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Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards Accepting Entries

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 24 - Jan 30, 2011 Edition Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards Accepting Entries SEATTLE, WA/AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 24, 2011--Amazon.com, along with Penguin Group (USA) and CreateSpace, has announced the fourth annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel...

Borders Cuts 45 Employees, Offers Deal to Publishers

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 17 - Jan 23, 2011 Edition Borders Cuts 45 Employees, Offers Deal to Publishers ANN ARBOR, MICH/AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 18, 2010--Troubled bookseller Borders Group, Inc. this week laid off 40 employees at headquarters and another five in its...

RANDOM HOUSE DEBUTS ONLINE TALK SHOW

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 17 - Jan 23, 2011 Edition RANDOM HOUSE DEBUTS ONLINE TALK SHOW NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLIK NEWS/January 18, 2011--The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., in collaboration with Kathy Patrick, founder of The Pulpwood...

BISG Study Questions ISBN Use for E-Books

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 17 - Jan 23, 2011 Edition BISG Study Questions ISBN Use for E-Books NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/January 17, 2011—A study conducted for The Book Industry Study Group on how ISBN numbers are deployed for e-books in the retail marketplace found...

AAP Reports 5.1 percent Increase in November Book Sales

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 10 - Jan 16, 2011 Edition AAP Reports 5.1 percent Increase in November Book Sales New York, NY, Authorlink News/January 14, 2011— Publishers’ book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of November increased...

Irish Sci-Fi Writing Contest Calls for Entries

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 10 - Jan 16, 2011 Edition Irish Sci-Fi Writing Contest Calls for Entries Albedo One, Ireland’s magazine of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, is now accepting submissions for Sixth International Aeon Award Short Fiction Contest, for 2011....

Penguin Launches New Satellite TV-Radio Unit

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 10 - Jan 16, 2011 Edition Penguin Launches New Satellite TV-Radio Unit New York, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 11, 2011—Dick Heffernan, President of Adult Hardcover and Children’s Sales, Penguin Group (USA), announced today the launch of the...

ALA Announces Newbery, Caldecott Awards

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 10 - Jan 16, 2011 Edition ALA Announces Newbery, Caldecott Awards LOS ANGELES, CA/AUTHORINK NEWS/January 10, 2011--The American Library Association revealed top honors for books for children and young adults at a ceremony in San Diego today....

Publishers Welcome America COMPETES Act Public Access Provision

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 10 - Jan 16, 2011 Edition Publishers Welcome America COMPETES Act Public Access Provision Washington, DC, January 10, 2010 — The Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers (“AAP/PSP”) and the DC...

Library Association Honors Six Random House Authors

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Jan 10 - Jan 16, 2011 Edition Library Association Honors Six Random House Authors (New York, NY) January 10, 2011—The American Library Association (ALA) announced the 2011 Youth Media Awards today in San Diego, CA at their annual Midwinter Meeting....