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HarperCollins, Wall Street Journal Form Partnership

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 13 - November 20, 2008 Edition HarperCollins, Wall Street Journal Form Partnership NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink News, Nov. 10, 2008)--HarperCollins Publishers and The Wall Street Journal Monday announced the formation of a three-year...

Doubleday Fights Sagging Revenues With Staff Cuts

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 13 - November 20, 2008 Edition Doubleday Fights Sagging Revenues With Staff Cuts NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink News, November 13, 2008)—Random House’s Doubleday Publishing Group confirmed an initial Publishers Marketplace report last week that...

Random House’s Ann Weinerman Chairs AAP Diversity Effort

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 13 - November 20, 2008 Edition Random House’s Ann Weinerman Chairs AAP Diversity Effort New York, NY, November 13, 2008— The Association of American Publishers announced Monday of this week that Ann Weinerman, Manager of Training and...

Ian Hudson Replaces Sarnoff On Bertelsmann Board

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 13 - November 20, 2008 Edition Ian Hudson Replaces Sarnoff On Bertelsmann Board Gütersloh, (Authorlink News, November 13, 2008)–The Annual General Meeting of Bertelsmann AG earlier this week elected Ian Hudson as a new member of the...

Book Sales Down for September, AAP Reports

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 6 - November 13, 2008 Edition Book Sales Down for September, AAP Reports NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink News, November 5, 2008)-- Book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of September decreased by 2.0...

Ten Promising Writers Receive Whiting Awards

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 6 - November 13, 2008 Edition Ten Promising Writers Receive Whiting Awards NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink News, November 6, 2008)--The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation last week named ten recipients of the 2008 Whiting Writers' Awards.  The awards,...

AAP Sets Date For 2009 Session In New York City

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 6 - November 13, 2008 Edition AAP Sets Date For 2009 Session In New York City WASHINGTON D.C. (Authorlink News/11/3/08)­Following the landmark announcement regarding the Google litigation last week, The Association of American Publishers’...

Harlequin Profits Up in Third Quarter Despite Slowdown

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 6 - November 13, 2008 Edition Harlequin Profits Up in Third Quarter Despite Slowdown TORONTO, ONTARIO (Authorlink News/11/6/08)--Torstar Corporation, parent company for the global women’s publisher Harlequin Enterprises, last week reported...

B&N Chairman Tells Staff to Brace For Lean Holidays

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 6 - November 13, 2008 Edition B&N Chairman Tells Staff to Brace For Lean Holidays NEW YORK, NY (Authorlink News/11/6/08)--Leonard Riggio, chairman of Barnes & Noble, Inc., sent a memo to the company’s 40,000 employees last week, alerting...

Google Settlement Has A Few Unseen Wrinkles for Authors

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 6 - November 13, 2008 Edition Google Settlement Has A Few Unseen Wrinkles for Authors Authorlink Analysis The $125 million settlement between Google and a class-action group headed by the Author’s Guild and Association of American...