MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 13 - Dec 20, 2010 Edition Opinion: Author Access to Amazon Sales Data Worrisome SEATTLE/AUTHORLINK NEWS/December 13, 2010—Amazon’s announcement on Friday that it would give authors free access to Nielsen BookScan’s weekly sales figures for...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 13 - Dec 19, 2010 Edition Godwin's New Publishing Imprint First to Use Powered by Amazon Program SEATTLE/AUTHORLINK NEWS/Dec 13, 2010 -- International-bestselling author Seth Godin and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) late last week announced that Godin's...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 6 - Dec 12, 2010 Edition Borders Sales Decline Amid Merger Speculation ANN ARBOR, Mich/ AUTHORLINK NEWS/December 9, 2010— Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) today reported third quarter 2010 sales of $470.9 million, a dramatic decrease of 17.6%...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 6 - Dec 12, 2010 Edition Hochman Named Senior Editor at New Penguin Imprint NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/December 8, 2010--Sarah Hochman has been appointed Senior Editor at David Rosenthal's new yet to be named imprint at Penguin Group (USA),...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 6 - Dec 12, 2010 Edition AAP Reports October Book Sales New York, NY, December 8, 2010— Publishers’ book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of October decreased by 0.9 percent on the prior year to $721...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Dec 6 - Dec 12, 2010 Edition Indy Booksellers Now Selling Google eBooks Tarrytown, NY. December 6, 2010. Indie bookstore customers no longer have to choose between reading digital and supporting their local bookstore -- the American Booksellers...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Nov 29 - Dec 5, 2010 Edition Amazon Breakthrough Novel Competition Underway SEATTLE, NEW YORK/AUTHORLINK/Dec 1, 2010--Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Penguin Group (USA) (NYSE: PSO) today announced the fourth annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Nov 29 - Dec 5, 2010 Edition Google Editions Store to Launch Soon NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/December 1, 2010--Google has announced it will launch Google Editions, its anticipated universal format e-book store, by the end of 2010. Google Editions...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Nov 29 - Dec 5, 2010 Edition Digital Sales Drive Big Barnes & Noble Sales Increase NEW YORK,NY/AUTHORLINK/November 30, 2010--Barnes & Noble, Inc. today reported A 59% increase in sales and earnings for its fiscal 2011 second quarter ended October...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Nov. 22- Nov. 28, 2010 Edition Top Legal Scholars Available to Analyze Google Book Settlement New York, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/Nov. 22, 2010—When Google settles the suit brought against it by authors and publishers that accused the company of copyright...