| Why Do EBooks Cost So Much? InformationWeek Without the overhead of paper, printing, packaging, shipping, storage, and retail display, the profit margin on ebooks must be pretty darned high, right? As ebooks have grown in popularity, a number of publishing professionals have stepped up to try to ... | ||
| Amazon, Skirting Apple, Announces Cloud for Books Wall Street Journal On Wednesday, Amazon released an application that allows people to buy and read electronicbooks from the retailer's popular Kindle store. The application, called the Kindle Cloud Reader, is accessed through the Web browser on a mobile device or ... | ||
| Rise of e-books will benefit one group: readers Bellingham Herald Cries of doom have been the publishing industry's favorite pastime for the past 70 years, since the introduction of paperbacks, derided as "throwaway books" that devalued reading itself. In the 1940s, the creation of so-called trade paperbacks, ... | ||
| Author Hargreaves tickled pink as Mr. Men turns 40 Reuters In the last decade Roger Hargreaves became one of best-selling British authors, alongside Harry Potter creator JK Rowling. Adam Hargreaves took over the Mr. Men series after his father's death in 1988 and has continued to create characters, ... | ||
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| The Romance Reader: 'Maggie's Dad' Kansas City Star By LEZLIE PATTERSON Harlequin has re-released several of Palmer's books as e-books, and this is one of the latest available. The only disappointment is that its sequel, "Man of Ice" is not yet available electronically. And since Palmer's books are ... | ||
| Books-A-Million to ex-Borders employees: Come work for us AnnArbor.com Alabama-based Books-A-Million considered acquiring 30 Borders leases following the announcement of Borders' liquidation on July 18. However, that deal collapsed and now all of Borders 399 remaining stores will close by September. ... | ||
| HP Upgrades MagCloud User Experience: Web Publishing Made Easier MarketWatch (press release) With the streamlined publishing process, users simply select a product type, name the publication and upload a PDF to easily and quickly start publishing targeted content in both print and digital formats. -- MagCloud Newsstand app for HP Touchpad uses ... | ||
| Best E-Book Readers on the Market WLTX.com (Consumer Reports) - These days, more and more people are trading regular books for e-book readers, such as the Nook from Barnes & Noble. Sales of e-book readers have almost doubled in the last year. If you're looking to buy an e-book reader, ... | ||
| Verizon Author Series, a Big Hit With Small Business, Introduces Four More ... Sacramento Bee Books of each of the four authors who will be featured in August will be given away online. For opportunities to win a copy of the books, follow the Verizon Small Business team on Twitter (www.twitter.com/VZSmallBiz); fan the team on Facebook ... | ||
| Disney Publishing Worldwide Presents Best-Selling Authors, Exclusive Giveaways ... PR Newswire (press release) Disney Publishing Worldwide's latest books and magazines—including the brand-new It's a Small World publishing program, Phineas and Ferb magazines, the Captain America special interest publication, learning products including School Skills workbooks, ... | ||
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| Comic Books as Journalism: 10 Masterpieces of Graphic Nonfiction The Atlantic I've long loved authors Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs, so I was thrilled to discover The Beats: A Graphic History, an anthology that mashes up biography, criticism, and literary readings from the seminal creative movement. ... | ||
| Independent bookstores find ways to compete in the digital age Kansas City Star There seems to be no single secret, although each of the remaining local independents has found a way to offer enough extra value and a sense of community - book club meetings, appearances by bestselling authors, discounted books for students - to ... | ||
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| 10 cool books for hot days msnbc.com By Stieg Larsson If you haven't read this publishing phenom, there's no better time than a heatwave to immerse yourself in this Swedish juggernaut. Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomvist teams up with Lisbeth Salander, a hard-edged, enigmatic computer ... | ||
| Retro-Books Review: The Yesterday Saga | TrekMovie.com By Robert Lyons The first entry will actually look at the two books of the "Yesterday Saga" by A.C. Crispin. RETRO REVIEW: The Yesterday Saga by A.C. Crispin. In the late 1970's, when new Star Trek was hard to come by, one fan, A. C. Crispin, .... This was also before there were so many “rules” about what authors could and could not include or do to the characters; thus there was more creativity allowed with canon. For the most part, my favorite TOS novels are all from the earlier books… ... TrekMovie.com | ||
| dPS Photo Nuts eBooks Price Rise Imminent By Darren Rowse Our eBooks are PDF based eBooks. They are not available as 'real' hard cover books. These eBooks can be viewed on any device that a PDF can be viewed on – including iPads. To get them on your iPad simply download the eBook to your ... Digital Photography School | ||
| Desktop Publishing Software Company Quark Acquired by Platinum ... By Steve Delahoyde Early yesterday, the Denver-based publishing software company Quark announced that it has been acquired by the California-based private equity firm, Platinum Equity. Like with most purchases, the promise is immediately made that everything ... In our online Children's Picture Book Writing class starting September 7, you'll complete your picture book manuscript and learn how to sell it with Dashka Slater, author of the picture books Baby Shoes, Firefighters in the Dark, ... UnBeige | ||
| 10 Must Read Free Ebooks for Web Designers | Flash User By Alice Web design trends are constantly changing and so is the way information is shared over the web. There are plenty of free e-books that web designers can download to sharpen their skills and stay on top of their game. Flash User | ||
| Execupundit.com: Three Great Books By Michael Wade Three Great Books. At The Spectator, Emily Rhodes lists three great books to read in: Spain · France · Italy. posted by Michael Wade @ 7:38 AM 0 comments links to this post. 0 Comments: Post a Comment. Links to this post: ... Execupundit.com | ||
| The Book Bench: In the News: Rioters Aren't Reading, Publishing ... By Stacey Mickelbart Keep calm and drink tea: though some bookstores have closed early due to the London riots, so far all have emerged unscathed. Everybody wants to know what happened to skyjacker D. B. Cooper. A new book may provide some... The Book Bench | ||
| Cheryl's Mewsings » Blog Archive » Lawyers + Ebooks = Trouble By Cheryl They allege that the publishers are Apple colluded to force Amazon to sell ebooks at an unfairly high price. In particular the suit says: While free market forces would dictate that e-books would be cheaper than their hard-copy counterparts , considering lower ... According to the complaint, the prices of e-books have risen as much as 50 percent since the switch to an agency model. I don't think we need to go back through the economics of publishing argument again. ... Cheryl's Mewsings | ||
| EXCLUSIVE: 'Beautiful Creatures' Authors Coordinating Big YA Book ... By MTV News We are excited to announce YALLFEST—the first YA book festival to come to Charleston, SC! YALLFEST will hit Charleston on November 11-12, 2011, with a serious line-up of YA authors. Founded by Jonathan Sanchez of Blue Bicycle Books, ... Hollywood Crush | ||
| The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore - The Denver Egotist By The Denver Egotist The Denver Egotist blog is your source for advertising & marketing news in Denver, Boulder & the greater Colorado area. The Denver Egotist RSS Feed | ||
| Publishing Begins Rebound? - MediaJobsDaily By Rachel Kaufman Growth has been good in higher ed, kids/YA books, and ebooks–which went from making up just .6 percent of the trade market in 2008 to 6.4 percent in 2010; in other words, ebooks have grown their market share by more than a factor of ten ... MediaJobsDaily |
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