Do authors still need traditional publishers?

Do authors still need traditional publishers?
Fresh Business Thinking
At the same time, Amazon has recently revealed that for every 100 books sold on its site, it sells 115 Kindle ebooks. Kindle allows new authors to upload their books directly, thus offering mass international distribution. As literary agent Robert ...

The Publishing Civil War
Huffington Post (blog)
At some point, the rush of third party Internet publishers to scoop up out-of-print books of authorswho still might be remembered will continue to join the product flood of reading materials all competing for the consumer's attention and bucks. ...

Brunch, Books and Family Time
New York Times
We love books. We buy too many books because we don't have a place anymore in the apartment. Moving from Europe we had to make a selection, which was very maddening. I hate to make a separation from my books. Our son, Aldo, he is 13 years old, ...

Tony Horwitz celebrates publishing 'Midnight Rising,' a book about John Brown
Washington Post (blog)
The book officially publishes this week in the shadow — the author ruefully joked — of giant booksabout Apple founder Steve Jobs and former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice. But he needn't worry too much: Civil War books are perennially popular, ...
BOOKS CONNECTING PEOPLE
Radio Srbija (blog)
Angola, Brazil and Portugal, which have embassies in Serbia, prepared on behalf of other lusophone countries diverse literary and cultural program, with the presence of authors and artists who will present books and culture of their countries. ...
Local Authors: Surf and Saltwater Fishing in the Carolinas
CaryCitizen
Surf and Saltwater Fishing in the Carolinas is different from other fishing books I've read in that the chapters read like this: “How To Catch (Insert type of fish here)” . So target a place, call a friend that lives there, or a local boat captain, ...
Author's books teach kids about autism
ABC7Chicago.com
And it makes that person very human, and they can go home and talk about it," said Kind. Moe's books and art work are for sale. To learn more about his work and the Sertoma Centre go to www.stores.lulu.com/moe86 and Author's books teach kids about ...
Old people read iPads three times faster than printed books: study
Indian Express
It is the elderly people who seem to have benefited most from the burgeoning popularity of iPads, as a study has revealed that they can read three times faster on iPads as compared to traditionalbooks. German researchers have revealed that though ...
Hard copies fly: Digital media doesn't dent Loveland library book sale
ReporterHerald.com
By Tom Hacker Reporter-Herald Staff Writer Loveland residents Connie Clark, left, and Brianna Donnelly peruse the offerings on one of dozens of tables laden with books at the 2011 Friends of the Loveland Public Library's Used Book Sale. ...
Grand Rapids Christian publisher Zondervan hiring 13, publishing 3 books ...
Michigan Business Review - MLive.com
Authors who are interested in writing a book of interest to the Christian community can find out here how to propose the idea to Zondervan. Zondervan also has 13 job openings in Grand Rapids for everything from editors to a systems engineer. ...
Books in brief
Buffalo News
Adding to the magic are the elaborate pen and ink illustrations by Meloy's wife, Carson Ellis, who illustrated the “The Mysterious Benedict Society” books. Set in a wilderness outside Portland, Ore., normally impenetrable to “outsiders,” this epic ...
How children's books escape the page
The Guardian
The Puffin Club Arguably the greatest means of securing the legacy of children's books in the UK has been the Puffin Club, established by Kaye Webb in 1967 with the promise: "It will make children into book readers." It succeeded, before slowly ...
Reviews of five books by New Jersey writers
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
While Simon Van Booy has published short stories, edited three philosophy books and written essays for NPR and major newspapers, this is his first novel. His writing is exceptional and poetic. The first sentence sets the tone: “For those who are lost, ...
Nicola's Books wins BestOf honors for best bookstore; this week vote for best ...
AnnArbor.com
The voters in AnnArbor.com's BestOf contest say it's Nicola's Books, which won first place, garnering 77 votes. Best bookstore voting began last Sunday and ended at 11:59 pm Saturday. Both Nicola's Books and Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room moved up ...
Books Q&A: Randy Fertel
Jackson Clarion Ledger
Fertel will be reading and signing copies at Lemuria Books at 5 pm Wednesday. Q: What inspired you to write this book? A: When I began both my parents were in their final days, so writing about what I knew about, the family stories started pouring out. ...
Top 10 Books set in Dystopian Societies
Examiner.com
In Bradbury's terrifying vision of the future, firemen don't put out fires; they start them to burn books. When Guy Montag, a fireman, has a crisis of faith and starts hiding books he becomes a fugitive. He joins up with a group of outlaw scholars who ...
How Justin Bieber and 'Glee' inspire Bella Andre
USA Today
By Joyce Lamb, USA TODAY Here's more from some of our favorite authors about how music has an impact on their writing. Today, HEA welcomes Bella Andre, author of contemporary romance From This Moment On (The Sullivans Book #2). ...
Scary Books for Little Ones
Patch.com
With Halloween around the corner, Kings Park and Burke Centre youth service librarians shared their favorite scary books for little ones. Melanie Parsons, youth services manager at Kings Park Library, suggests I'm the Scariest Thing in the Castle by ...
"Books to Bridge the Region" brings readers together
nwitimes.com
Among the affiliated groups that have been highlighted over the years, Books to Bridge the Region stands out. Founded by members of a four-year program to promote literacy through a regional reading agenda, the founders wanted to continue this ...
Neufeld on books: Morgan's latest traces westward growth
News Record and Sentinel
Morgan will appear twice Saturday: at 3 pm at Malaprop's in Asheville and at 6:30 pm at Fountainhead Bookstore in Hendersonville. Find details in the Literary Calendar, below. Robert Morgan's new book, “Lions of the West,” is a compelling and ...
Books target thinking about both job, Plan B
Hartford Business
“Ownership Thinking: How to End Entitlement and Create a Culture of Accountability, Purpose and Profit” by Brad Hams (McGraw-Hill, $28). Hams distinguishes between employees who think they're owed a job and those who own their jobs. ...
Talk on rare books at Spellman Museum in Weston
Wicked Local
Following his talk, Gloss will give verbal appraisals of all old books brought in by audience members. The program is part of the museum's current exhibit titled “Banned Books on Stamps,” which features many authors on stamps from Hans Christian ...
Library book auction includes rare spooky tome
Austin American-Statesman
The books — as well as a host of others — are up auction until Oct. 31. "Oh no, no, no, it's not something we could ever put on the shelves," Evelyn McLane, programming associate, said. "I think the embalming book came in about a year ago, ...
Ghostly Michigan, just in time for Halloween
Detroit Free Press
But readers of the stories might feel differently after the authors take them from big old houses in small towns to the woods of the Upper Peninsula to the back streets near Wayne State University, where Taylor's characters get lost. ...
Library millage just isn't right
Hometownlife.com
We see the exponential growth of digital books, the iPads and eReaders, fast becoming our hand-held electronic libraries, personal and portable. These digital books shake the very foundation of our libraries. Borders was caught in that same quake. ...
Best Management Books for Small Businesses
By Ivana Taylor
A curated list of best management books for small business owners, from the Book Editors of Small Business Trends. ... With thousands of books to choose from, it can be frustrating and overwhelming deciding on what to read. That's why Small ...
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E-books Show a Slow, Steady Rise in Latin America | Publishing ...
By Andres Hax
In Latin America, e-book sales are off to a slow start, but a new e-reader called Papyre aims to change that.
Publishing Perspectives
10 Best Management Books For Small Business Owners
By Small Business Trends
While leadership and management come easily for some business owners, many find that reading management books helps keeps them informed and current with today's best management practices. With thousands of books to choose from, ...
Business Insider
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement - The Rumpus.net
By Seth Fischer
Sunday's the day to catch up with Rumpus Books. Here's what we published last week. Observe As Meat Falls — A review of Mad For Meat, a short story collection by Kevin Simmonds. Census, 1980 — An excerpt from Peter Orner's Love and ...
The Rumpus.net
Gone with the Words: Bout of Books Read-a-Thon
By Jess (Gone with the Words)
Open publication - Free publishing - More books ... So now, here I am, ready for my next one!! The Bout-of-Books Read-a-Thon is hosted by the lovely Amanda of On a Book Bender, so automatically I was interested. But having never done a ...
Gone with the Words
I want to read children books online? | Explore-Books.com
By explore-books
Question by Bubbles: I want to read children books online? I need to read some berenstein bears or early disney books for a child education class. I don't own any and I was wondering if there is a website where I can read these books for free ...
Explore-Books.com
Halloween Books and Library Activities for Little Goblins ...
By Leslie Hunt
A county librarian recommends four entertaining Halloween books for the younger set along with story times, songs and parades at area libraries.
Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch:...
Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Pirating eBooks
By Tobold
Jeff Bezos presented numbers during his Kindle Fire presentation showing that Amazon is now selling more eBooks than physical books. Their profit margin is only dented by the fact that they sell the Kindle devices at a loss. They obviously ...
Tobold's MMORPG Blog
Celebrating Books (and helping a library!) at The Bookstore Plus
By kmessner
Illustrators, authors, and publishing folks from all over the country sent signed books and original art to be included in that auction, which raised a whole bunch of money (“a whole bunch” is the unofficial tally…as I'm not sure of the final amount ...
Kate Messner
example of hoefler text in books? | Typophile
By ycherem
example of hoefler text in books? ycherem 23.Oct.2011 6.47am. ycherem's picture. I'm typesetting a history book and am tempted to use hoefler text for body text (maybe for headings also?), but I haven't found any example of such usage. ...
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