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The best LA books? Let's make a list (Part 2, nonfiction)
Los Angeles Times
By Christopher Reynolds Los Angeles Times staff writer We need your LA book picks – not just great books but books that will clue a newcomer in to this place, physically and socially, its past, present and future. As part of our ever-growing Southern ...
10-05-11 Library eBooks are Now Available for Kindle
The Shopper Online
Patrons can now download popular and classic eBooks to a Kindle device or any mobile device running the free Kindle app, such as iPhoneи, iPadи, Androidк, and more. To get started, visithttp://mediaondemand.org. Lansing Public Library also offers ...
Authors seeking to self publish e-books offered new service by US firm
Irish Times
NEW YORK – A US publishing company has created a distribution and marketing service that will allow authors to self-publish their own e-books. The service will give authors an alternative to other self-publishing services and a favourable revenue split ...
Books on parenting focus on play and integrating sections of child's brain
Washington Post
Though the upstairs won't be fully developed for years, the authors say, it's important to try to build “a staircase of the mind” to integrate the different regions. “Tantrums, meltdowns, aggression, and most of the other challenging experiences of ...
Why are so few popular science books written by women?
The Guardian (blog)
From Alex Bellos's mathematical adventures to Sam Kean's poetic tour of the chemical elements, this is an inspiring collection of well-deserving books. But, yet again, all theauthors are men. This made me wonder how many women have been shortlisted ...
The Genius of Free Governments
Huffington Post (blog)
Noting that the Constitution had in fact allowed them for "the authors of Books and of useful inventions," he nonetheless underscored the Constitution's demand that the grant be "limited." "A temporary monopoly...ought to be temporary. ...
Borders Books Sells Private Customer Information
Patch.com
By Leslie Hutchison US Sen. Richard Blumenthal responded to the event by calling for tighter restrictions to protect consumer privacy. “Profiting from personal, sometimes sensitive consumer information – illustrated by this regrettable arrangement – is ...
Adobe and WoodWing announce Alliance for Tablet Publishing
What They Think
WoodWing Software today announced an agreement with Adobe Systems Incorporated to integrate Adobe Digital Publishing Suite into the WoodWing Enterprise Publishing System and solely resell the Enterprise and Professional Editions of Adobe Digital ...
Books for Cooks: The apple gets its closeup
Chicago Sun-Times
Single-topic cookbooks tend to be, well, one-dimensional. You pretty much know what you're going to get with a whoopie pie cookbook — variations on a cute but hardly complex treat. This is not the case with The Apple Lover's Cookbook (WW Norton, ...
POTTERMORE Launch of HARRY POTTER E-Books Delayed
Boomtron.com
One such mystical feat is the charm which will transform all of Harry Potter's beloved print books into digital e-books, available for digital enjoyment. This week we have learned however, there is a house elf tossing a wrench into the system. ...
Join the authors of Dream City on October 17th
Greater Greater Washington
On Monday, October 17th, Greater Greater Washington is sponsoring a discussion with the book's authors and moderated by Mike DeBonis of the Washington Post. The event will take place at the Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library starting at 7 pm, ...
Shelf Talk | Five authors and one Smartypants in six days
The Seattle Times
So many authors in town this week -- and something free going on every SINGLE night at the Central Library. Here's a quick event round-up: No comments have been posted to this article. So many authors in town this week — and something free going on ...
Alton Brown among authors coming to North Bay
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
1 Kelly's Cove Press Books Launch: Three Books: Three Poets with poets Terry Ehret, Bart Schneider, and Mike Tuggle. 7 pm, Occidental Center for the Arts 3850 Doris Murphy Ct., Occidental. Information, or ...
Nonfiction Writers Needed! Be Wisdom Publishing is Open For Business!
Staugnews
That's a lot of money, and it shows that there's potential for authors to make serious cash from eBook sales. WITH the addition of eBooks, virtually every book publishing category showed growth. As more formats have evolved in the publishing community, ...
Can an Indie Musician Rock the World of Young Adult Books?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The couple plans to write at least three more books in the series, and an animated movie version of the first novel is already in the works. Speakeasy caught with Meloy and Ellis in their home in Portland to talk about the book's inspiration, ...
Running Press to Publish Sixty-Year Commemorative Book on NBC's Today Show
MarketWatch (press release)
It is a member of The Perseus Books Group, an independent company committed to enabling independent publishers to reach their potential whether those publishers are Perseus-owned, joint ventures or owned by third parties. Member publishing programs ...
Nobel literature jurors hire foreign experts to broaden views, find prize ...
Washington Post
By AP, STOCKHOLM — The Nobel literature jury has hired more experts to review work by authors writing in non-European languages in an attempt to broaden the scope of the prize, its spokesman said Tuesday. The move comes after criticism that the ...
Best-selling children's authors tell their stories of war
BBC News
Both are hugely respected writers and illustrators, whose children's books are worldwide bestsellers: he for titles like Moon Moon Man, Otto: The Autobiography of a Teddy Bear, and the award-winning Mallops series; her, for that bittersweet evocation...
Print-on-Demand Books Have a Long Way to Go
The Atlantic
Are Print-On-Demand Books an E-book Alternative? By Edward Tenner Not long ago, print-on-demand -- dry-copy reproduction and binding of entire books -- was deemed the rescuer of the beleaguered publishing industry by gurus such as Jason Epstein, ...
Grab discounts on exciting new Nation books at expo opening today
The Nation
The fair hosts more than 900 booths representing 424 Thai publishing houses expecting brisk sales and an estimated turnout of 1.5 million visitors over a 11-day period at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre. Nation Books, part of Nation Group, ...
Eugenides Follows Pulitzer With Ivy League Love Triangle: Books
BusinessWeek
“To start with,” he writes in the opening line, “look at all the books.” The immediate reference is to those in Madeleine's room. Yet books are a kind of subplot and season the novel like a soundtrack. Madeleine is an English major whose senior thesis ...
Northwest Authors Series hosts Emily Chenoweth
Coast Weekend
Chenoweth, who now lives in Portland and won the 2009 Oregon Literary Fellowship, will speak at 2 pm at the library as a part of the Northwest Authors Series of free author talks. Her novel, "Hello Goodbye," tells of a woman diagnosed with cancer, ...
Clubs Collecting Books For Troops
Patch.com
Books for Troops is a GFWC New Tampa Junior Woman's Club and GFWC New Tampa Juniorettes project whose goal is to collect and ship one thousand books to deployed troops during the month of October. Patricia Murphy, project chairwoman, said 121 books ...
Bestselling books the week of 10/6/11, according to IndieBound*
Christian Science Monitor
*Published Thursday, October 6, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 2, 2011). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org Three ...
Calif. Extends Library Privacy Laws to E-Books
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius California Governor Jerry Brown this week signed into law a bill that will extend privacy protections currently in place for library records to book purchases, including e-books. The bill, known as the Reader Privacy Act of 2011, ...
The Star's editorial | Opening the world of books to the young
Kansas City Star
Even with the rising popularity of e-books, circulation numbers are stable at the Kansas City Public Library. By embracing online, the system's website at kclibrary.org is growing rapidly. And the system's distinction is its large number of free, ...
Hyperion Books Editorial Director Jumps to Henry Holt & Company ...
By Maryann Yin
BenBella Books is looking for a Production Manager/Production Editor. next job Hachette Book Group - Orbit is looking for a Editor. next job Boyds Mills Press is looking for a Coordinating Editor Book Publishing. next job Eagle Publishing, Inc. ...
GalleyCat
Flavorwire » 10 Best-Selling Books That Were Originally Rejected
By Jill Harness
It's hard to think of a better example of this than to look at some rejected books that would later become some of the best-selling titles in the world. From the Twilight saga to Anne Frank's Diary, the success of these books shows that even ...
Flavorwire
New How ebook buyers discover ebooks – Stephen's Lighthouse
By admin
How ebook buyers discover ebooks. From TeleRead: <a href=”http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/how-ebook-buyers-discover-ebooks/“>How ebook buyers discover ebooks</a>. More commentary past the link. Stephen. Posted on: October 4, ...
Stephen's Lighthouse
BeWrite Books Launches Limitrophe Publishing « eBookNewser
By Nate Hoffelder
Limitrophe isn't going to be a competing publishing house. Instead it's a service that any and all publishers can use to convert their backlist and release it as ebooks. It offers full digital production services so other publishers, agencies, and ...
eBookNewser
Goings On: Books Pick: Children's Hour : The New Yorker
By The New Yorker
Books Pick: Children's Hour. Posted by The New Yorker. children.jpg. In “Critical Children,” Richard Locke's analysis of the central role that children play in ten classic novels, the author explores a hundred and thirty years of literature and the ...
Goings On
Vook stops publishing content – is there a market for enhanced ...
By Paul Biba
Posted on October 4, 2011. "Wow, it's amazing how much ebooks have changed the game. It's an exciting time for authors! ..." James W. Lewis on "Perseus Books Group launches self-publishingebook service - Posted on October 4, 2011 ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...
Kickstarter: the Future of Self-Publishing? | Open Culture
By Dan Colman
We all know where books come from: a human and a muse meet, fall in love, and two months to twenty years later, a book is born. Then, as with other varieties of. ... (You can find free ebooks by Coelho here.) Indeed, now more than ever, it seems essential for authors to meet readers at least half-way. Harwood considers himself an “author-preneur,” developing new business models as he publishes his books. As he sees it, innovation comes much more easily to an author acting alone ...
Open Culture
Fall Books, Every Person in New York - Manhattan Users Guide
By office@manhattanusersguide.com
More Fall Books Every Person in New York. Some major tomes coming down the pike—on Jerusalem, Van Gogh, and Catherine the Great. Plus pestilence: One book on viruses, another on the Madoffs. What: The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age Who: Nathan Wolfe When: October 11. Why: Wolfe, a ... Why: The authors, winners of the Pulitzer for their biography on Jackson Pollock, turn to the story of Van Gogh's life and work. Their research yielded many letters and ...
Manhattan Users Guide
Roundup: “California Adds Digital Books to Privacy Laws” & Full ...
By Gary D. Price
“California law was completely inadequate when it came to protecting one's privacy for book purchases, especially for online shopping and electronic books,” said state Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco), ... Privacy, eBooks, and Libraries We focus on the recently released OverDrive/Amazon.com feature allowing users to download eBooks to read on Kindle devices. ...Posted in: E-Books, Legal, Libraries and Librarians, Privacy and Security, Publishing · ← Social Media Statistics: ...
INFOdocket
With Ebooks, More Is More | The Gatekeepers Post
By GATEKEEPERS POST STAFF
With Ebooks, More Is More. GATEKEEPERS POST STAFF The Gatekeepers Post is the leading social media book publishing community on the web....More · Tweet. How do you know when you have enough ebooks published? Can you relax ... Does it take 3 books? A dozen? If you're a reader, and you like the authors you follow, then the answer is “there are never enough books available–write faster.” Less Is More? Uh, no. Restraint accomplishes nothing for an author looking to ...
The Gatekeepers Post
Kindle Fire: Recommended eBooks for Older Children/Teens (Ages ...
By littleones.com
... value of Kindle Fire is as an eReader for kids of all ages. See a list of recommended older children/teen Kindle eBooks ages 9-12, including popular series. ... You'll find favorite authors, bestselling series, some free titles and classics. We have listed below a small sampling of the recommended ... So make the most of your Kindle Fire by investing in quality literature as well, plus get your kids hooked on great books! Here are some excellent series choices that they simply won't want ...
Little Ones Education and Parenting...
Books Headlines - Yahoo! Good Morning America
Get the latest books news headlines from Yahoo! Good Morning America. Find breaking movies news, including analysis and opinion on top books stories ...
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Federated Media Publishing To Acquire Lijit Networks
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 04, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Federated Media Publishing, which powers the best of the Independent Web, today announced the acquisition of Lijit Networks, Inc. Lijit is a leading provider of advertising services, audience analytics and ...
Giller shortlist includes three authors with BC linksPosted on Oct 4, 2011
Vancouver Sun (blog)
The other shortlisted books are David Bezmozgis's novel The Free World, Lynn Coady's novel The Antagonist, and Michael Ondaatje's novel The Cat's Table. Bezmozgis was born in Riga, Latvia and immigrated with his parents to Canada when he was a child. ...


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