Hachette Book Group and Amazon announced Thursday that the companies had reached a new, multi-year agreement for e-book and print sales in the U.S. Under the agreement, Hachette is able to set prices for its e-books sold through Amazon.

Hachette Book Group CEO Michael Pietsch was pleased with the long-term agreement after engaging for months with Amazon in a brutal battle that raised the ire of authors.

Nov. 29 is “Small Business Saturday,” a promotion that urges shoppers to spend their hard-earned cash at local small businesses. American Express started the promotion in 2010 to help small businesses draw more customers the Saturday after Thanksgiving and beyond.

Small Business Saturday also falls on the final day of Parable Christian Stores’ eight-day Thanksgiving week sale (Nov. 22-29).

Net revenues from religion publishers were up 2% for January-August 2014 compared to the same period last year, according to the American Association of Publishers (AAP) monthly StatShot report. For the month of August, they were down 1.5% compared to the same month in 2013.

Compared to August 2013, paperbacks from religious publishers were down 18.4%, though hardcovers rose 4.6%. Significantly, e-books rose 17.6% in August using the same comparison.

Nelson Books, a nonfiction imprint of Thomas Nelson, has announced the hiring of Jessica Wong as senior acquisitions editor. Effective Nov. 24, Wong will become the newest member of the Nelson Books team, filling the role previously held by Joel Miller.

Wong comes to the imprint with more than seven years of publishing experience. She began her career at Thomas Nelson, and in 2009, she joined the editorial team at Howard Books, a division of Simon & Schuster.

This holiday season spending on plastic or digital gift cards will top all previous records, according to the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) Gift Card Spending Survey.

The October survey from NRF found that the average person buying gift cards will spend $172.74, up from $163.16 last year. Total spending is expected to reach $31.74 billion. In the survey, 62% of shoppers said they would like to receive a gift card, making gift cards the most requested gift item eight years in a row.

Amy Grant will be honored at Lights, Cameras...Stars! Holidays Hollywood Style, a holiday exhibition at The Hollywood Museum honoring iconic celebrities who have made Christmas a significant part of their careers.

The exhibit opens Thursday, Nov. 13, with a special ceremony and cocktail party. Amy Grant’s “Christmas career” will be one of the highlights. She has recorded four Christmas albums, hosted two Christmas television specials and toured with the Nashville Symphony several times.

Other stars to be showcased at this year’s holiday extravaganza include Karen Carpenter, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Perry Como, Nat King Cole, Vera Ellen and Mel Torme. “Tyrone Power: Man, Myth and Mayhem” also will be premiering that evening, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Tyrone Power.

Bob Pranga, better known as “Dr. Christmas …Tree Stylist to the Stars” is decorating for the museum and this event.

“Because all of these stars have been at the very heart of our Christmas experience, this provides a great opportunity for families to come and experience the magic of Christmas with a little Hollywood glitter. Because everyone loves the holidays, and everyone loves Hollywood, it’s a perfect combination,” Pranga said.

The Hollywood Museum, the official museum of Hollywood, has the most extensive collection of Hollywood memorabilia in the world. The museum also showcases the history of Hollywood and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The Christian Writers Guild (CWG) is dissolving after 50 years in business. Author Jerry B. Jenkins has owned and operated CWG for 14 years, and in 2013, launched a custom publishing house, Christian Writers Guild Publishing.

Aiming to “train tomorrow’s Christian professional writers,” CWG had more than 1,000 members worldwide, according to its Facebook page. The guild ran an email correspondence course and assigned each student a seasoned professional to mentor them throughout the program. CWG also operated the Writing for the Soul conference.