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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 21 - January 28, 2010 Edition Random House Books Take Six ALA Children’s Awards BOSTON, MASS./AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 19, 2010—Random House carried home six top awards yesterday in the American Library Association’s 2010 Youth Media Awards....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 21 - January 28, 2010 Edition Ingram to Distribute Books for Fitzhenry & Whiteside La VERGNE, TN/AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 20, 2010--Ingram Publisher Services Inc. late last week signed a new distribution agreement with award winning Canadian...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 14 - January 21, 2010 Edition Margaret Ferguson Gets Obtains Her Own Imprint at FSG NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/01/14/10--Farrar, Straus and Giroux will launch an eponymous imprint called Margaret Ferguson Books in 2011, naming the unit...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 14 - January 21, 2010 Edition Newspapers Still a Vital Source of Local News, Study Finds SAN FRANCISCO/AUTHORLINK NEWS/01/13/10--The majority of local news still originates from newspapers and their web sites, despite the growth of the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 14 - January 21, 2010 Edition Christian Retailers Seek Book Pricing Investigation AUTHORLINK NEWS/01/13/10--The Christian Booksellers Association (CBA), last week asked the Department of Justice to investigate what they call "illegal,...