MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 18 - 25, 2010 Edition News Media Declines Blamed on Failure to Adapt BISMARCK, ND/Authorlink News/03/18/10--A newly-released report from the Pew Research Center’s annual Project for Excellence in Journalism, shows that 2009 was a devastating...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 18 - 25, 2010 Edition Borders Books May Call for More Layoffs NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/03/18/10--Borders Books this month has begun several rounds of layoffs only weeks after a new CEO came on board, according to a report at DailyFinance....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 11 - 18, 2010 Edition Penguin to Launch New Science Imprint New York, New York/Authorlink News/March 10, 2010--Susan Petersen Kennedy, President of Penguin Group (USA),has started a new imprint for science books for general readers that will...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 11 - March 18, 2010 Edition Barnes & Noble Names Winners of Discover Great New Writers NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/03/11/10--Barnes & Noble Inc. last week named playwright Victor Lodato’s haunting debut novel, Mathilda Savitch (Farrar,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 11 - March 18, 2010 Edition Canadian Booksellers Fight Amazon TORONTO/AUTHORLINK NEWS/03/11/10--The Canadian Booksellers Association last week urged the Ministry of Canadian Heritage to reject Amazon.com's application to enter the Canadian...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 11 - March 18, 2010 Edition Barnes & Noble Names Jonathan Shar To Head Digital Newsstand NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/03/08/10-- Barnes & Noble, Inc. this week named Jonathan Shar as General Manager, Digital Newsstand and Emerging Content,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 11 - March 18, 2010 Edition Amazon Ends Colorado Affiliate Program Over New Tax Law COLORADO/AUTHORLINK NEWS/03/09/10-Amazon.com has notified Colorado-based members of its Amazon Associates program that it will no longer offer the program in...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 11 - March 18, 2010 Edition Journal Tracks Effects of Free E-Books on Printed Book Sales AUTHORLINK NEWS/03/11/10--A study by The Journal of Electronic Publishing released last week concludes that "when free e-books are offered for a...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 4 - March 11, 2010 Edition Book Council Announces Awards Finalists NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/03/03/10--The Children's Book Council (CBC) in association with Every Child a Reader, Inc. (the CBC Foundation), yesterday named 2009 finalists...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 4 - March 11, 2010 Edition Random House Embraces Games in New IP Group NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/03/03/10--The Random House Publishing Group announced this week the establishment of a new group responsible for the creation of original...