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Random House CEO Celebrates Authors And Editors

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 11 - December 18, 2008 Edition Random House CEO Celebrates Authors And Editors NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink News, December 11, 2008)—Markus Dohle, the new CEO of Random House and member of the executive board of Bertelsmann AG, sent an...

Economic Downturn Prompts Macmillan To Freeze Salaries

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 11 - December 18, 2008 Edition Economic Downturn Prompts Macmillan To Freeze Salaries (Authorlink News, December 11, 2008)--John Sargent, CEO of MacMillan US, parent company for St. Martin's Press, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Tor and other...

Random House Announces Major Restructuring

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 4 - December 11, 2008 Edition Random House Announces Major Restructuring NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink News, December 3, 2008)--Random House Chairman and CEO Markus Dohle today announced a new organizational alignment for the adult publishing...

Infinity Quietly Settles With Scholastic for Harry Potter Breach

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 4 - December 11, 2008 Edition Infinity Quietly Settles With Scholastic for Harry Potter Breach NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/12/3/08--Scholastic Inc. and Infinity Resources, Inc. which operates DeepDiscount.com, announced the day before...

Google Expert Refutes Author’s View of Settlement

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 4 - December 11, 2008 Edition Google Expert Refutes Author's View of Settlement Authorlink News/12/04/08—In an ongoing discussion since October about Google's $125 million settlement with the Association of American Publishers and...

Another B. Dalton Bookstore Closes As BN Cuts Costs

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 4 - December 11, 2008 Edition Another B. Dalton Bookstore Closes As BN Cuts Costs FORT COLLINS, CO/Authorlink News/12/4/08--Another of Barnes & Noble's B. Dalton Book Stores will be closed January 17, 2009, this time at the Foothills Mall...

NBN to Offer Indy Publishers Digital Distribution

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 4 - December 11, 2008 Edition NBN to Offer Indy Publishers Digital Distribution LANHAM, MD/Authorlink News/12/4/08--The National Book Network this month will begin offering its publishing customers digital distribution, short run and...

HMH Publisher Becky Saletan Resigns Post

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 4 - December 11, 2008 Edition HMH Publisher Becky Saletan Resigns Post NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/12/2/08—Becky Saletan, the senior vice president and publisher of adult trade books at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, has resigned, effective...

Author Outraged Over Google Settlement

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 27 - December 4, 2008 Edition Author Outraged Over Google Settlement Opinion Authorlink News/11/27/08—In an ongoing discussion this week about Google's $125 million settlement with the Association of American Publishers and Authors Guild,...

Books-a-Million Sales Decline In Third Quarter

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 27 - December 4, 2008 Edition Books-a-Million Sales Decline In Third Quarter BIRMINGHAM, AL/Authorlink News/11/27/08--Books-A-Million, Inc. last week announced financial results for the third quarter and 39-week period ended November 1,...