MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 5 - November 12, 2009 Edition Company Sues B&N Over Nook Design NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/11/03/09--Barnes & Noble is reportedly being sued by Spring Design for infringing on the design of its Alex e-book reader, according to the...
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World Libraries Least Likely to Cut E-Books, Study Says
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 5 - November 12, 2009 Edition World Libraries Least Likely to Cut E-Books, Study Says CHARLESTON, SC/AUTHORLINK NEWS/11/05/09--In considering budget cuts this year, libraries from around the world are least likely to cut e-books and...
Steve Rubin Named President and Publisher of Holt
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 29 - November 5, 2009 Edition Steve Rubin Named President and Publisher of Holt NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/10/27/09-- Stephen Rubin, the former publisher-at-large at Random House, has been named president and publisher of Henry Holt &...
Opponents Ask Judge Not to Limit Arguments in Google Case
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 29 - November 5, 2009 Edition Opponents Ask Judge Not to Limit Arguments in Google Case NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/10/29/09--A group of opponents to the Google Book Search Settlement have written a letter to Judge Denny Chin asking him to...
ABA Asks Justice Department to Investigate Retailer Price Wars
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 29 - November 5, 2009 Edition ABA Asks Justice Department to Investigate Retailer Price Wars NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/10/27/09--The Board of Directors of the American Booksellers Association last week sent a letter to the U.S....
Amazon.com Third Quarter Sales Soar
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 29 - November 5, 2009 Edition Amazon.com Third Quarter Sales Soar SEATTLE, WA/AUTHORLINK NEWS/10/28/09-- Amazon.com last week reported a 28% increase in net sales to $5.45 billion for the third quarter, compared with $4.26 billion in the...
McGraw-Hill Posts Third Quarter Decline
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 29 - November 5, 2009 Edition McGraw-Hill Posts Third Quarter Decline NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/10/28/09--The McGraw-Hill Companies Monday reported a 13.9% drop in net income for the third quarter to $336.1 million versus the same period...
Book Publishing Sales Post Small Gains in August
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct. 22 - 29, 2009 Edition Book Publishing Sales Post Small Gains in August New York, NY, (Authorlink News, October 21, 2009) Book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of August increased by 0.9 percent at...
Exchange Rates Nag Penguin, Though Sales Grow
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 22 - October 29, 2009 Edition Exchange Rates Nag Penguin Though Sales Grow NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/10/22/09--Penguin USA showed a healthy 12% gain in sales for the first nine months of 2009, but declined 4% at constant exchange rates....
FTC Blogger Rules Muzzle Free Speech?
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 22 - October 29, 2009 Edition FTC Blogger Rules Muzzle Free Speech? WASHINGTON, DC/AUTHORLINK NEWS/10/22/09--A number of bloggers are outraged by the Federal Trade Commission's new "Guidelines Concerning the Use of Endorsements and...
