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Nov 24 2009: Barnes & Noble reported that store sales fell 2% in their second quarter. BN.com sales rose 9% and College sales (from the newly purchased Barnes and Noble College Booksellers) were down 0.2% on the one month of sales that is measurable. Overall, BN reported a loss of ...
Nov 24 2009: Total sales at Borders Group continued to sink in the third quarter, though the chain did better on the bottom-line. Revenue fell 12.7% in the quarter ended October 31, to $595.5 million, while the loss from continuing operations was cut to $38.5 million from $172.2 ...
Nov 19 2009: The winners of the 2009 National Book Awards have been announced at the National Book Foundation's 60th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner.
This year's winners are:
Nov 13 2009: After two delays, attorneys for the AAP, Authors Guild and Google filed an amended settlement agreement today in an effort to end litigation brought by the publishers and authors against Google over its library scanning program. The biggest change in the agreement deals...
Nov 11 2009: Veteran journalist and author Linden MacIntyre has won Canada's Giller Prize for his second novel. The Bishop's Man is published by Random House Canada, the title currently has no U.S. publisher.
Nov 09 2009: Today is when the Google Books Settlement parties were supposed to present their revised agreement to the Federal court. But unconfirmed reports this morning indicate that the judge may have been asked for a little more time - possibly until Friday the 13th of November.
Nov 06 2009: As Barnes & Noble prepares to close all but two of their B. Dalton mall stores by January 2010, Borders announced that they will close about 200 of the remaining mall-based Waldenbooks outlets in January, which will result in the loss of about 1500 mostly part-time jobs...
Nov 05 2009: In a joining of like minds, NPR and ABA have partnered to provide thoughtful bestsellers and unique book coverage to readers, both on NPR.org and IndieBound.org. Starting November 13, NPR Books will publish four bestseller lists weekly, using the Indie Bestseller List ...
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