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Displaying news issues from 11/28/2011 to 01/30/2012.First | Previous | Next | Last News Issue for 01/30/2012The Indie Bestsellers List(Bestsellers) Summary: Published Thursday, February 2, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 29, 2012). Amazon Profits Down While Sales Soar(Main News) Summary: SEATTLE/AUTHORLINK NEWS/-Feb. 2, 2012-- Amazon.com, Inc. Tuesday announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011. While fourth-quarter revenues grew 35% , profits fell 58% as the company continued to spend on technology, warehouses and its Kindle electronic devices. 2012 New York Book Festival Call For Entries(Main News) Summary: NEW YORK/AUTHORLINK NEWS/FEBRUARY 2, 2012--The 2012 New York Book Festival last week issued a call for entries to its annual program honoring books that deserve greater recognition from the world's publishing capital. Nominations Accepted for the Medill Journalism Medal(Main News) Summary: EVANSTON, Ill.,/AUTHORLINK NEWS/ Feb. 2, 2012 --Northwestern University's
Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications is
currently taking nominations for the Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism.
News Issue for 01/23/2012Allen Press Seminar Targeted to Scholarly Publishing Experts(Main News) Summary: LAWRENCE, Kan/Authorlik News/ January 23, 2012-- Allen Press, Inc. (www.allenpress.com) will present its annual Emerging Trends in Scholarly Publishing™ Seminar on April 19, 2012 at the Embassy Suites Washington DC Convention Center. BISG Presents Royalty Reporting Format(Main News) Summary: BISG and the international standards organization EDItEUR have been developing standardized computer-to-computer message formats for royalty reporting between licensees and licensors or their agents. Albuquerque Writers Retreat Set for March(Main News) Summary: Longtime Authorlink columnist Lisa Lenard-Cook & her ABQ Writers Co-op co-founder & UT-Austin Professor Emerita Lynn C. Miller have announced their first weekend writing retreat, "Re-Vision Means Re-Seeing." The Indie Bestsellers List(Bestsellers) Summary: Published Thursday, January 26, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 22, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. News Issue for 01/16/2012New Bertelsmann Fund Backs Innovative Education(Main News) Summary: Gütersloh/New York, January 17, 2012 – Bertelsmann, which owns Random House in the US, has teamed up with other prominent investors and education entrepreneurs to launch the University Ventures Fund I, L.P.. The Indie Bestsellers List(Bestsellers) Summary: Published Thursday, January 19, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 15, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. Publishing Veteran Farley Joins SwoopThat.com(Main News) Summary: LA JOLLA, Calif/AUTHORLINK/January 18, 2012--SwoopThat.com, an education technology platform that offers free services to colleges, their stores, and students; announced today that Dan Farley has joined as a principal and Executive Vice President for Business Development. McGraw-Hill to Deliver textbooks via Apple iBooks(Main News) Summary: NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2012 /AUTHORLINK NEWS -- McGraw-Hill Education today is bringing its leading K-12 curricula and instructional expertise to Apple's iPad with innovative iBooks Textbooks. News Issue for 01/09/2012Kupferberg Memorial Writing Contest Calls for Entries(Main News) Summary: Symphony Space’s award winning, nationally aired program, Selected Shorts is sponsoring the 2012 Stella Kupferbery Memorial Writing Contest. The contest is offered to writers worldwide. The Indie Bestseller List(Bestsellers) Summary: Published Thursday, January 12, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 8, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. Bookstore Sales Continue Decline(Main News) Summary: NEW YORK, NY/January 13, 2012--Bookstore sales experienced their deepest decline in the 2011 year. November sales fell 8.6%, to $941 million, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. News Issue for 01/02/2012The Indie Bestsellers List(Bestsellers) Summary: Published Thursday, January 5, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 1, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. Nook Holiday Sales Soar, BN Considers Separate Nook Unit(Main News) Summary: New York, NY (January 5, 2012) — Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS),the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today reported record holiday sales for its NOOK business, including devices and digital content. Walter Dean Myers Named National Ambassador of Kids Literature(Main News) Summary: AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 4, 2012--Walter Dean Myers, five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award and two Newbery Honors, was named on January 3 as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. Indy Book Awards Calls for 2012 Entries(Main News) Summary: AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 5, 2012--The 16th Independent Publisher Book Awards, conducted annually to honor the year's best independently published titles, are now accepting entries for books with 2011 or 2012 copyrights or released between November 1, 2010 and March 15, 2012. Barnes & Noble to Sell Off Sterling Publishing(Main News) Summary: AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 5, 2012—Barnes & Noble has put its Sterlington Publishing business up for sale, a move that will end its decades-long involvement in publishing its own books. News Issue for 12/26/2011Book Foundation Accepts 2012 Reading Prize Entries(Main News) Summary: NEW YORK, NY/January 1, 2012--The National Book Foundation is again sponsoring the Innovations in Reading Prize. The application for the fourth annual Innovations event is now available.
Publishers Cheer End to Scholarly Mandates(Main News) Summary: Washington, DC; December 30, 2011— The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and its Professional and Scholarly Division (PSP) late last week welcomed the introduction of the bipartisan Research Works Act, H.R. 3699 as significant legislation that will help reinforce America’s leadership in scholarly and scientific publishing... News Issue for 12/19/2011Kindle Fire Ranks Tops in Most Gifted Holiday Products(Main News) Summary: SEATTLE/ AUTHORLINK NEWS/VIA BUSINESS WIRE--December. 19, 2011—Amazon.com announced late last week that Kindle devices remain the hottest products this holiday season – for the third week in a row, customers are purchasing well over 1 million Kindle devices per week, and Kindle Fire remains the #1 bestselling, most gifted, and most wished for product The Indie Bestsellers List(Bestsellers) Summary: Published Thursday, December 22, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 18, 2011). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. News Issue for 12/12/2011The Indie Bestsellers List(Bestsellers) Summary: Published Thursday, December 15, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 11, 2011). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. BALLANTINE TO PUBLISH SIMON COWELL BIOGRAPHY(Main News) Summary: NEW YORK, NY/Decemer 16, 2011--Ballantine Books will publish SWEET REVENGE: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell by journalist Tom Bower, it was announced today. News Issue for 12/05/2011The Indie Bestsellers List(Bestsellers) Summary: Published Thursday, December 8, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 4, 2011). Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest Underway(Main News) Summary: 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 Award contest, the international search for the next great voices in fiction. The competition will award two grand prizes: one for general fiction and one for young adult fiction. Each grand prize winner will be published by Penguin Group (USA), and the competition will be open to both unpublished and self-published novels. BISG Sets Policy for Assigning eBook ISBNs(Main News) Summary: 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 numbers to e-books and other digital products. McGraw-Hill Splits Company Into Two Entities(Main News) Summary: NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) yesterday provided an update on its Growth and Value Plan (announced September 12, 2011), which includes the creation of two independent companies: the newly named McGraw-Hill Financial, a world leader in content and analytics for financial markets, and McGraw-Hill Education, a global leader in education services and digital learning. Indy Bookstores Predict Strong Holiday Sales(Main News) Summary: Tarrytown, NY/Authorlink News/ December 8, 2011-- Independent bookstores are showing continued resilience this holiday season, as reported online and in-store sales are well up year-over-year, according to the American Booksellers Association (ABA), the national trade group for independent bookstores. News Issue for 11/28/2011Canadian Booksellers’ President Resigns(Main News) Summary: 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 Canadian Booksellers Association has stepped down. BISG Now Shipping E-Book Consumer Survey(Main News) Summary: NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/Nov. 29, 2011--The Book Industry Study Group is now shipping Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading, Volume Two: The Indie Bestseller List(Bestsellers) Summary: Published Thursday, December 1, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 27, 2011). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. Hesse to Head Bertelsmann Digital Transformation(Main News) Summary: 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 in the US. He will be charged with developing new business for the group and facilitating the digital transformation of its core businesses. Barnes & Noble Takes Unexpected Sales Hit(Main News) Summary: 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 billion and retail store sales decreased 1% from $931 million to $918 million with comparable sales decreasing 0.6%. | |
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