Authorlink News Alerts and Podcasts: Author Ordered to Pay Back Regnery Advance; Random House Revenues Dip

Hi Everyone,

Despite the slump at Random House, due mostly to a weak dollar, bookstore sales for the month of January showed solid gains, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Of particular interest to authors this week was Regnery Publishing's win of a second legal round with author Richard Miniter. The ruling says Miniter has to pay back the $150,000 advance he received from the publihser. Click the link below.

News has just broken that Audible.com has been purchased by Amazon.com. We'll have a story on this later.

I do encourage writers who are serious about their work to sign up for Lisa Dale Norton's one-night-only onlin discussion on memoir writing. You won't be disappointed. To enroll, see www.authorlink.com/classroom/classroom.php . Also check out the other writing classes there, too.

Please let us know how we are doing? Leave your comments on our blogs, or e-mail me at dbooth@authorlink.com.

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Last Update: March 20, 2008

Random House Sees Lower 2007 Revenues Impacted By Weak Dollar

Bookstore Sales Show Solid Gains in January

Small Christian Press Battles RWA Policies

Regnery Wins Arbitration Suit Against Miniter

Penguin Launches E-Book Classics With Added Features

Year-End Report Shows Hachette Performed Well

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Updated March 20, 2008