MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 28 - February 4, 2010 Edition Barnes & Noble Confirms Layoffs NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 28, 2010--Barnes & Noble has confirmed that earlier this month  the company laid off an undisclosed number of digital-division...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 28 - February 4, 2010 Edition Big-name Authors Ink Attractive Deals With Amazon NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 28, 2010—A steady stream of big-name authors are signing exclusive deals with Amazon.com’s Kindle. The latest author (and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 28 - February 4, 2010 Edition HarperCollins Expands Digital Strategy With Inkpop NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 25, 2010--HarperCollins Publishers has broadened its digital publishing initiative with the launch this week of inkpop...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 28 - February 4, 2010 Edition Borders Head Departs Amid Rumblings of Debt Problems ANN ARBOR, Mich./Authorlink News/January 26, 2010--Borders Group Board Chairman Mick McGuire today announced that Ron Marshall has resigned as President,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 28 - February 4, 2010 Edition Author Solutions CEO Takes On Writers’ Groups Over Self-Publishing BLOOMINGTON, IN /AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 28, 2010--Author Solutions (ASI), with an initiative to become the world’s largest publisher of...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 28 - February 4, 2010 Edition ISteinbeck, Guthrie Back Google Settlement, Others Balk NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 27, 2010—The families of John Steinbeck and Woody Guthrie have decided to opt in to the revised Google Book Search...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 21 - January 28, 2010 Edition Amazon Ups Author Royalties on Some Kindle Books NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 20, 2010—Amazon.com announced this week that it will increase royalties for authors and publishers for books sold on the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 21 - January 28, 2010 Edition AAP Sees Holiday Book Sales Gains, Others Show Declines NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 18, 2010—Book sales for the month of November 2009 increased by 10.9 per cent at $808.5 million and increased by 4.9...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 21 - January 28, 2010 Edition ALA Names Caldecott and Newbery Winners NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 18, 2010—The American Library Association today announced winners of the 2010 Newbery and Caldecott awards at its midwinter...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 21 - January 28, 2010 Edition Borders Holiday Sales Take Sharp Decline ANN ARBOR, MICH/AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 18, 2010—Borders Group this week reported that consolidated sales for the 11-week holiday period ended Jan. 16, 2010 declined...