MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 7 - January 14, 2010 Edition Book Sales Hold a Few Year-End Surprises NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/01/06/10--Overall unit sales of books through December 20 totaled 724 million, a drop of only 3% compared to 2008, according to Nielsen...
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Report Details Economic Impact on Book Buying Habits
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 17 - 24, 2009 Edition Report Details Economic Impact on Book Buying Habits NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/December 17, 2009--Several interesting (and a few surprising) insights have come from a year-end Consumer Book Trends 2009 report,...
Borders Invests in Kobo eReading Site
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 17 - 24, 2009 Edition Borders Invests in Kobo eReading Site TORONTO, ON/AUTHORLINK NEWS/December 18, 2009 On the success of its millionth download, Shortcovers this week announced it has raised $16 million CAD from a group of investors...
BISG Releases Digital Book Printing Guide
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 17 - December 24, 2009 Edition BISG Releases Digital Book Printing Guide NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/12/14/09--The Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG) has released Digital Book Printing For DummiesR, a special edition For DummiesR...
Al Pacino Buys Rights to Philip Roth Novel
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 17 - December 24, 2009 Edition Al Pacino Buys Rights to Philip Roth Novel HOLLYWOOD, CA/AUTHORLINK NEWS/12/16/09--Al Pacino has purchased movie rights to Philip Roth's The Humbling, about a washed up, aging stage actor who finds hope...
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/12/17/09Several 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...
