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Amendments to Google Settlement Posted Online

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 17 - December 24, 2009 Edition Amendments to Google Settlement Posted Online MOUNTAINVIEW, CA/DALLAS/AUTHORLINK NEWS/12/16/09--Google has posted amendments on its website for the Book Search Settlement case after a U.S. District Court...

Publishers Delay e-Books to Curb Price Wars

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 17 - December 24, 2009 Edition Publishers Delay e-Books to Curb Price Wars NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/12/17/09—Several major publishers, including Simon & Schuster and Hachette, are delaying e-book releases of their book titles to combat...

More Publishers Join Scribd eBook Store

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 17 - December 24, 2009 Edition More Publishers Join Scribd eBook Store WASHINGTON, DC/AUTHORLINK NEWS/12/16/09--Several major publishers save signed up at Scribd to sell their e-books in the Scribd Store, according to The Washington Post....

Sesame Street Goes Digital for 40th Birthday

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 10 - 17, 2009 Edition Sesame Street Goes Digital for 40th Birthday DALLAS, TX/AUTHORLINK NEWS/DECEMBER 9, 2009-- Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization that produces Sesame Street, yesterday announced the launch of its first eBook...

Amazon and Penguin Announce Breakthrough Novel Competition

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 10 - 17, 2009 Edition Amazon and Penguin Announce Breakthrough Novel Competition SEATTLE, NEW YORK/AUTHORLINK NEWS/ December 9, 2009--Amazon.com and Penguin Group (USA) today announced the third annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. The...

Library Groups Point to Flaws in Revised Google Book Settlement

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 10 - December 17, 2009 Edition Library Groups Point to Flaws in Revised Google Book Settlement CHICAGO, IL/AUTHORLINK NEWS/December 9, 2009-- The American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and ALA’s Association of...

Mystery Writers Reject Harlequin Over Self-Publishing Move

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 10 - December 17, 2009 Edition Mystery Writers Reject Harlequin Over Self-Publishing Move NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/December 9, 2009—Despite Harlequin Publisher Donna Hayes’ letter to the Mystery Writers of America, the MWA voted...

Meier Leaving Santa Barbara Writers Conference

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 10 - December 17, 2009 Edition Meier Leaving Santa Barbara Writers Conference SANTA BARBARA, CA/AUTHORLINK NEWS/December 10, 2009--Marcia Meier, the longtime owner and director of Santa Barbara Writers Conference (SBWC) is stepping down...

2010 New York Book Festival Calls for Entries

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 10 - December 17, 2009 Edition 2010 New York Book Festival Calls for Entries NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/December 10, 2009--The 2010 New York Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual celebration of books worthy of further...

Amazon Melds POD Book Unit Into CreateSpace

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 3 - 10, 2009 Edition Amazon Melds POD Book Unit Into CreateSpace Amazon is merging its print-on-demand division, BookSurge, into its self-publishing tools site, CreateSpace, where authors upload and sell their books, DVDs, CDs, MP3...