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Penguin to Launch New Science Imprint

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...

Barnes & Noble Names Winners of Discover Great New Writers

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,...

Canadian Booksellers Fight Amazon

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...

Barnes & Noble Names Jonathan Shar To Head Digital Newsstand

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,...

Amazon Ends Colorado Affiliate Program Over Tax Law

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...

Journal Tracks Effects of Free E-Books on Printed Book Sales

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...

Book Council Announces Awards Finalists

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...

Random House Embraces Games in New IP Group

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...

ABA Names Indie Awards Finalists

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 4 - March 11, 2010 Edition ABA Names Indie Award Finalists TARRYTOWN,NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/03/02/10--The American Booksellers Association this week unveiled the finalists for the 2010 Indies Choice Book Awards. Booksellers at ABA members stores...

Reed Sells Library Journals, Retains PW

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 4 - March 11, 2010 Edition Reed Sells Library Journals, Retains PW NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORINK NEWS/03/03/10--Reed Business Information, which also owns Publishers Weekly, this week sold three of its properties to Dublin, Ohio-based Media Source....