to Head AAP Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division

• Book Sales Rise in the New Year

• Publishers Urge More Consultation on Implementation of NIH Public Access Policy

• Archipelago Books Named 2008 Miriam Bass Award Winner

• Publishers Urge Passage of ‘Orphan Works’ Legislation

• First Lady Laura Bush to Speak at AAP Annual Meeting

February 2008

• AAP Applauds Members’ Success in Suit to Stop Sales of Pirated and Unauthorized Textbooks

• AAP Announces 10th Anniversary

   Smaller and Independent Annual Meeting Program

• AAP Unveils Handbook on Book Paper and the Environment

• Book Sales Increase at Year’s End

• Publishers and Other Copyright Industries Submit Annual Review of Global Intellectual Property Protection to the USTR 
• Association of American Publishers Announces the Winners of the 2007 PSP Awards for Excellence
• Publishers Support Valerie Plame in CIA Lawsuit

January 2008

• Library Groups and Publishers Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day 2008

• Book Sales Continue Upward Swing for November
• Publishers Announce Agreements with Universities on

• New Copyright Guidelines for Course Content in Digital Formats

• Publishers Welcome NY Legislation to Fight ‘Libel Tourism’

• Publishers Say Enactment of NIH Mandate on Journal Articles

  Undermines Intellectual Property Rights Essential to Science Publishing

December 2007

• Publishers Express Disappointment in Ehrenfeld Ruling

• Chinese Authorities Take Action Against Illegal Textbook Reproduction
  

• AAP Reports Publishing Sales are Up for October

• Publishers Praise Congressional Attention to Intellectual Property Enforcement

• Publishers to Honor National Book Critics Circle

November 2007

• Book Sales Up for September
• Pat Schroeder Calls NEA Reading Report a Wake-Up Call

October 2007

• Chinese Provincial Authorities Crack Down on Illegal Textbook Reproduction

• Publishers Laud Announcement of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Proposal

• College Textbook Publishers Respond to College Board’s 2007 Pricing Report

• AAP Reports August Book Sales

• AAP to Participate in Copyright Alliance Expo

• AAP Smaller and Independent Publishers 2008 Annual Meeting Co-Locates With BookExpo America

September 2007

• Reader Privacy Advocates Applaud Introduction of NSL Reform Act
  
• Mid-Summer Book Sales Heat Up
• “Reading with Las Comadres” Will Highlight Latina Authors

August 2007

• New Initiative Preserving Research Integrity to Unite Scholars, Publishers
• One Childhood Treasure That’s Not Being Recalled
• Publishing Sales Continue to Climb for the Summer

July 2007

• Book Sales Bounce Back in May
• Congress Told of Publishers’ Efforts to Support College Textbook Affordability and Student Success

June 2007

• Publishing Sales Take Small Dip for the Spring, Yearly Sales Rise
• Publishers Respond to ACSFA Report

May 2007

• Response to LAO's Reforming California's Instructional Material Adoption Process Report
• AAP Reports Sales of Books Totaled $ 24.2 Billion in 2006
• Book Sales Remain Steady in March
• Book Publishers Commend Congressional Anti-Piracy Caucus Report on 2007 Priority Watch List
• ACT Report Confirms High School Graduates Unready for College-Level Study

April 2007

• Publishers Welcome USTR’s Annual “Special 301” Report and Results of China Provincial Review
• Publishers Join In Celebrating World Intellectual Property Day
• Publishing Sales Rise in February
• Iranian Independent Publishing Community Gets Fifth Annual Jeri Laber International Freedom to Publish Award
• 2007 Recommended Reading for Fourth Annual May Latino Books Month Announced
• AAP Applauds Senate Testimony by ‘John Doe’ Librarian
• Important New Web Site Launched for Parents and Teachers
• Publishers Support U.S. Government in Bringing World Trade Organization Cases on China
• Publishers Laud Conclusion of Free Trade Agreement with Korea

March 2007

• Association of American Publishers Joins AACP Project
• Book Sales Up in the New Year
• U.S. Professional and Scholarly Publishers Endorse International Declaration on Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishing
• Publishers to Honor the View