MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 4 - February 11, 2010 Edition Bertelsmann Offers to Buy Back Profit Participation Certificates GUTERSLOH, GERMANY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/02/04/10--Bertelsmann AG, the international media company which also owns Random House in the USA, is...
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Authors Guild Backs Macmillan in Amazon Fray
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 4 - February 11, 2010 Edition Authors Guild Backs Macmillan in Amazon Fray NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/02/03/10--The Authors Guild, advocacy group for writers, is lending its support to Macmillan Publishers in its fight with Amazon over...
HarperCollins Sees Three-Fold Income Growth in Second Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 4 - 11, 2010 Edition HarperCollins Sees Three-Fold Income Growth in Second Quarter NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/February 2, 2010 HarperCollins, owned by News Corporation, increased its operating income by three-fold to $65 million for the...
Steinbeck, Guthrie Back Google Settlement, Others Balk
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 28 - February 4, 2010 Edition ISteinbeck, Guthrie Back Google Settlement, Others Balk NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 27, 2010The families of John Steinbeck and Woody Guthrie have decided to opt in to the revised Google Book Search...
Author Solutions CEO Takes On Writers Groups Over Self-Publishing
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 worlds largest publisher of...
Borders Head Departs Amid Rumblings of Debt Problems
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,...
HarperCollins Expands Digital Strategy With Inkpop
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...
Big-name Authors Ink Attractive Deals With Amazon
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 28 - February 4, 2010 Edition Big-name Authors Ink Attractive Deals With Amazon NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 28, 2010A steady stream of big-name authors are signing exclusive deals with Amazon.coms Kindle. The latest author (and...
Barnes & Noble Confirms Layoffs
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...
Amazon and Penguin Novel Submissions Deadline Near
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 28 - February 4, 2010 Edition Amazon and Penguin Novel Submissions Deadline Near SEATTLE, NEW YORK /AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 27, 2010Amazon.com, Inc., Penguin Group (USA) and CreateSpace are accepting submissions for the third annual Amazon...
