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Tablet or tome?
Brisbane Times
It's the internet that devours books now. E-publishing has been heartily embraced by readers; one estimate suggests at least 30 million users will buy an e-book this year on the iPad alone. How does the digital experience really compare? ...
Bettering the books at Toronto's libraries
Toronto Sun
Toronto is a lucky city to have so many libraries, packed full of not just books but computers, and wonderful programming for kids, newcomers and more. And users. Like I said, a treasure. But do I need two libraries within walking distance of my house? ...
The writers who keep popular authors alive
Salon
And while they bristle at the term "ghostwriter," their books are clearly haunted by the beloved authors who first breathed life into the characters these continuators carefully but creatively resurrect. As it happens, 2011 is a banner year for ...
After Much Ado, a Google Book Deal in France
New York Times
Hachette and Google reached a preliminary deal last year, but it was overshadowed by a far broader agreement between Google and US authors and publishers that would have settled longstanding litigation. Like the deal with Hachette, the US agreement ...
Authors Without Borders mentor aspiring writers in Dighton
Taunton Daily Gazette
Lakeville resident and mystery writer Joyce Walsh said the five women met four years ago during a “Local Authors Support Our Troops” initiative, where they collected and sent 225 books overseas. After officially forming as a group, Walsh said she and ...
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Daily Sun
The national vice-president of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop John Praise Daniel has advised the Federal Government to call the Central Bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, to order over his handling of the controversial issue of ...
Just Folks: Couple settles down after life of traveling, searching for books
Lebanon Daily News
(Brandi Potts / Lebanon Daily News) There are two things that George and Frances Yeager love: books and traveling. It's hard to tell which they love more; the Yeagers are really passionate about both. Though they now reside in an apartment at ...
'DRAGONS,' 'STOLEN LIFE' bolster publishing industry
Kennebec Journal
Retailers and publishing veterans say the books have attracted readers who wouldn't normally gravitate to those genres or to any book whatsoever. Jean Pomeroy, a former English teacher from Carmichael, said the HBO miniseries "Game of Thrones," which ...
How to load eBooks on the iRiver Story HD
Good E-Reader (blog)
The first method to copy ebooks to your device is via Calibre. This is a free open source program that allows you greater fliexibility in managing ebooks on your device. Often when you download books from the internet the authors name or title may be ...
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Daily Sun
Members of the family of Spring Bank manager, Emeka Ohazulike, who was illed in Lagos at the weekend, have told how he met his untimely death. One of the family members, who simply identified himself as Osita, alleged that Ohazulike was murdered in ...
10 essential Nordic noir authors and books
Plain Dealer
Unlike many series, it's best to read Nesbo's books in order, as major plot lines carry on from book to book. Karin Fossum, "Black Seconds," 1997: It's every mother's worst nightmare, times two. When a 9-year-old girl goes missing in a small Norwegian ...
Best summer reading picks: women's fiction favorites
The Seattle Times
Johns picks books by Marisa de los Santos, Rain Mitchell, Jean Hanff Korelitz and Ellen Sussman, as well as Seattle-area authors Laurie Frankel and Kristin Hannah. Linda Johns is a Seattle Public Library reader services librarian. ...
Cash in on the accumulated wealth of the world -- books
Albany Times Union
by harvey mackay on business Our lives basically are changed in two ways -- by the people we meet and the books we read. My friend the late Charles "Tremendous" Jones shared this notion with me several years ago and, as an author, I took it as both a ...
Goodbye Borders
Indiana Daily Student
So gone are the days when I bought books as I liked. Now, I rely on the library and only buy books by a few select authors and the ones from the library I liked enough to read multiple times. It's not just my wallet that's changed. ...
Books should not have been banned
Springfield News-Leader
Furthermore, disadvantaged students who do not possess the financial means or transportation necessary to buy books will be turned away. As a young person I feel that censorship is a mere symptom of the larger problem of tabooing and silencing issues, ...
Analyzing Culture with Google Books: Is It Social Science?
Miller-McCune.com
Earlier this year, a group of scientists — mostly in mathematics and evolutionary psychology — published an article in Science titled “Quantitative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books.” The authors' technique, called “culturomics,” ...
Children's books describe whimsical elements of Alaska nature
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Several children's books offer interesting takes on the wilderness around us. Even if the 40-below weather keeps children from being outside, at least they can learn about the Alaska nature that surrounds them. By Ken Waldman Nomadic Press 2009 $20 ...
Small press books success
Bonner County Daily Bee
Lost Horse Press founder Christine Holbert has bucked the odds of the competitive book publishing industry to build a successful, independent press with a national reach to colleges and universities. (Photo by DAVID GUNTER) SANDPOINT — Few business ...
Niantic: Beaches and Books
Patch.com
Up the road is the original location, where books are housed in, yes, a large barn, but also in tents, miniature houses, and other structures that have to be seen to be fully appreciated. While searching for a novel or some nonfiction on any imaginable ...
Editor-in-Chief: Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman
The News International
This is the year that the books caught up with me. They had been marooned in storage in the UK, unseen and unread, but courtesy of a reasonable income they got themselves shipped to Pakistan where they now line the walls of the room this is being typed ...
Books still bringing in customers
Your Houston News
Hannah Johnson enjoys the option of shopping for books from Copperfield's Book Shop and those she finds shopping online on her eReader. Hannah Johnson enjoys readingbooks from Copperfield's Book Shop and those she downloads on her eReader. ...
Ashton Kutcher 'First Men' Taping in the Books
Gather.com
Ashton Kutcher's first Two and Half Men show has been taped. The actor took a bow after his performance and is ready to get the season going. Ashton is replacing the infamous Charlie Sheen and fans of the show simply cannot wait to see how this all ...
Elizabeth Dobler: Ease children back into school year with books
Topeka Capital Journal
These back-to-school books for young children can ease the transition into the beginning of a new school year. “Louise the Big Cheese and the Back-to-School Smarty Pants” by Elise Primavera, illustrated by Diane Goode, Simon & Schuster, 2011, ages 4-8. ...
eBooks Available in Northern Ireland Libraries - Geek News Central
By Andrew
She loves getting new books for bedtime reading and I love reading them to her. Sometimes the simple pleasures are best. For my own reading, increasingly I've been reading ebooks on my Nook, either purchasing from Waterstones or finding ...
Geek News Central
The Millions : Melville House's Hybrid Books
By Nick Moran
Emily Witt checks out Melville House's new Hybrid Books for The New York Observer. The publisher says they are “an innovative publishing program that gives print books the features of enhanced eBooks.” ...
The Millions
The Speculative Scotsman: Books Received | The BoSS for 07/08/11
By Niall Alexander
My Thoughts: Why just the other week I was going on about how of all the books still to come this year - of all those books I know of, that is - The Islanders is right up there with only IQ84, the new novel by Haruki Murakami, ...
The Speculative Scotsman
Local Authors To Teach Mystery Writing | Eye On Annapolis
By EOA Staff
Local authors Rosemary and Larry Mild are offering a course on “Writing Mystery, Suspense & Thriller Fiction” at Anne Arundel Community College, 101 College Parkway, Arnold. The course will run five sessions on Tuesdays, 7 to 9:30 p.m., ...
Eye On Annapolis
This Is Why We'll Never Have Innovative E-Books | Epicenter ...
At that time, Push Pop, as Wired.com's Brian Chen wrote, sought to create a “publishing platform for authors, publishers and artists to turn their books ...
www.wired.com/.../this-is-why-well-never-have-innovative-e-...
Well, I'm Back: Books
I read The Runes Of The Earth, Stephen Donaldson's return to the Thomas Convenant saga that I read the first six books of in the early 90s. ...
robert.ocallahan.org/2011/08/books.html
Publishing - Latest News (Press Releases)
1 day ago, 96 views, By Arcadia Publishing. Local authors pen new book on San Francisco's Municipal Railway ... 2 days ago, 78 views, By Marketplace Books ...
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Facebook acquires Push Pop Press, but won't make books
"Although Facebook isn't planning to start publishing digital books... for the iPad and other tablets -- or to put it another way, short-form ebooks...
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How to get free books for your Kindle or Nook
Your results will yield dozens of free books available for direct download to ... by wwnjj13 (7 comments ) August 3, 2011 5:54 PM PDT eBooks from Overdrive ...
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In 10 years, will bookstores still be around?
Some people are adopting exclusive use of their eReaders for new books. The one thing I will say is that traditional book publishing and some booksellers ...
online.wsj.com/.../wsj.../10-years-bookstores-still-around?...



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