MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 27 - Sept 3, 2009 Edition Opposition to Google Settlement Heats Up Three technology heavy-weights and several library associations have joined a coalition to challenge Google, Inc.s settlement with authors and publishers, according to The Wall...
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Barnes & Noble Sales Decline
NEW YORK,NY(AUTHORLINK NEWS, August 20, 2009) - Barnes & Noble, Inc. today reported a 5% decrease in total sales to $1.2 billion for the second quarter ended August 1, 2009, compared to the prior year. Store sales decreased 5% to $1.0 billion, with comparable store...
Random House Names Executive VP
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 20 - 27, 2009 Edition Random House Names Executive VP NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLIK NEWS, August 17, 2009)--Andy Ward, executive editor of GQ Magazine, has been named vice president, executive editor of the Random House imprint of the Random House...
S&S Launches World Campaign for Philippa Gregory Novel
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 20 - 27, 2009 Edition S&S Launches World Campaign for Philippa Gregory Novel NEW YORK, August 17In advance of the August 18th global publication of Philippa Gregorys THE WHITE QUEEN by Touchstone in the US and Simon & Schusters publishing...
BN College Acquisition Deal Rankles Investors
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 20 - 27, 2009 Edition BN College Acquisition Deal Rankles Investors NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, August 17, 2009)-- The world-leading financial services company, Credit Suisse Group, downgraded Barnes & Noble stocks last Friday after the...
Writers Union Opposes Google Settlement
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 20 - 27, 2009 Edition Writers Union Opposes Google Settlement CHICAGO, IL (August 18, 2009)--The National Writers Union, following a recent delegate meeting in Chicago, announced the organization opposes the Google Book settlement, calling it...
Book Industry Trends 2009 Shows More Declines
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 20 - 27, 2009 Edition Book Industry Trends 2009 Shows More Declines NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, August 18, 2009)Book industry growth slowed significantly, to 1.0 percent in 2008, according to the newly-released Book Industry Trends 2009....
Journalists and Authors Oppose Google Settlement
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 20 - 27, 2009 Edition Journalists and Authors Oppose Google Settlement NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, August 17, 2009)--The board of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), nonfiction freelance writers, has voted to oppose the...
Book Publishing Sales Post Gains in June
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Aug 13 - 20, 2009 Edition Book Publishing Sales Post Gains in June NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink News, August 12, 2009)--: Book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of June increased by 21.5 percent at $942.6...
UCLA Slates Extension Writers Faire
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 13 - August 20, 2009 Edition UCLA Slates Extension Writers Faire LOS ANGELES, CA/Authorlink News/08/13/09--The Los Angeles literary community comes together at the UCLA Extension Writers' Program's annual Writers Faire on Sunday, August 30....
