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 Houses Doubleday Publishing Group confirmed an initial Publishers Marketplace report last week that...
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Random Houses Ann Weinerman Chairs AAP Diversity Effort
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 13 - November 20, 2008 Edition Random Houses 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 womens 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 companys 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 Authors Guild and Association of American...
Strengthening U.S. Dollar Impacts Canadian Publishers
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 30 - November 6, 2008 Edition Strengthening U.S. Dollar Impacts Canadian Publishers The falling value of Canadian currency against the US dollar is adding pressure to publishers and distributors there, who set their holiday book prices some...
