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...
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Margaret Ferguson Gets Own Imprint at FSG
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...
Book Sales Hold a Few Year-End Surprises
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...
Scholastic Sees 30% Rise in Profits
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 7 - January 14, 2010 Edition Scholastic Sees 30 Percent Rise in Profits NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK/01/06/10--Scholastic Corporation began the 2010 year with a whopping 30% increase in profits for the second quarter of 2010, ended November 30,...
Crain’s Tracks New York Job Losses
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 7 - January 14, 2010 Edition Crain's Tracks New York Job Losses CrainsNewYork.com, which provides monthly updates on the number of jobs lost in New York City since the peak of August 2008, shows that as of December 22, 2009, 139,827 jobs...
E-Book Piracy Likely to Worsen
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 7 - January 14, 2010 Edition E-Book Piracy Likely to Worsen NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/01/07/10--Digital piracy is spreading to the book world, according to a New Year's Day article at CNN. Dan Brown's new blockbuster, THE LOST SYMBOL...
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....
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...
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...
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,...
