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Gütersloh/Authorlink News/August 31, 2010--The international media group Bertelsmann, which owns Random House, today reported record profits from January to June 2010 to €755 million, compared to mid-year 2009 profits of €497 million.
Published Thursday, September 2, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 29, 2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
LA VERGNE, TN/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 23, 2010--Coutts Information Services Limited, an Ingram Content Group Inc. company, today announced that it has been selected to develop the Princeton University Library humanities and social sciences print and digital approval plans for North American and UK publications.
ANN ARBOR, Mich./AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 23, 2010--Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) today announced that Mark Bierley has resigned his position as CFO to pursue another employment opportunity. The company has named Vice President Glen Tomaszewski as Interim CFO. Bierley will assist Borders in the transition process as it initiates the search for a new CFO.
NEW YORK/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 24, 2010-- Barnes & Noble Inc. Tuesday reported a first-quarter fiscal 2011 loss of $62.5 million, or $1.12 a share, on net income of $12.3 million, compared to the year-ago period. But total sales rose 21% to $1.4 billion. Wall Street analysts expected the company to lose 80 cents a share, but the board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share.
August 24, 2010, New York, NY: The Association of American Publishers announced today that Susan Petersen Kennedy, President of Penguin Group (USA) will take over the chair of the AAP Trade Publishers Executive Committee. Comprising senior trade publishing executives, the Committee guides AAP’s programs and activities of particular relevance to its trade publishing members.
Published Thursday, August 26, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 22, 2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
New York, NY (August 25, 2010) - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, today announced that it is filing definitive proxy materials this morning with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on September 28, 2010 and is mailing to its shareholders. Barnes & Noble shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 16, 2010, are entitled to vote at the 2010 Annual Meeting.
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 16, 2010--Billionaire Ron Burkle’s has begin mounting a proxy fight for control over Barnes & Noble bookstore chain after Judge Leo E. Strine Jr. last week upheld the bookseller’s poison pill provision, thus blocking purchase of a large share of B&N stock by Burkle’s Yucaipa Companies.
ANN ARBOR, MICH/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 16, 2010--Borders Group eliminated an unspecified number of employees at its Ann Arbor headquarters this week, according to a report at Freep.com
>Front Range, an internationally-circulated annual literary journal, is seeking submissions of high quality fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction now through November 7, 2010 for its 6th (2011) issue. Results will be reported by the end of December, and the selected submissions will be published the first week of March 2011.
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 17, 2010--Barnes & Noble today enhanced its offering of popular, free NOOK-branded eReading software with updated versions for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and PC (available at www.bn.com/NOOKapps).
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 17, 2010—Mollly Stern has departed her post as editor-in-chief at Penguin/Viking Penguin Group to become senior vice president and publisher of Crown and Broadway Books at Random House. She will report to Crown Publishing Group president and publisher Maya Mavjee at Random House.
Published Thursday, August 19, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 15, 2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
New York, New York, August 18, 2010 … Betty White, the Emmy Award-winning actress, whose singular talents and universal appeal have garnered her millions of fans around the world, will write two books for G. P. Putnam’s Sons, it was announced today by Ivan Held, President, G. P. Putnam’s Sons. The first book, titled Listen Up!, will draw upon life lessons learned during her incredibly varied, decades-long career in Hollywood, with an emphasis on the extraordinary past 15 years of the star’s life.
New York, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 9, 2010--Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, owned by Barnes & Noble, Inc. has expanded its multi-channel textbook rental program to hundreds of colleges and universities. The program, which is offered through campus bookstores managed by Barnes & Noble, will enable students to rent their fall textbooks through participating stores.
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 10, 2 010—Acclaimed author Pat Conroy will make the announcement for this year’s National Book Award finalists. The short list for fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature will be revealed October 13 at the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home in Savannah, Georgia.
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 9, 2010--Amazon.com may be the likely buyer for Barnes & Noble which went on the block last week, according to speculation by The Street. The web site surveyed an unspecified group of people and found that 37% of those asked agreed that Amazon is the most logical choice.
By purchasing Barnes & Noble, Amazon would effectively wipe out its primary competition in the digital bookselling market, which remains one of its fastest growing segments.
Celebrated authors Margaret Atwood and Ursula K. Le Guink will headline the 2010-2011 Portland Arts & Lectures series September 23, 2010. The award-winning authors will discuss politics, publishing, and their prolific works of literature. The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon
Published Thursday, August 12, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 8, 2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 12, 2010--Patricia Cornwell, the world’s #1 bestselling crime writer, has agreed to write two new novels featuring her beloved main character Dr. Kay Scarpetta for G. P. Putnam’s Sons and Berkley Books, her longtime U.S. publishers, it was announced today by David Shanks, CEO, Penguin Group (USA). Putnam will publish the books in hardcover, with Berkley to publish the titles in paperback. North American hardcover, paperback and audio rights to these two upcoming Cornwell works were acquired from literary agent Esther Newberg of International Creative Management (ICM).
NEW YORK,NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 12, 2010--Barnes & Noble today broke off its talks with Yucaipa Companies indicating a proxy fight for control of the bookseller lies ahead.
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 2, 2010--Barnes & Noble moved this week to counter claims that the company has violated Xerox Corp. and Alcatel-Lucent SA patents involving the Nook electronic reader. The two claimants are asking Barnes & Noble, Inc. to pay royalties for the alleged violations. But the bookseller filed a counter lawsuit July 29 stating that neither claim is valid, and it asked the court to rule in its favor by issuing a so-called declaratory judgment that the company is not infringing on any valid patents of Xerox and Alcatel.
NEW YORK/LONDON/AUTHORLINK VIA PRNewswire/August 2, 2010--HarperCollins announced today the acquisition of the official illustrated memoir from multi-platinum selling superstar Justin Bieber. JUSTIN BIEBER: FIRST STEP 2 FOREVER: MY STORY will reveal Justin's amazing journey to superstardom. The hardcover book contains exclusive, never-before-seen photos, and will be published this October in both the United States ($21.99) and in the UK (16.99 pounds Sterling).
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal became the second Attorney General to look into pricing policies of Amazon.com and Apple, saying he is concerned the pacts may be anticompetitive. Earlier this year, the Texas Attorney General also began a similar review.
Published Thursday, August 5, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 1, 2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/August 4, 20100--Barnes & Noble’s announcement this week that it would put the company up for sale has drawn little attention from potential investors. According to an item in The Wall Street Journal “Market Beat,” the company has only a 30% chance of finding a buyer.
New York, New York/AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 26, 2010--Penguin Group, the international publishing company, today reported a 9% sales increase for the second half of 2010 and a 110% increase in profits. Sales increased to £493m and profit was up £44m, a record result.
AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 26, 2010--A coalition of booksellers and first amendment supporters is trying to block a new Massachusetts law that aims to protect kids from online predators, but also bans constitutionally protected speech, including topics like contraception and pregnancy, sexual health, literature, and art.
(NEWYORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 26, 2010--Janet Evanovich, one of the world's biggest-selling and fastest-growing novelists in both print and digital formats, will join the Random House Publishing Group to be published in the U.S. and Canada by Ballantine Bantam Dell.
NEW YORK, NY/July 27, 2010--Susan Mail, Random House senior vice president and editor-in-chief has been named to the additional position of Publisher of the Random House and Dial Press imprints.
Published Thursday, July 29, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 25, 2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 19, 2010--Shares of Barnes & Noble, Inc. fell Friday to a new 52 week low by trading below $12.15. Traders are carefully monitoring the action to see if further selling occurs, or if the stock has reached a tradable bottom.
AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 19, 2010--Barnes & Noble will soon release an app for Google’s Android software platform, according to the blog Andronica. Following Amazon and Borders’ lead in releasing applications for Android, Barnes & Noble sent a general e-mail message to some staff members saying that its B&N eReader app will soon arrive on Android.
Washington, DC /AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 20, 2010-- The Association of American Publishers (AAP) yesterday cheered Senate passage of bi-partisan legislation that will protect American authors and publishers from foreign libel judgments that undermine First Amendment free speech rights.
SEATTLE, WA/AUTHORLINK NEWS/July20, 2010—Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos said in a statement yesterday that e-book sales have outsold printed books for the past three months, and that sales of its Kindle e-reading device had tripled since the company lowered its price to $189 from $259 last month.
AUTHORLIK NEWS/July 12, 2010--Investment giant Ron Burkle’s Yucaipa Alliance and the Riggio family, who founded Barnes & Noble, Inc., began fighting in court last week over an issue that could determine who controls the bookstore chain. The non-jury trial got underway in Delaware Chancery Court with both Burkle and B&N Chairman Leonard Riggio testifying.
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 7, 2010--The McGraw-Hill Companies will report its second quarter 2010 results via news release before the start of NYSE trading on Friday, July 23, 2010.
ANN ARBOR, Mich./AUTHORLINKNEWS/ July 13, 2010 — Borders Group has entered into an agreement to sell Paperchase Products Limited (“Paperchase”) to Primary Capital Limited, a leading U.K.-based private equity firm. Paperchase, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Borders Group, is a retailer of stationery, cards and gifts based in the U.K. Under the agreement, Borders Group will continue to purchase and carry products designed and sourced by Paperchase in its U.S. stores.
Published Thursday, July 15, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 11, 2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/ July 14, 2010— Publishers’ book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of May increased by 9.8% percent on the prior year to $715.3 million and were up by 11.6 percent for the year-to-date.
SAN FRANCISCO/AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 6, 2010-Google has partnered with the
American Booksellers Association to make the search company's new Google
Editions the primary source of e-books on the Web sites of hundreds of
independent booksellers around the country. Some 1400 independent
booksellers who belong to the ABA potentially can participate.
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 6, 2010-- Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS)
slumped to a new 52-week low of $13.25 on June 24, despite the bookseller
boasting a strong forecast for its e-book sales. The forecast was eclipsed
by BKS' disappointing fourth-quarter earnings.
AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 6, 2010--PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, announced today the launch of PEN Reads, an online reading group that will bring readers and writers together to discuss works of literature relevant to PEN’s mission. Colm Tóibín opened the group with his essay on Clarice Lispector’s The Hour of the Star (New Directions), the inaugural book chosen for PEN Reads.
ANN ARBOR, Mich./AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 7, 2010--Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) today announced the launch of the Borders branded eBook store, powered by global eReading service Kobo(TM). Borders' goal is to secure a 17 percent share of the eBook market by July 2011.
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 7, 2010—Simon & Schuster Digital today announced a mobile-optimized version of the company’s website, simonandschuster.com. The new site, www.simonandschuster.mobi, will appear whenever a user attempts to access simonandschuster.com from a mobile device,
Published Thursday, July 8, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 4, 2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 7, 2010--A previously unpublished essay by famed American writer Mark Twain was published Wednesday, July 7, 2010, on the PBS NewsHour’s website, along with a reading of the essay “Concerning the ‘Interview.’” by Robert Hirst, general editor of the Mark Twain Project at the University of California, Berkeley.
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/ June 28, 2010--Stephen Hawking has drawn on the accumulated wisdom of a lifetime to address the ultimate mysteries of the universe in a new book, THE GRAND DESIGN, co-written with Leonard Mlodinow, which Bantam will publish on September 7.
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/JUNE 29, 2010—Barnes and Noble late yesterday reported total sales and earnings for its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter and full year ended May 1, 2010. Sales for the fourth quarter were $1.3 billion, a 19% increase from the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009.
New York and London/AUTHORLINK NEWS/June 29, 2010--Penguin Group announced today the appointment of Dan Ruffino as Group Digital Director, with responsibility for Penguin’s digital strategy across the globe. He will start on September 1st and be based in New York, reporting to Penguin Group Chairman and CEO John Makinson.
Published Thursday, July 1, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 27, 2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
New York, NY, June 21, 2010— Book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of April increased by 24.8% percent in April to $629.8 million and were up by 11.8 percent for the year through April, according to a report released late last week.
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/June 22, 2010-- Barnes & Noble has launched a new version of its Nook e-book reader, reduced prices on existing models, and announced a software update that introduces new book reading features as well as free access to AT&T’s Wi-Fi hotspots.
The book publishing industry faces critical challenges in identifying the explosion of book formats and in providing practical ways for readers to discover the books and formats they are seeking. In their ongoing efforts to address these issues, the Book Industry Study Group, together with the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), will hold its Fourth Annual Standards Forum at the annual conference of the American Library Association June 25 in Washington DC. The forum will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p. that day.
New York, New York/Authorlink News--Riverhead Trade Paperbacks, a division of Penguin Group (USA), announced today a campaign to raise money for The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit organization started by the author of the internationally bestselling novels The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns to aid the people of Afghanistan.
Published Thursday, June 24, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 20, 2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/June 14, 2010--Barnes & Noble’s new CEO William Lynch is making rapid headway for Barnes & Noble in the e-book market. According to Crains New York, Williams has increased BN.com’s share in e-books by nearly 20%, making it a distant second to dominant player Amazon.com.
INDIANAPOLIS/AUTHORLINK/June 15, 2010--The Society of Professional Journalists has awarded nine $2,500 grants to SPJ chapters nationwide to hold interactive public forums on journalism ethics.
Published Thursday, June 17, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, June 13, 2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
