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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,...

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/11/24/08—Bids 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/11/24/08—Random 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/11/26/08—Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, world's largest publisher of educational materials for pre-K–12 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...