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...
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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....
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,...
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 Names Bill Dandy Senior VP, Marketing
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 26 - December 3, 2009 Edition Borders Names Bill Dandy Senior VP, Marketing ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Authorlink News, Nov. 239, 2009)Borders Group, Inc. last week appointed Bill Dandy Senior Vice President, Marketing, effective immediately. ...
Harlequin Self-Publishing Imprint Sparks Controversy
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 26 - December 3, 2009 Edition Harlequin Self-Publishing Imprint Sparks Controversy TORONTO (AUTHORLINK NEWS, November 23, 2009)--Harlequin, the worlds leading publisher of romance novels, has raised a firestorm over the launch of its new...
Microsoft, News Corp. Explore Search Deal
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 26 - December 3, 2009 Edition Microsoft, News Corp Explore Search Deal NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, November 23,2009)--News Corp. (which also owns HarperCollins Publishers ) and Microsoft Corp. are in early discussions about a...
National Book Award Winners Honored
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 26 - December 3, 2009 Edition National Book Award Winners Honored This years finest authors were honored November 18 at The 60th National Book Awards Ceremony in New Yorks Cipriani Wall Street. The winners were chosen from 236 nominees...
UK Booksellers Association to Adopt IndieBound
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 26 - December 3, 2009 Edition National Book Award Winners Honored NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, November 24, 2009)--The Booksellers Association of the United Kingdom & Ireland (BA) last week said it will launch an IndieBound marketing...
Google Settlement Inches Toward Resolution
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 26 - December 3, 2009 Edition Google Settlement Inches Toward Resolution NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, November 23, 2009)--A final hearing in the Google settlement has been set February 18 by Judge Denny Chin. At that time, Chin will hear...
