MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 5 - November 12, 2009 Edition Retailers' "Predatory Pricing" Draws Fire in Media and on Net NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/11/05/09--The American Booksellers Association's request last week that the http://news.bookweb.org/read/7130 U.S....
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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...
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...
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....
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...
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 &...
Amazon, Wal-Mart Battle for Holiday Book Sales
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 22 - October 29, 2009 Edition Amazon, Wal-Mart Battle for Holiday Book Sales SEATTLE, WA/AUTHORLINK NEWS/10/22/09--Amazon.com and Wal-Mart are in the midst of a price war over hot books for the holidays, along with a host of other products....
B&N Announces Long-Awaited E-Reader at Frankfurt
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 22 - October 29, 2009 Edition B&N Announces Long-Awaited E-Reader at Frankfurt FRANKFURT, GERMANY/Authorlink News/10/19/09--Barnes & Noble announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair this past week that it will introduce its own dedicated...
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...
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....
