MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 24 - May 30, 2010 Edition E-Book Sales Soar, Printed Books Gain Too, AAP Reports May 24, 2010, New York, NY/Authorlink News-- Book sales for the month of March increased by 16.6 percent at $458.2 million and were up by 8.0 percent for the year...
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Booksellers Association Sees Small Gains in Membership
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 24 - May 30, 2010 Edition Booksellers Association Sees Small Gains in Membership NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/May 24, 2010The American Booksellers Association reports that its membership numbers are finally turning around after the...
Borders Raises $25 Million to Transform Brand
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 17 - 23, 2010 Edition Borders Raises $25 Million to Transform Brand ANN ARBOR, MICH/AUTHORLINK NEWS/May 21, 2010Borders Group, Inc. has announced that an entity controlled by Bennett S. LeBow has agreed to invest $25 million in the company...
Battle for Control of Barnes & Noble Heats Up
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 17 - May 23, 2010 Edition Battle for Control of Barnes & Noble Heats Up NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/May 18, 2010--The battle for control over Barnes & Noble, Inc. between billionaire Run Burkle, who wants to take over the company, and book...
Penguin Books Marks 75th Anniversary
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 17 - May 23, 2010 Edition Penguin Books Marks 75th Anniversary AUTHORLINK NEWS/May 18, 2010--Penguin Books will mark its 75th Anniversary on July 30, 2010. The summer-long celebration will kick-off at Book Expo of America when the Penguin...
Barnes & Noble.com to Sell Used CDs and DVDs
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 17 - 23, 2010 Edition Barnes & Noble.com to Sell Used CDs and DVDs New York, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/May 18, 2010--Barnes & Noble has announced that it is selling new and used CDs and DVDs online through its Marketplace program at Barnes & Noble.com...
Bertelsmann Off to an Excellent Start in 2010
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 10 - 16, 2010 Edition Bertelsmann Off to an Excellent Start in 2010 Gütersloh/AUTHORLINK NEWS/May 12, 2010--The international media company Bertelsmann, which owns book publisher Random House, reports significant growth in its operating...
Kobo Enters eBook Device Market
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 10 - 16, 2010 Edition Kobo Enters eBook Device Market AUTHORLINK NEWS/May 10, 2010--Kobo Books has entered the e-book device market with a low-cost $149.99 reader, according to the blog walletpop.com, The new device will debut on June 17, but...
Google To Begin Selling Digital Books in June
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 10 - 16, 2010 Edition Google To Begin Selling Digital Books in June AUTHORLINK NEWS/May 10, 2010--Google Inc. will begin selling digital books in late June or July, Chris Palma, Google's manager for strategic-partner development,said in a...
Barnes & Noble Offers Free Shipping to Members
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 3 - 9, 2010 Edition Barnes & Noble Offers Free Shipping to Members NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/May 3,2010--In a move to combat similar offers at Amazon, Barnes & Noble on Friday announced that it is now offering Unlimited Free Express Shipping to...
