MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 5 - Dec 11, 2011 Edition BISG Sets Policy for Assigning eBook ISBNs NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/December 8, 20111—The Book Industry Study Group, after two years of work, has issued policy standards and best practices for the assignment of ISBN...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 5 - Dec 11, 2011 Edition Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest Underway SEATTLE & NEW YORK & CHARLESTON, S.C. – December 6, 2011 – Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Penguin Group (USA) today announced the fifth annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Nov 27- Dec 4, 2011 Edition Barnes & Noble Takes Unexpected Sales Hit Barnes & Noble Inc. on December 1 reported an unexpected decline of 0.6% in sales for the second quarter compared to the prior year. Total sales fell from $1.90 billion to $1.89...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Nov 27- Dec 4, 2011 Edition Hesse to Head Bertelsmann Digital Transformation Gütersloh/AUTHORLINK NEWS/November 30, 2011 – Thomas Hesse has been named to the executive board of Bertelsmann AG, the international media company which owns Random House...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Nov 27- Dec 4, 2011 Edition BISG Now Shipping E-Book Consumer Survey NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/Nov. 29, 2011--The Book Industry Study Group is now shipping Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading, Volume Two: Summary Report 4 of 4 .Since...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Nov 28 - Dec 4, 2011 Edition Canadian Booksellers’ President Resigns CANADA/AUTHORLINK NEWS VIA QUILL AND QUIRE/November 28, 2011--At a time of major uncertainty for independent booksellers, the current vice-president and incoming president of the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Nov 21 - Nov 27, 2011 Edition 2012 Beach Book Festival Call For Entries NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/11/23/11--The 2012 Beach Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program spotlighting the hottest reads of the summer season. The...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Nov 21 - Nov 27, 2011 Edition Analysts’ Ratings Mixed on Barnes & Noble AUTHORLINK NEWS VIA LOCALIZED USA/11/23/2011--Equities research analysts at Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS) raised their earnings per share (EPS) estimates on shares of Barnes & Noble...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Nov 14 - Nov 20, 2011 Edition E-Book Buyers Deeply Committed, BISG Study Says New York, NY /AUTHORLIK NEWS/November 15, 2011 — E-book sales can be expected to continue growing as readers show increased loyalty to and satisfaction with the digital...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Nov 07 - Nov 13, 2011 Edition Rakuten to Acquire Kobo Books TOKYO and TORONTO, November 8/9, 2011 -- Rakuten, Inc. (JASDAQ: 4755) and Kobo Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Rakuten intends to...