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Hitting the books, LA fashion
Los Angeles Times (blog)
Then, as I was organizing next month's to-do list, I found my invitation to an authors event from Red Hen Press. It's a Southern California publishing house that's included some of my works in its anthologies. I know in this part of the world, ...
Jayne Marks Joins Wolters Kluwer Health as Vice President of Publishing at ...
Sacramento Bee
At Macmillan Publishing, she set up a new publishing technology services business in India. Her publishing career began at Butterworth Heinemann where she rose through the company to run journals and books from an early beginning as a copyeditor. ...
Two new books go inside the lives of Condi Rice and Steve Jobs
Investor's Business Daily
Two new books just out you're going to hear a lot about in coming days. Both go inside the little-known lives of two public personalities: First, Condoleeza Rice's "No Higher Honor," the long-awaited memoir of her years in Washington working for ...
"Magic Tree House" film premieres in Japan
Reuters
By Chris Gallagher TOKYO (Reuters) - The "Magic Tree House" books have whisked millions of readers on adventures to everywhere from ancient Egypt to feudal Japan. Now, the children's time-travel series is embarking on a new destination: the movie ...
Books About Poverty
Wall Street Journal
By CYNTHIA CROSSEN You wrote a column about books about the wealthy. Could you do the same with poor people? I learned about one kind of poverty—homelessness—from Alexander Masters' "Stuart: A Life Backwards," the biography of a man who "slept rough" ...
A Tale of Two Industries: Amazon Delves Deeper into Book Publishing
Wharton Journal
The trick to the publishing industry is getting up to scale. There are a lot of overheads and upfront costs associated with publishing both books and e-books. It will be interesting to see if Amazon will be able to achieve scale on its titles if ...
Philip Pullman declares war against 'stupidity' of library closures
The Guardian
Books battle cry ... Philip Pullman voiced support for library campaigners at their national conference. Photograph: Ulf Andersen/Getty Images Philip Pullman has lambasted Brent council for its comment that closing half of its libraries would help it ...
More Jobs Predicted for Machines, Not People
New York Times
Erik Brynjolfsson, left, and Andrew McAfee, authors of “Race Against the Machine,” argue in their e-book that technological advancements are outpacing the human worker. The automation of more and more work once done by humans is the central theme of ...
World Book Night giveaway: a night of Good Omens or Misery?
The Guardian
Sleepyhead … one million books will be given out for free on World Book Night. Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian From the unfulfilled romantic yearnings of Kazuo Ishiguro's butler Stevens in The Remains of the Day to a writer's torture at the ...
For Quiet Moments Between Protests, a Growing Library
New York Times (blog)
All of the books have all been donated — by individuals, publishers and even authors— simply so that protesters have something to read. Over the past four weeks, the collection has steadily grown to about 3000. “When there's nice weather, ...
The art books of Henri Matisse celebrated at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Culture24
The image forms a part of Jazz (1947), one of the most celebrated artists' books in the history of modern art which has gone on show at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. Though best known for his boldly coloured paintings, it was Matisse's ...
Elderly people 'read iPads faster than books'
IBNLive.com
Researchers in Germany have found that people of different ages could read just as well from iPads as they do from traditional books - in fact, old people read even faster using the iPad as it made reading easier than the "real" book. ...
Readers flock to buy books for a buck
Hanford Sentinel
By Joe Johnson Hanford Sentinel | Posted: Monday, October 24, 2011 12:15 pm | (0) Comments With most of the books only costing $1, people bought more than one at the Hanford Library's book fair held on Saturday. (Apolinar Fonseca/The Sentinel) When ...
School district will explore eBooks for students
Tbo.com
"There are a lot of positives about eBooks (electronic books); it's just making that leap to being able to provide a device that you can afford for every student," said Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Rebecca Fleck. ...
Picture books crafted with art hold universal appeal for children
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Students might illustrate different endings to the books, act out the stories, or discuss various social issues based on introduced books. One of her favorite picture book authors is Mo Willems, who also writes early readers. ...
Fairfax County EDA President Authors Book on Reinventing Local and Regional ...
MarketWatch (press release)
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va., Oct 24, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Gerald L. Gordon, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA), has written "Reinventing Local and Regional Economies," (CRC Press), which examines how ...
Sex Education Books Break Down Traditional Barriers
CRIENGLISH.com
The "Boys and Girls" book, published by the Shanghai Education Publishing House, is currently used only at Ding's school. It is expected to be introduced to 18 schools in Shanghai's Yangpu district, said Yu Juan, an official from the district's ...
Jewish Books: 18 Essential Texts Every Jew Should Read
Huffington Post
We asked some of our Jewish bloggers to submit their top picks for books that every Jew should read. From the good Five Books and the wisdom of the Sages to mystical musings and a feminist Jewish treatise, this list spans the ages and tastes of Jewish ...
Kids' books worth a read
Canada.com
By Layne Christensen, North Shore News Look to books if you have a youngster on your gift list and want to steer clear of the madness of the toy aisles. Here, a selection of holiday tales and timeless reads for children three and up. ...
About the authors and upcoming events
National Catholic Reporter
He is the coauthor of eight books and coeditor of four. His most recent coauthored books include American Catholics Today: New Realities of Their Faith and Their Church and Voices of the Faithful: Loyal Catholics Striving for Change. ...
Two young adult books handle wacky rules and regimens
Bellingham Herald
This sequel is an engrossing read, although it can't totally escape the feeling of serving as the bridge to what may be a culminating book to come. BARBARA LLOYD MCMICHAEL writes a weekly column focusing on the books, authors and publishers of the ...
Baking books: best of the new batch
The Guardian (blog)
There are dozens of new books around to feed the current national obsession with baking, but which will put the icing on your efforts and which fail to rise to the challenge? Which new books make baking a piece of cake? Photograph: Keith Leighton/Alamy ...
WikiLeaks suspends publishing due to lack of funds
By alexsamade
LONDON (AFP) – The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks said Monday it was suspending publishing classified US diplomatic files to focus instead on fundraising “to ensure our future survival”. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said that ...
Vanguard News
Books I'd like to read : Confessions of a Science Librarian
Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy by Kathleen Fitzpatrick Academic institutions are facing a crisis in scholarly publishing at multiple levels: presses are stressed as never before, library budgets...
Confessions of a Science Librarian
Will the Arab Spring Transform Arabic Publishing? | Publishing ...
By Edward Nawotka
Many hope their example will inspire a transformation of Arabic publishing. ... Rafik Schami's Swallow Editions Aims to Help Arab Authors Take Flight. › Arab Hero: New Cairo ... Malaysia's Silverfish Books: Every Book Counts. October 19 ...
Publishing Perspectives
Library to host 45 Texas authors, illustrators | San Marcos Mercury ...
By The Mercury Staff
The San Marcos Public Library will host 45 Texas authors and illustrators at the 8th annual Texas Author Day on Sunday, Oct. 30 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. These published writers and illustrators will sign copies of their books and chat with fans. ...
San Marcos Mercury | Local News...
in the publishing industry - Pajamas Media
By Glenn Reynolds
HARD TIMES FOR MIDDLEMEN in the publishing industry. And I note this bit in particular: But more telling is that these same publishers are crying because Amazon is “gnawing away at the services that publishers, critics and agents used to ...
Instapundit
Quiz: Rock Bands That Exist Only in Books | Mother Jones
By Dave Gilson
Quiz: Rock Bands That Exist Only in Books. Xanetia/Flickr. Can you match these fictional rockers to the novels they appeared in? —By Dave Gilson · Tip Jar Donate · Newsletter · Comments | Post Comment. Mon Oct. 24, 2011 3:00 AM PDT ...
MoJo Articles | Mother Jones
Four Books + One Blog = Best Practices of ROI | Social Media Today
By ChrisSyme
I listed the books in order of complexity (I believe) so if you were to start at the beginning and work your way through the book section, you'd be good. The blog is an everyday follow—put it in your RSS reader or subscribe by email. ...
Social Media Today - The world's...
BestSFBooks Catalogs Award Winning Science-Fiction Books - How ...
By Jason Fitzpatrick
Currently BestSFBooks has a catalog of 699 authors, 305 series, and 3213 books, all ranked and organized based on their placement in a dozen different awards–including the Huge Award, Arthur C. Clarke Award, Nebula Award, and more. ...
the How-To Geek
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Related books. Pdf Of The Book Fish Philosophy · Free Pdf Books On Film Direction · Free EbooksOf Fine Art · Free E Book On Architectural Auto Design · Children Picture Dictionary Download. Posted by admin on October 24th, 2011 ...
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WikiLeaks suspends publishing to fight financial blockade
The Guardian
Julian Assange, co-founder of WikiLeaks, has announced that the whistleblowing website is suspending publishing operations in order to focus on fighting a financial blockade and raise new funds. Assange, speaking at a press conference in London on...
News Corp.'s HarperCollins Acquires Film Books Publisher Newmarket Press ...
Hollywood Reporter
A new move into entertainment publishing pairs Shooting Scripts series and movie tie-in books with hot pop culture imprint It Books. HarperCollins Publishers, a division of News Corp., has acquired the rights to the majority of titles published by ...
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