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 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 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 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 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 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 Jan 14 - 21, 2010 Edition Lubeck Heads Book Industry Study Group NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 13, 2010--Scott Lubeck has begun his new job as executive director of the Book Industry Study Group and will preside over the January 21 BISG...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 14 - January 21, 2010 Edition BN to Offer Textbook Rental Program NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/01/13/10-- Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. has created a multi-channel textbook rental...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 14 - January 21, 2010 Edition BN Store Sales Slump While Web Sales Increase NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/01/13/10--Barnes & Noble, Inc. reported a 5% decrease in store sales over the nine-week holiday period from November 1, 2009, to...

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...