MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 11 - Oct 17, 2010 Edition Book Sales Up 6.9 Percent Year to Date, says AAP New York, NY, October 14, 2010— Publishers’ book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of August increased 3.4 percent on the prior...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 11 - Oct 17, 2010 Edition 2010 National Book Awards Finalists Announced New York, NY/ AUTHORLINK NEWS/October 14, 2010--Author Pat Conroy announced the twenty Finalists for the 2010 National Book Award at the Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home in...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 11 - Oct 17, 2010 Edition Barnes & Noble to Ratify Shareholder Rights Plan New York, New York/Authorlink News/October 12, 2010 --Barnes & Noble today announced that it has filed preliminary proxy materials with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 11 - Oct 17, 2010 Edition Barnes & Noble Shares Yield Highest Dividends Among Specialty Stores AUTHORLINK NEWS/October 11, 2010—Barnes & Noble ranks first in dividend yields among the top five specialty stores in that industry, according to the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 11 - Oct 17, 2010 Edition Barnes & Noble.com Launches B&N Kids' Expert Circle New York, NY/Authorlink News/October 11, 2010--Barnes & Noble, Inc. today announced the launch of the B&N Kids' Expert Circle on Barnes & Noble.com...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 4 - Oct 10, 2010 Edition Peruvian Author Wins Nobel Prize for Literature Peruvian Author Wins Nobel Prize for Literature STOCKHOLM/AUTHORLINK NEWS/October 7, 2010--Mario Vargas Llosa, a 74-year-old Peruvian writer, has been awarded the 2010...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 4 - Oct 10, 2010 Edition Debbie MacComber to Publish Six Novels With Random House (New York, October 4, 2010)--Debbie Macomber, a #1 bestselling author of women’s fiction, with more than 130 million copies of her novels in print worldwide, will...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 4 - Oct 10, 2010 Edition Fall Book Awards Schedule Shaping Up NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/October 4, 2010—Several important book awards are scheduled this fall. Here’s an overview of upcoming events. The American Library Association will...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Oct 4 - Oct 10, 2010 Edition Barnes & Noble Launches Self-Publishing Platform, PubIt! NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/ October 4, 2010--Barnes & Noble, Inc. today launched PubIt! (www.PubIt.com), an easy-to-use platform that offers independent...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Sept 27 - Oct 3, 2010 Edition Zondervan selects Ingram Publisher Services for US Distribution NASHVILLE, TN/AUTHORLINK NEWS/September 29, 2010--Ingram Publisher Services Inc., an Ingram Content Group company, today announced a distribution services...