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,...
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Offers for Reed Elsevier Magazine Unit Fall By Half
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 27 - December 4, 2008 Edition Offers for Reed Elsevier Magazine Unit Fall By Half NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/11/24/08Bids for Reed Elsevier Plc's trade magazine unit, which includes Publishers Weekly, have dropped to half of what the...
Random House to Expand e-Books with Backlist Titles
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 27 - December 4, 2008 Edition Random House To Expand e-Books with Backlist Titles NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/11/24/08Random House, Inc., the U.S. division of Random House, Monday announced its intention to make an additional 6,000-plus...
HMH Temporarily Stops Manuscript Acquisitions
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 27 - December 4, 2008 Edition HMH Temporarily Stops Manuscript Acquisitions NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/11/26/08Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, world's largest publisher of educational materials for pre-K12 schools, has...
Barnes & Noble Sales Fall 4.4% In Third Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 20 - November 27, 2008 Edition Barnes & Noble Sales Fall 4.4% In Third Quarter New York, NY (November 20, 2008)-Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, today reported sales and earnings for the third quarter ended...
Judges Gives Tentative OK To Google Settlement
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 20 - November 27, 2008 Edition Judges Gives Google Settlement Preliminary Okay NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink News, November 18, 2008)Federal Judge John Sprizzo on Friday gave tentative approval to the $125 million Google settlement with the...
Publishers Prepare To Adjust Royalties To Google Market (Part 3 in a Series)
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 20 - November 27, 2008 Edition Publishers Prepare To Adjust Royalties To Google Market (Part 3 in a Series) NEW YORK,NY (Authorlink News, November 17, 2008)Random House may take the lead in adapting traditional royalty structures to the...
European Booksellers Voice Strong Concerns Over Google Settlement
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 20 - November 27, 2008 Edition European Booksellers Voice Strong Concerns Over Google Settlement BRUSSELS/Authorlink News/11/20/08--The European Booksellers Federation, on behalf of its membership, has issued a statement of protest in...
Ingram Executive To Head Amazon Leadership Board
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 20 - November 27, 2008 Edition Ingram Executive To Head Amazon Leadership Board Authorlink News/11/17/08--The Board of Directors of Amazon.com, Inc. has elected Alain Monié as a director of the Company, effectively immediately, and also...
Matthiessen Wins National Book Award for Fiction
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 20 - November 27, 2008 Edition Matthiessen Wins National Book Award for Fiction NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink News, November 20, 2008)--The National Book Foundation temporarily forgot the gloomy economy Wednesday night and revealed the names of...
