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Books Unbound
New York Times (blog)
Is any form of traditional media under more assault than the book? For half a millennium, it was happily contained between covers: easily understood by a child, disposable, nearly indestructible, demanding minimal energy, a triumph of economy and form. The Internet has upended all that, of course. Yet the strongest impression from several of the sessions at the Books in Browsers conference in San Francisco over the last two days is that while the off-line book might be dying, the online book has yet to be born. The most basic definitions are ...

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NPR
Joan Didion shares frank observations about her daughter as well as her own thoughts and fears about having children and growing old in a personal account that discusses her daughter's wedding and her feelings of failure as a parent. ...
Global economic crisis: New wave of authors trying to boast the mood
Daily Mail
By Rachel Rickard Straus Global economies may be in turmoil, and droughts and floods ravishing whole countries, but according to a cluster of new optimistic booksfrom the US, the world is still progressing and actually doing very well. ...
Books just for the kids
The Bay of Plenty Times
by Fleur Beale, Random House, $19.99 The book is about when a girl named Juno and her family move to New Plymouth. Juno's family move there to keep a 2-year-old girl called Hera safe. Hera is Juno's little sister. When it's all safe, something bad ...
Books help disaster victims turn a new page in life
The Daily Yomiuri
Disaster victims must have a range of feelings about books. Some may wish to replace books that were swept away in the tsunami, and others may seek solace, inspiration or escape by readingbooks such as travelogues. An annual festival called Book Week ...
Music books riff on the glory days, the grunge and the gossip
New York Daily News
Various books have studied and segregated key NYC movements of the time — from punk (“Please Kill Me”) to hip hop (“Can't Stop, Won't Stop”), to disco (“Love Saves the Day”). But those just pulled at the strands of the era. Will Hermes' is the first ...
Authors say book already is in third printing
Rapid City Journal
Milo Dailey/BCP staff - Don and Becky Hardy told stories of work together for six years on Don's biography of Wyoming Sen. Al Simpson. Don described the book as a portrait of the Wyoming Republican he served in the US Senate rather than a puff piece to ...
Former Gov. Granholm to sign copies of new book today
Detroit Free Press
Jennifer Granholm is expected to join other authors selling and signing books at the Michigan International Books Festival. WXYZ-TV reports that the event runs today from noon until 5 pm at Laurel Park Place in Livonia, west of Detroit. ...
Steve Martin to publish books about his tweets
Herald Sun
The funnyman is gathering his "tweets" and publishing them together in a book called The Ten, Make that Nine, Habits of Very Organized People. Make that Ten. Martin announced the news in a post on Twitter and revealed the project would raise funds for ...
REGION: Local authors turn out memoirs, self-help books, more
North County Times
How Women Entrepreneurs Dive Into Success" (Big Fish Publishing, $15), an inspirational guide to women in the business world. Lia Fairchild of Murrieta contributed the short story "Homeless" to the anthology "With Love" (Amazon Digital Services, ...
Books-A-Million begins opening at former Borders sites
New Hampshire Business Review
As part of a move to expand its New England footprint, Alabama-based Books-A-Million recently opened its first New Hampshire store and will open two more by the end of this week. Books-A-Million had a soft opening of its first Granite State location on ...
From Haggadah to Harry: Big range of books in Jewish Book Festival
Brighton-Pittsford Post
By L. David Wheeler, staff writer Now in its 19th year, the Lane Dworkin Rochester Jewish Book Festival presents a diverse offering of books by Jewish authors to the community. And that meansbooks of all sorts, with subject matter ranging from ...
Stephen Henderson: Help get young minds into books
Detroit Free Press
But my mother had to open up those possibilities for me, by filling the house with books and pushing me toward them. Eventually, it was what I wanted to do. With my own kids, the cycle repeats. It's hard to imagine how that would work, though, ...
Retired professors spin a tale of murder in France's historic caves
Capital Times
Michael Hinden and Betsy Draine are the authors of the just-published "Murder in Lascaux." What: Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden will read from and sign copies of "Murder in Lascaux" (TerraceBooks, $26.95). The new mystery "Murder in Lascaux" does ...
Books Q&A: Stephen Kirkpatrick
Jackson Clarion Ledger
I came up with the idea for this project because I hear from so many people who are surprised that I still shoot all my books on film instead of going digital. You can follow the progress of that project on my blog, www.stephen-kirkpatrick.blogspot.com ...
Reviews: Five books praising God, Allah and heretics, too
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
By Star-Ledger Entertainment Desk In the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, the Western world experienced a spike in interest in Islam. In 2008, Ziauddin Sardar, a cultural critic, started a blog in which he considered the Quran in light of its contemporary ...
£295000 owed on late books to North libraries
Sunday Sun
BOOKWORMS hogging library books have racked up more than a quarter of a million pounds in overdue fines. From crime fiction to children's favourites, North libraries are owed some £295501 by borrowers failing to bring the books back. ...
AMA Foundation Announces 2011 Best Books in Marketing
PR Web (press release)
Readers who “bundle” these two books will find a useful synergy between the strategic-level discussion of Strategy from the Outside In and the nuts-and-bolts accountability of Data-Driven Marketing. The American Marketing Association Foundation (AMAF) ...
10 Marketing Books You Can't Live Without
By Ivana Taylor
List of books about marketing that Small Business Trends book Editors would bring on a desert island. Find out ... If you had room for just 10 marketing books in your survival kit for that desert island, the 10 books below would be a good start. ...
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement - The Rumpus.net
By Seth Fischer
Seth Fischer bio ↓ · October 30th, 2011 · filed under books, Homepage Feature. It was a good week at Rumpus Books. Come see what you might've missed. Everything Tastes Better When It's Precious — Gina Myers reviews The Hermit, ...
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Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #13 — The Book Designer
By Joel Friedlander
Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #13 featurning Julie Isaac, Dan Blank, Suzanna Stinnett and 20 more authors. ... We welcome your submissions on topics related to writing, self-publishing, book design or marketing books. ... Julie Isaac presents The new low priced Kindles, including the Kindle Fire color tablet, are going to mean higher ebook sales, so start writing your ebooks NOW! posted at WritingSpirit, saying, “This is an exciting time for writers, and it just keeps getting ...
The Book Designer
Oprah Loves Us « Baltimore Books
By csollod
... change my life in any significant way. I'm not sure things like that do. They are mostly just nice blips and I just keep writing the kind of books I want to write.” Yes, but Oprah loves you, Michael. That's got to feel good. Filed in: Baltimore authors. ... She moved to Baltimore after 17 years in big house publishing in New York, and has been rediscovering her love for literature, as opposed to her love for the business of publishing literature, while writing about Baltimore writers, books, and ...
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Kobo makes a move into digital publishing
Globe and Mail
If the new e-publishers make good on their promise, he added, “conventional publishers will need to look hard at how they treat authors and how they compete in the digital market.” Kobo is promising to emulate Amazon by offering full publishing ...
Much Needed Recognition for Ebooks
Good E-Reader (blog)
For now, Nielsen will be gathering these sales numbers from four of the largest ebook outlets, Amazon, Apple's bookstore, Barnes&Noble, and Google Books, which is an added incentive to self-published authors to make sure their ebooks are compatible and ...
Authors to meet US troops on USO tour to Persian Gulf
The Virginian-Pilot
"And a lot of them read my books." The donation-based United Service Organizations has been entertaining US troops abroad since World War II, usually with musicians and comedians - who in recent years included Jon Stewart and Robin Williams. ...
Jobs Belittles 'Bozos,' Quant Models Fail in Top Business Books
BusinessWeek
Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Steve Jobs belittles his “bozo” colleagues, Barack Obama falls for Lawrence Summers, and quant Emanuel Derman deplores Wall Street's “hypocrisies” in three of our favorite business books so far this year. ...
Books In Brief
The Sudbury Star
By YVONNE CRITTENDEN By James Lee Burke James Lee Burke's 30th novel takes up the story of one of his most popular characters -- Sheriff Hackberry Holland of Texas -- in this tale of revenge and redemption. A Native American called Davy Boy Lorca ...
Waterstones.com Encourages Teenagers to Read This Halloween with Books that Bite
MarketWatch (press release)
And vampire novels continue to be among the most-searched for and best-selling books on Waterstones.com despite fierce competition from other ghastly ghouls like werewolves and zombies. With this in mind, Waterstones.com has produced a digital timeline ...
In battle of the books, ebooks are victorious
The Simmons Voice
Print books are a part of our everyday life. Whether for research or fun, we are constantly turning pages to get the information we need or to unveil a story. Although print books are extremely helpful multifarious, there always seems to be a problem ...
Kindle Format 8 with HTML5 support
iProgrammer
Kindle Format 8 (KF8) is Amazon's new format for eBooks on the Kindle Fire, designed to provide the layout elements needed for picture books, comics, cookery books and technical books. KF8 replaces Mobi 7 and adds over 150 new formatting capabilities, ...
Kids can address fear via Halloween books
UPI.com
Phil Nel, director of Kansas State University's graduate program in children's literature, said many might think having kids read scary stories sounds like a recipe for nightmares, but many of thesebooks can help kids confront their fears. ...
Hyperink publishes eBooks based on search data | Ubergizmo
By George Wong
In addition to publishing books based on search data, Hyperink is also welcoming pitches from aspiring authors, promising design, editing and marketing services in exchange for 50% of the royalties. So, if you're an aspiring author who's keen ...
Ubergizmo
New Kids Books are a hit | Illinois Outdoors
By Don Dziedzina
At the Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writes fall conference one of our members provided me with a copy of these three children's books. I have to say they're right on target and can be of great interest to young readers. But who am I to ...
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A Passion for Books | American Catholic Blog
By Mary Carol Kendzia
... off with you to Frankfurt, I say. There you will find a dedication to the printed page that proves, even with the welcome and inevitable presence of electronic media into the publishing realm, bookswill have a place in the pantheon of reader choices for a long time to come. ... For many overseas publishers, especially in Eastern Europe and Asia, it's easier to license rights to a book and translate the content than to find authors and develop a book from scratch. With over 300 titles in our ...
American Catholic Blog
Self-Publishing Review | Blog | Library eBooks: Is the eBook ...
By James Moushon
Library eBooks: Is the eBook Ecosystem Affected by the Amazon Library Lending Process? My usual blogging direction is toward the ebook author and the self-publishing world. ... Even the authorswho create the content have little say. .... by James MoushonTags: Amazon, bobbi newman, Call Off the Dogs, e-books, Indie publishing, Kindle, Kindle Library Lending, library, library checkout limits, maximizing library returns, privacy, sarah houghton, smashwords, traditional publishing ...
Self-Publishing Review
Children's authors coming to Burlington | The Boone Blog
By ssalmons
BURLINGTON – Two children's authors, Keiko Kasza and Ingrid Law, will be visiting the Boone County Public Library's Main branch, 1786 Burlington Pike, during an author reception 6-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4. Book sales will be offered through the Blue Marble Book Store and authors ... Kasza has published 14 books, some of her other titles are A Mother for Choco, My Lucky Day, The Pig's Picnic and When the Elephant Walks. Law was born in northern New York near Lake Champlain. ...
The Boone Blog
November/December | 2011 | Books and Culture
Christianity Today · Books & Culture · Catalyst Leadership Digital · Church Law & Tax Report · Church Finance Today · Kyria Digital · Leadership · Men of ...
www.booksandculture.com/articles/2011/novdec/
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WSJ best-seller lists to include e-books

WSJ best-seller lists to include e-books
Wall Street Journal
AP NEW YORK — The Wall Street Journal has an agreement with Nielsen BookScan to publish best-seller lists that include both physical books and e-sales. Since 2009, Nielsen has provided the journal with lists based solely on hardcover and paperbacks. ...
On the death of book publishers and other middlemen
GigaOm
By Mathew Ingram Oct. 28, 2011, 9:37am PT No Comments Hot on the heels of Amazon signing publishing deals with authors, and thus doing an end-run around their publisher partners, another major e-reader company says it plans to do the same: Kobo is ...
Grisham talks ambulance chasers, eBooks
CNN
CNN: As an author who has sold millions of books, what do you think about the emergence of eBooks? Have you tried using an eReader? Grisham: Amazon sent me a Kindle two years ago as a gift. I read a couple of books on it. It was an enjoyable experience ...
Hyperink, a Content Farm That Grows Books
BusinessWeek
Hyperink pitches itself as a way to achieve the same kind of massive scale for publishing expert advice. It's raised $1.2 million from venture capital firms, including Andreessen Horowitz and Lerer Ventures. Hyperink has been in trial mode and selling ...
Graphic Books Best Sellers: Happy Halloween
New York Times (blog)
By GEORGE GENE GUSTINES Our paperback list has the perfect book for this trick-or-treating season. “Batman: The Long Halloween,” at No. 9, is a new edition, with extra pages previously available only in a hardcover version, of one of Batman's greatest...
Lady Gaga Reveals Love of Books by Indian Philosopher Osho: "I am kind of an ...
Hollywood Reporter
I read a lot of Osho's books and I have been reading a lot about (Osho's views on) rebellion, which is my favorite so far. And how creativity is the greatest form of rebellion in life. Its important to stand up for what you believe in and to fight for ...
Mo Willems releases app based on 'Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!'
USA Today
By Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY Mo Willems, creator of the pushiest and most unfulfilled pigeon in the world of picture books, is no fan of e-books, which he describes as "narrative killers." So what's he doing releasing the first app based on his...
Authors compete for morgue prize
BBC News
Authors taking part in the "Million for a Morgue" campaign are: Tess Gerritsen, Kathy Reichs, Lee Child, Harlan Coben, Mark Billingham, Jeffrey Deaver, Jeff Lindsay, Stuart MacBride, Peter James and Val McDermid. The author with the most public votes ...
Hyperink Commissions Books Based On Search Engine Results
mediabistro.com
Hyperink founder Kevin Gao told Forbes that he can “churn out a book in a month at one-tenth the cost of physical books.” The publisher already has a number of eBooks for sale. eBookNewser has more: “Hyperink already has niche titles such as The Best ...
IS IT THE END FOR BOOKS? A CONVERSATION WITH TWO WISCONSIN BESTSELLING AUTHORS ...
Insurance News Net (press release)
A CONVERSATION WITH TWO WISCONSIN BESTSELLING AUTHORS [Corporate Report Wisconsin] The digital revolution has changed the way America does almost everything. Remember books? Those printed treasures we held in our hands, turning actual pages until we ...
A Writer of Slasher Books Finds More Than a Muse
New York Times
We meet Mr. Fox; he is a writer of slasher books, and he has an assistant, a woman named Mary whom he conjured in a trench during his days fighting in World War I. He also has a wife, Daphne. At some point or other, all three of them write. ...
Occupy Oakland Gets Support from Authors
mediabistro.com
The document includes signatures from authors Michael Pollan, Rebecca Solnit and Dave Eggers. Here is an excerpt: “As writers, authors, editors, filmmakers and artists from across the country, we believe free speech and assembly are paramount to ...
Atria Publishes First-Ever Nearfield Communications Enabled "smart book"
MarketWatch (press release)
Atria Books is an imprint of Simon & Schuster, a part of CBS Corporation. Simon & Schuster is a global leader in the field of general interest publishing, dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for consumers of all ages, ...
Barnes & Noble to Double Size of Some Nook Boutiques
Wall Street Journal
The decision comes as Barnes & Noble faces intensifying competition from Amazon.com Inc. on both the e-reader and digital books front. In late September, Amazon unveiled new versions of its Kindle e-reader, including a $199 Kindle Fire tablet, ...
5 Reasons E-Books Are Awesome – Even for the Most Reluctant
MindShift
I was happy with regular papery books. When the iPad went on sale in 2010, it was harder for me to resist. I've been using Macs, and Macs only, since I was a 6-year-old trying to ford a river in the game Oregon Trail on my school's Apple II. ...
Who will win this battle over books?
Telegraph.co.uk
The windows of a Victorian building in Kensal Rise are covered with handmade signs: “Bail out the library, not the bankers”; “Oi, Labour, leave our books alone”; and, above the bolted doors, “Let us run our library”. In April, Labour-run Brent Council ...
A Kindle loaded with e-books is heavier than an empty one
Geek.com
One of the major selling points of the Kindle e-reader is its ability to store thousands of books without getting any bigger or heavier. Try and do the same with physical books and you soon wouldn't be able to move under the weight, or even carry more ...
Lonely Planet's Lights, Camera...Travel! with Special Event at McNally Jackson ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Several distinguished actors will be reading their stories at McNally Jackson Books on November 7th, 2011. "The premise behind this anthology is simple: since the ancient Greeks, actors have been society's storytellers. And ever since Hollywood first ...
This Week In Photography Books
By Jonathan Blaustein
Edgar Martins' “This is Not a House,” is a smooth, mid-sized hardcover recently released by Dewi Lewis Publishing in England. I suspect ... Suzanne Opton's “Soldier/Many Wars” is a new, hard-cover offering from Decode Books in Seattle. ...
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GOOD Books: Thrillers - Culture - GOOD
By Nina Lincoff
Five thriller novels, plus their on-screen counterparts, to get you in a Halloween mood.
GOOD
Hyperink Pairs Writers With Experts For Niche eBooks « eBookNewser
By Dianna Dilworth
Hyperink Pairs Writers With Experts For Niche eBooks. Digital publishing has changed the way thatbooks are distributed and read, but a new publishing company called Hyperink aims to change the way that books are sought out. Call it books ...
eBookNewser
Publishing News: Amazon's Kindle Format 8 dashes hopes for ...
By Jenn Webb
Any hopes of EPUB3 becoming an across-the-board publishing format standard were dashed by Amazon's new KF8 format. Also, The ... The Books in Browsers conference continues today — and it's being livestreamed. Speakers today ...
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Amazon, Books, and Change : Beyond Search
By Stephen E. Arnold
Amazon, Books, and Change. October 28, 2011. Amazon's recent pre-release sales campaign for the not-yet-here Kindle Fire, with a price below most expectations, has created a lot of buzz around the company's digital publishing aspect. ...
Beyond Search
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Charlie Rose interview of Misha Glenny on his book 'DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You'

Charlie Rose interview of Misha Glenny on his book 'DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You' (video)  http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11967

Florence Parry Heide, Children's Writer and Poet, Dies at 92
New York Times
By BRUCE WEBER Florence Parry Heide, who wrote dozens of books of prose and poetry for children — often enhanced with the drawings by famed illustrators — that enthralled the youngest readers (and those who read to them), has died at her home in ...
Thousands spent by embassies to buy Obama books
CNN (blog)
However, the examples given by the official were books not published until after the authors left office. "Obviously, the White House didn't have anything to do with this," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters traveling aboard Air ...
Hyperink's E-Book Model Turns Publishing On Its Head
Forbes
“We want to get really specific and really long-tail to give consumers the books they really want to read.” While the books are largely non-fiction now, Gao says the company could do fiction as well. For authors Hyperink offers a publishing option ...
Kobo to become a publisher
CBC.ca
Canadian-based e-book seller Kobo is following in Amazon's footsteps and creating a publishing arm that will deal directly with authors, CBC News has learned. Kobo, whose major shareholder is Indigo Books, will roll out its program sometime next year,...
'Honorary' Authors Still Common, Survey Finds
MedPage Today
Some papers included both honorary and ghost authors, such that a total of 21% of the 630 papers deviated from the ICMJE authorship standards in one way or the other. In addition to JAMA, the journals publishing these papers included the New England ...
Profanity is making a splash in book titles
USA Today
By Deirdre Donahue, USA TODAY By Miranda Lemming By Miranda Lemming Publishing used to be a gentleman's profession. But the trend of using profanity in titles — already common in pop songs and even on Broadway — has now spread tobooks. ...
Bookseller Amazon.com expands into publishing
Toronto Star
“(Self-published works) really leverage the power of digital reading and e-books to connect authors with audiences in a way that they've never been able to do before.” Asked if Kobo might follow Amazon in courting major authors and establishing ...
'Elephant and Piggie' author Mo Willems on his latest best-seller and his new ...
Entertainment Weekly
by Jeff Labrecque Cartoonist Mo Willems likes to say he doesn't write books — he makes them. And children and parents who've enjoyed his numerous award-winning stories — Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny, Elephant and Piggie, ...
Books can be a parent's best tool for teaching
Local IQ
I don't know how we grew up well-adjusted in the dark ages before Peter Brown started publishing. You Will Be My Friend and Children Make Terrible Pets are Brown books that show children how to get along with their peers. On top of that, they are both ...
Library bringing readers, authors together
The Barrie Advance
“Whenever I explain this project to my friends, I tell them to picture a concert tour, except with books and authors instead of musicians and instruments,” said IFOA project co-ordinator and programmer Erin Warner. “It has a real on-the-road feel to it ...
Bedbugs in books alarm libraries
The Province
By Elaine O'Connor, The Province October 27, 2011 Lower Mainland libraries are advising the public to report bedbugs found in loaned books after a New Westminster library shut its doors for a day for pest control. The library reopened Wednesday at noon ...
Harry Potter helps Bloomsbury to 16pc rise in revenues
Telegraph.co.uk
The Harry Potter books and Howard Jacobson's The Finkler Question helped Bloomsbury Publishing grow its first half revenues 16pc to £44.9m, although pre-tax profits more than halved to £300000. The publishing group said the decline in profits was down ...
Hudson Booksellers Announces the Best Books of 2011
PR Newswire (press release)
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ, Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Hudson Booksellers, a brand unit of travel retailer Hudson Group, has announced its list of the Best Books published in 2011. Hudson Group, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dufry, AG of Basel, ...
Barnes and Noble – Not Just for Books Anymore
FleshEatingZipper
So, B&N, stop selling DVD's, CD's, computers, and MP3 players (Just ask Borders how well that went) and instead use that warehouse space to stock books. Lots of Books. Redesign the Website to push Nook books instead of paper books. Ebooks are the ...
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NPR
Twelve short stories from the author of Winter's Bone depict people on the fringes of society, including an injured rapist who is cared for by a young girl and a husband who cruelly avenges the murder of his wife's pet. There's a hardiness to Daniel ...
Halloween books for kids
USA Today
Whether you want to trick your kids into falling asleep or just treat them to story time, here are four children's books perfect for Halloween. Click through images from the books to find out more. By Jane Yolen, illustrated by Kelly Murphy Two ...
Technology is holding back ebooks
Fudzilla
Kevin Duffy, Blue Moose Publishing, said that a key problem for both authors and readers is ownership of the content. He said: “The problem with the Kindle is that you do not own any of the content that you download, and they can take it away from you ...
5 best books by 2012 presidential hopefuls
Christian Science Monitor
Indeed, these days the one – perhaps only – condition all serious presidential candidates seem to satisfy is publishing their own book, whether it's a rags-to-riches memoir, a political manifesto, or a motivational manual. While plenty of political lit ...
Michelle Obama is Publishing Her Own Cookbook!
Twirlit
Now she's taking the next step in building her eat healthy message – publishing her own cookbook. Michelle cookbook, American Grown goes on sale April 10th, 2012. It's a little bit cookbook, a little bit gardening book, all inspired by the first lady's ...
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: New books describe a Maine of the past, designing the ...
Morning Sentinel
Read about “poor man's fertilizer” and how to put on a proper clambake. This collaboration is a smart effort to preserve the rich heritage of Maine's people, and story contributions for future books may be sent to: dlsoucy@remembermedia.com. ...
Kobo To Publish Books - GalleyCat
By Dianna Dilworth
Like a traditional publishing house, Kobo will do the book editing, design and marketing, and will sell the books. Sound familiar? Amazon has been pushing into the publishing business itself making deals with agents and authors alike. ...
GalleyCat
An Interview with Kevin Weiss About Self-Publishing [Video ...
By Michael Hyatt
What advantages does self-publishing have over traditional publishing? What kind of authors can benefit the most from self-publishing? Who are some examples of self-published authors who have succeeded? What should an author expect ...
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Thursday Threads: Library Linked Data, Shifts in Publishing ...
By Peter Murray
In this weeks thread of topics: the final report of library linked data, an interview with one of the executives of Wiley Publishing, important questions to ask when considering major system migrations, and the announcement of work to begin on a ...
Disruptive Library Technology Jester
Publishing's tech and edit worlds converge - O'Reilly Radar
By Jenn Webb
He talked about writing collaboratively with GIT and used the SXSW fieldguide he developed as a forkable guidebook on GIT Hub as an example how coding books in HTML is a much more open, accessible format. This afternoon's lineup ...
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Kobo Is Getting Into Publishing - eBookNewser
By Dianna Dilworth
Kobo Is Getting Into Publishing. ... CBC News has more: “Kobo will be offering complete publishingservices for authors, including book editing and design. 'It's part of ... Oceanhouse Media Joins Android Books & Reference App Top Ten List ...
eBookNewser
Moglue: Create interactive ebooks and release ... - iLearn Technology
By admin
This download desktop platform makes it a snap for students to create interactive ebooks and release them as apps for iOS devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch), Android tablets and Android phones. Students only need to build the content once ...
iLearn Technology
Publishing Business Virtual Conference & Expo and ...
By Paul Biba
Publishing Executive and Book Business magazines will be presenting the Publishing Business Virtual Conference & Expo on October 27, 2011 and on-demand.
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...
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