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...
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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 ALAs 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, 2009Despite 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...
Borders UK Holds Closing Sale, Lays Off 36 Staff
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 3 - December 10, 2009 Edition Borders UK Holds Closing Sale, Lays Off 36 Staff UNITED KINGDOM/AUTHORLINK NEWS/12/02/09--Borders UK this past weekend launched a going-out-of-business sale at all 36 Borders and nine Books Etc. stores,...
Kindle Breaks Single-Month Sales Record in November
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 3 - December 10, 2009 Edition Kindle Breaks Single-Month Sales Record in November SEATTLE,WA/AUTHORLINK NEWS/12/01/09--Amazon.com announced Monday that November is already the best sales month ever for Kindle, even before Cyber Monday....
Black Friday Sales Get Small Boost, Web Sales Soar
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 3 - December 10, 2009 Edition Black Friday Sales Get Small Boost, Web Sales Soar NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/12/01/09--Black Friday (November 27) sales increased only slightly and shoppers stuck to shopping lists and bought many heavily...
Borders Group Reports Q3 2009 Losses
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 26 - December 3, 2009 Edition BN Bookstore Sales Improve in Second Quarter ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Authorlink News, November 24, 2009) -- Borders Group today reported an operating loss of $39.0 million for the fiscal third quarter ended October...
