MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 24 - May 30, 2010 Edition Amazon and Penguin Reveal Finalists for Novel Award SEATTLE, NEW YORK/AUTHORLINK NEWS/ May 25, 2010--Six finalists have been selected from among thousands of qualified writers in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award...
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Borders Losses Deepen, New Financing to Take Hold
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 24 - May 30, 2010 Edition Borders Losses Deepen, New Financing to Take Hold ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 27, 2010Borders Group, Inc. today reported continuing losses for its first quarter ended May 1, 2010. Operating loss in the first quarter was...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Crown Publishing Undergoes More Restructuring
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 3 - 9, 2010 Edition Crown Publishing Undergoes More Restructuring NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/5/3/2010--Random House late last week completed another round of changes at Crown Publishng. Restructuring began last December with the move of...
