Barnes & Noble sales plummet, Oprah writing new memoir & struggling authors applying for emergency funds in record numbers

Barnes & Noble Inc. shares tumbled 17 percent after the company posted a quarterly loss and weaker sales, hurt by sluggish online orders and a fast-declining Nook e-reader business.

Read the full story at Bloomberg Business.

Oprah Winfrey is writing an inspirational new memoir that has already been piced up by a publisher for an 'eight figure sum.'

Read the full story at  Daily Mail.

A record number of struggling authors applied for emergency financial assistance in 2015, the Society of Authors has revealed, with applicants more than doubling between 2010 and 2015.
This year saw the highest number of applications since the society began keeping records in 1999.

Read the full story at The Guardian.

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