MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 16 - April 23, 2009 Edition Amazon to Report Financial Results April 23 SEATTLE/Authorlink News/04/10/09--Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) will hold a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2009 financial results on April 23, 2009, at...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 16 - April 23, 2009 Edition Forum to Help Publishers Leverage in eBook Market NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/04/16/09--The Association of American Publishers (AAP) reported early this month that eBook sales represent the fastest growing segment...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 16 - April 23, 2009 Edition Book Industry Commits to Aggressive Climate Goals The Book Industry Environmental Council (BIEC), in a web/phone conference set at 1 p.m.EDT April 16, will announced details of its aggressive long-term program to...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 16 - April 23, 2009 Edition Baker & Taylor to Help Publishers Manage Digital Content CHARLOTTE, NC/Authorlink News/04/16/09--Baker & Taylor, Inc., the world's largest distributor of books and entertainment products, this week announced a...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 16 - April 23, 2009 Edition Booklocker Files Amended Complaint Against Amazon While rumors abound on the Internet about Amazon’s removal of sales rankings from "adult" titles (which the company now claims was just a glitch), an even...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 9 - April 16, 2009 Edition B&N Gets Creative With Blogs And Video-Audio Channel NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink News, April 6, 2009) In a highly creative move, Barnes & Noble, the world's largest bookseller, today announced the debut of Barnes &...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 9 - April 16, 2009 Edition Book Groups Launch New Effort to Amend Patriot Act Washington, DC (Authorlink News, April 7, 2009)–Organizations representing booksellers, librarians, publishers, and writers today launched the latest phase in their...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 9 - April 16, 2009 Edition O’Callaghan Replaces HMH Chief Tony Lucki NEW YORK, NY(Authorlink News, April 9, 2009)—Barry O’Callaghan, chairman and the largest shareholder of Education Media & Publishing Group (EMPG), has taken over as CEO of...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 9 - April 16, 2009 Edition Foreword Magazine Names Semus’s Last Call Book of Year Daytona Beach Shores, FL(April 6, 2009)--Capital Press has announced that jd Seamus’ first novel, Last Call, has been named a Foreword Magazine finalist for...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 9 - April 16, 2009 Edition Big ThreeBookstore Chains Report Steep Declines NEW YORK, NY (AUTHORLINK NEWS, April 7, 2009)—Sales for the nation’s three largest bookstore chains fell a total of 5.4% for the fourth quarter of 2008 to $8.9...