Ebooks: our literary future, and past

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Ebooks: our literary future, and past
Spectator.co.uk (blog)
Digital publishing, by unlocking the door to two millennia of artistic and intellectual thought, means that new storeys, or stories, can be built on steadier foundations.Ebooks : our literary future , and past.

Lerner Interactive Books(TM) Win EDDIE Award in 16th Annual Competition
MarketWatch (press release)
MINNEAPOLIS, Sep 30, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Lerner Publishing Group today announced that Lerner Interactive Books(TM) introduced in 2010 by Lerner Digital(TM), a division of Lerner Publishing Group, was named Best Interactive Books Website in the ...
“That Used to be Us” by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum
Washington Post
As the authors write, “People have sort of gotten used to it.” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) - 'That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back' by Thomas L. Friedman & Michael Madelbaum So how do we emerge ...
Alleged NYC book thief arrested
Wall Street Journal
AP NEW YORK — A man accused of stealing books from the New York Public Library and then reselling them has been nabbed with the help of a bookstore owner. The New York Post (http://nyp.st/rbHJfT ) says the suspect was arrested Monday after East ...
Books: 'The Revisionists' searches for a perfect future
CNN
By Christian DuChateau, CNN Author Thomas Mullen's new novel, "The Revisionists," is considered to be a time travel thriller. (CNN) -- What if you could change history? Would you go back and kill Hitler before the Holocaust? Arrest Oswald before JFK ...
Family Roundup: Books for Every Stage of Parenting
Patch.com
Great books to give as gifts or keep for yourself and where to find them. The children's reading nook at the Library Connection at Crossroads Shopping Center. Have you ever wished that you were issued a “parenting manual” when your child was born that ...
Digital publishing growing by combining print content, interactive features
ZDNet (blog)
Digital publishing should look even more advanced within the next year. Next Issue Media (NIM), an independent media venture founded by five of the major global publishing houses (Conde Nast, Meredith, Hearst, News Corp., and Time) to translate the ...
Beyond Banned Books Week: How You Can Fight For Oppressed Writers (SLIDESHOW)
Huffington Post
After a week of celebrating the liberty to dive into titles like "Lolita" or the "Catcher in the Rye," Banned Books Week comes to a close. Yet there are still those who are being persecuted for attempting to embrace such freedoms of expression. ...
10 Essential Books on Chicago Politics
NBC Chicago (blog)
Now that a Richard M. Daley biography is coming out next year, it's worth putting together a list of the essential Chicago political books. Here are 10 that cover every topic from the Gray Wolves to Big Bill Thompson to Richard J. Daley to Barack Obama ...
A pair of killer true-crime books
Christian Science Monitor
Reviewers are agog over the book, which has received starred reviews in severalpublishing industry trade journals. It's definitely an intriguing tale, highlighted by an intrepid French detective and courtroom drama. But "Death in the City of Light" ...
The Obama White House That Couldn't
New York Times
By JOE NOCERA Bloated, portentous, reeking of self-importance, Ron Suskind's “Confidence Men” is the most frustrating of books. A truly groundbreaking inside account of the first two years of economic policy making in the Obama White House,...
MAC Hosts Authors for Carriage House Book Signing Event
Cape May County Herald (press release)
By Press Release CAPE MAY - Two New Jersey authors, Karen Fox and Carole Robinson, will be greeting members of the public and signing copies of their books at the Carriage House Gallery Shop at the Emlen Physick Estate on Saturday, Oct. 8, ...
Historical Society adds e-book titles in rapidly changing small publishing world
Minnesota Public Radio
"With e-books, they're accessible everywhere, equitably." Barnhart said most Minnesota publishers are entering the e-book market with their new titles, but he said fewer have tried publishing e-booksfrom their backlists, making the Minnesota ...
Books deal with being different, bullying
Vineland Daily Journal
After she retired, she pulled out what she calls her "stories" and got serious about publishing her tale of Sammy the Dragon, who finds acceptance after initially being rejected by the other animals who share his forest. "He's big. ...
Jackie Collins Sells 400 Million Books, Loves Vegas, Buys Bonds: Interview
Bloomberg
Her books have sold over 400 million copies worldwide. Jackie Collins, author of "Goddess of Vengeance." Her books have sold over 400 million copies worldwide. Photographer: Greg Gorman/St. Martin's Press via Bloomberg Wearing multiple pieces of ...
A Tour of India Finds Publishers Focused ... - Publishing Perspectives
By Guest Contributor
Companies with bases in the US and UK are at an advantage in this regard, so the pressure on the medium-sized publishers is increasing, which is also coming to them from authors... for discussion. Forums such as these could be an excellent opportunity for publishers to become aware of the Indian government's efforts in promoting books and publishing, especially since there is no single agency that represents publishers in India, affecting the dissemination of such information. ...
Publishing Perspectives
Platform allows authors to write personalized messages in e-books ...
By Springwise
... 2011 in Media & Publishing. Though we continually see new ideas and developments around ebooks, the original printed paper format has always had the advantage of being more personal, with authors able to pen individual messages to fans at book signings. ... Multi-touch digital books for iPhone and iPad · Japanese service enables e-book creation on demand · Publishing project launches first book, and focuses on the spread of ideas · Everyday items given deal-a-day twist at ...
Springwise
Businesses Destined to Add e-Books to Their Content Marketing ...
By ShelHoltz
It may be one of the more visible examples of a business—Forrester—publishing a book (the company got the royalties instead of the authors, the status quo for employees who write businessbooks while employed), but because of the ...
Social Media Today - The world's...
This Week In Photography Books
By A Photo Editor
... you're aware of my willingness to speak frankly and critically about photography on the wall. This feature, though, is a little different. Our goal is to highlight some cool and interesting books that have been recently released out into the wild. ...
A Photo Editor
Graphic Books Best Sellers: School Tensions - NYTimes.com
By By GEORGE GENE GUSTINES
Among the new paperbacks this week are two stories set in the post-kindergarten pre-college days of learning.
ArtsBeat
Top 100 Feminist Books Countdown: 100-91 : Ms Magazine Blog
By Ms.
We'll be rolling out ten each day, and here's a teaser for tomorrow: By strange coincidence, twobooks by two different (but both famous) black feminist authors have titles involving family members and vegetable-growing. How we did it (our ...
Ms Magazine Blog
Star Wars And Star Trek Quiet Books For Kids @Craftzine.com blog
By Rachel Hobson
This wins as Geek Parent Craft of the Year in my book. Julie of Juile's Blog created an amazing pair of quiet books for babies based on Star Trek and Star Wars, complete with activities like practicing the Vulcan...
Craftzine.com blog
Get ... - IDW Publishing | The home of 30 Days of Night, Star Trek
Get Infestation Books in December! Thursday, Sep 29th, 2011. Infestation HC. Coming this December, you will be able to enjoy two IDW original series! First up, Infestation, IDW's first-ever colossal event involving a zombie outbreak that affects ...
IDW Publishing
Interact Books Program Lets Children Read, Store, and Create ...
By Emily
All interested authors take note — now is a great time to try out the InteractBuilder because InteractBooks is sponsoring a contest to find the very best books created with their software. All entries must be completed by October 15, 2011. ...
PadGadget
The Kindle Changes Books Again — With Kindle X-Ray « The ...
By Kent Anderson
What's Hot & What's Cooking in Scholarly Publishing – from the Society for Scholarly Publishing ... I can use an iPad and buy books from many places, stream movies from many places, even use songs and movies transferred from a cd/dvd. It's unclear if such freedom will be allowed on the Fire–will there be a native Netflix app? A Nook app? Can I get music I've ... The Scholarly Kitchen is a moderated and independent blog. Opinions on The Scholarly Kitchen are those of the authors...
The Scholarly Kitchen
The Top 10 Books Lost to Time | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian ...
Great written works from authors such as Shakespeare and Jane Austen that ... There are 24 books in the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh—and depending upon the .... he had written many of the poems he would end up publishing decades later. ...
www.smithsonianmag.com/.../The-Top-10-Books-Lost-to-Tim...

Argentina impounds imported books to force publishers to rebuild domestic ...
Chicago Tribune
Domestically produced finished books also are tax-exempt, but not the material they're made with, which puts Argentine printing houses at a disadvantage. Spain, China, Chile, Uruguay and Colombia all have moved forcefully into Argentina's publishing ...
Books on the banned wagon
Hindustan Times
Like every other year, the Banned Books Week (BBW), celebrated in America from September 24 to October 1, draws to a close today. First held in 1982, it is essentially an American event that promotes free speech and the freedom to read, ...
Newport Beach Library adds Kindle e-books to digital shelves
Los Angeles Times
The Newport Beach Public Library last week added Amazon Kindle-compatible e-books to its digital shelves, the Daily Pilot reported. Patrons can now download books straight to their Kindle, or any mobile device running the Kindle app, ...

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