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New Service for Authors Seeking to Self-Publish E-Books
New York Times
Traditional publishers normally provide authors a royalty of about 25 percent for e-books. The service arrives as authors are increasingly looking for ways to circumvent the traditional publishing model, take advantage of the infinite shelf space of ...
No Harry Potter e-books until 2012, say Pottermore staff
Christian Science Monitor
Charlotte Williams, a reporter for British magazine The Bookseller, told British newspaper The Guardian that JK Rowling's publishing company Bloomsbury might lose a little revenue from the e-books not being available for Christmas, but that there...
Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, Single Edition Democratizes Tablet Publishing
MarketWatch (press release)
As an extension of the Digital Publishing Suite line, Single Edition enables users to leverage Creative Suite(R) 5.5 workflows to create an application for the iPad. This gives freelance designers access to many of the same creative and publishing ...
Future of Books to be discussed in Missoula
KPAX-TV
Next week the Missoula Library Foundation is sponsoring an evening forum on the "Future of Books" to analyze all the changes. From iPads, Kindles, blogs to self-publishing, print-on-demand services and other digital content, the discussion will focus ...
Gaiam Releases 16 New e-Books Using VookMaker
Sacramento Bee
VookMaker, a digital publishing platform, is the easiest way to create, enrich and distribute eBooks. Vook is currently accepting pre-registrations for the VookMaker beta athttp://www.vook.com Vook has created the leading ePublishing platform, ...
'Percy Jackson' author Rick Riordan ventures into Norse mythology.
Christian Science Monitor
"I'll give the books an urban setting and have young people interacting with the Norse gods.” DisneyPublishing Worldwide has signed Riordan for at least three Norse books, but the author says the first probably won't be released until 2015.
Lionsgate scores 'Chaos Walking' trilogy, hopes for next 'Hunger Games'
Entertainment Weekly (blog)
Like Lionsgate's other hot property, The Hunger Games, the “Chaos Walking” books (The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and the Answer, and Monsters of Men) are set in a dystopian future, feature a young savior, and are marked by dark tone and ...
Wiley Authors at 2011 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Wiley offers books, online products and services for professionals and students. We are proud to offer design professionals one of the largest collections of books on sustainable and green design. Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been a ...
new chapter for bookshops
Sydney Morning Herald
Despite the unanimous view from the publishing industry that the GST is making it harder to compete against overseas online sellers, the report concluded the tax on books was ''not sufficient by itself to drive Australian consumers away from domestic...
Books list the best outdoors spots in Michigan
Sacramento Bee
By ELLEN CREAGER "Best Tent Camping Michigan " by Matt Forster (Menasha Ridge Press, $15.95) - 50 of the most scenic spots to pitch a tent in the state. Most choices are in state forests or national forests; some are in state recreation areas and state ...
Travel guide gurus open new chapter in publishing career
The Age
''This was no more daunting a challenge than others we have faced in almost 20 years. I used to say in the [earliest days] that we had to get it right or else we had only one year.'' He said Text was capable of publishing any sort of books. ...
library books
CNET (blog)
We know this model offers a touch-compatible e-ink screen, Wi-Fi, audio playback capability, and support for reading library books--but the forthcoming Kindle Touch matches all of those features for $50 less. Rumored new Barnes & Noble Nook Color: The ...
Books for kids
The Bay of Plenty Times
The House that Went to Sea by Melinda Szymanik, illustrated by Gabriella Klepatski. Photo / Supplied by Jane Buxton, illustrated by Jenny Cooper The story of a boy who refuses to brush his hair, Harry's Hair is a brightly coloured book about how ...
Wikileaks books roundup
ZDNet UK (blog)
Wikileaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy, the book written by The Guardian's David Leigh et al, is notorious for publishing the password that cracks the full set of unredacted diplomatic cables (now on a torrent site near you) as a chapter ...
10 Children's Books That Are Also Great For Adults
Huffington Post
Asterix was a huge part of Flavorpill's childhood, and the books are also those rarest of things — children's books that adults can also enjoy. We've pulled together a selection of other books from our childhood that we can still enjoy in adulthood ...
Prison Books Ban: The Censorship Scandal Inside America's Jails
Huffington Post
His case highlights the arbitrary censorship faced every day by America's prisoners at the hands of over-zealous officials, who deprive prisoners of access to thousands of books, magazines and newspapers. The Federal Bureau of Prisons regulations state ...
Bhopal and books - a forever affair
Times of India
It is believed that Raja Bhoj had written 84 books. Some of his manuscripts are still helping writers here. Manoj Shrivastava, the commissioner of Bhopal division, has a copy of the king's work Samrangan Sutradhaar. So what lies in the city of Bhopal ...
Khalsa college to digitise rare books and manuscripts
Times of India
AMRITSAR: Khalsa college will digitize the rich Sikh treasure including rare books, manuscripts and hand written documents during the times of Sikh Gurus, presently preserved in the 81 years old Sikh museum. While talking to TOI on Monday, principal of ...
Shutterfly Launches Storytelling Destination and Introduces New Styles
MarketWatch (press release)
"Our new Storytelling destination brings the power of words, photography and design together to inspire and invite our readers to identify and share their own stories through photo books," said Heather Maddan, Shutterfly's Chief Storyteller. ...
World War II Mystery Proves Deadly Decades Later
ABC News
By MARY FOSTER AP "Operation Napoleon" (Minotaur Books), by Arnaldur Indridason: In the waning hours of World War II, a covert German bomber carrying both German and American officers crashes in the snow in Iceland. Little is known about the plane, ...
Chocolate Sauce Selects Whitegate PR as Agency of Record
MarketWatch (press release)
To purchase books from this series, please visit www.chocolatesaucebooks.com . About Chocolate Sauce Books: Chocolate Sauce is a new boutique publishing company for children. Creating spiritually-oriented books, our company philosophy promotes the ...
Books by the Bay: The home front inspires a wave of new works
San Jose Mercury News
By Georgia Rowe Big waves near Half Moon Bay, vineyards in the Napa Valley and memories of comfort food from a Bay Area chef: This month, Bay Area authors write about a range of locales close to home. "The Voodoo Wave: Inside a Season of Triumph and ...
Dominican University adds 108000 books to county library consortium
Marin Independent-Journal
The library has recently become part of MARINet, a consortium of public libraries allowing people to check out books from partner libraries. (IJ photo/Alan Dep) There's good news for readers, scholars and others with the recent addition of the ...
Barnes & Noble Expands Distribution of NOOK(TM) Simple Touch Reader(R) and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Barnes & Noble conducts its online business through BN.com one of the Web's largest e-commerce sites, which also features more than two million titles in its NOOK Bookstore(TM)). Through Barnes & Noble's NOOK(TM) ...
Two Books Pique Interest Before They're Written
About - News & Issues
Meanwhile, a new trilogy of young-adult novels recently signed by HarperCollins UK has both fantasy genre fans and Hollywood execs pricking up their ears years before the books will even see delivery to bookstores (the first book is slated for 2013). ...
Pandora Books Launch New Reading Themes Collections
PR Web (press release)
To tie in with the start of the new school year, Pandora Books have announced the launch of their new Reading Themes collections designed to aid and support English departments in developing secondary school reading. To tie in with the start of the new...
Toni Morrison, Sherman Alexie Among Authors on Banned Book Lists
ColorLines magazine
And every year at the end of September there's one week to celebrate those books, and the freedom to read. Banned Books Week, which ended on Saturday, sponsored by the American Library Association and other literacy and publishing groups, ...
NEW Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, Single Edition announced ...
By Adobe Digital Publishing Suite Team
Delivering immersive experiences for books, magazines and newspapers. ... The Single Edition offering truly democratizes publishing – it allows customers to publish a single, custom iPad app for a one-time payment of US$395. Bottom line- ...
Adobe Digital Publishing
PUBSLUSH launches a Kickstarter platform for book publishing ...
By Courtney Boyd Myers
PUBSLUSH launches a Kickstarter platform for book publishing. wrinkle in time ... publish titles in printed and digital formats. “While we plan to place a huge focus on ebooks, we believe printedbooks have significant value, particularly in establishing visibility to increase online sales. We think it's equally important to make sure all of our authors have a presence in brick and mortar as well as click and mortar retailers,” says Erin Eber, the Community Manager at PUBLUSH. Social media ...
The Next Web
Perseus Launches eBook Self-Publishing Platform - eBookNewser
By Dianna Dilworth
Perseus Launches eBook Self-Publishing Platform. By Dianna Dilworth on October 3, 2011 9:43 AM. The Perseus Books Group has launched a new self-publishing eBook division called Argo Navis Author Services. The platform lets authors ...
eBookNewser
UK Publishers, Agents Find Solidarity in ... - Publishing Perspectives
By Edward Nawotka
Publishing has a new lease on life with e-books, enabling fast turnaround in publishing new works, short fiction experimentation, exciting digital products, and extraordinary connectedness betweenauthors and their readers. I believe ...
Publishing Perspectives
Flavorwire » 10 Children's Books That Are Also Great For Adults
By Tom Hawking
Destined for Greatness: Baby Pictures of Famous Authors ... and the books are also those rarest of things — children's books that adults can also enjoy. We've pulled together a selection of otherbooks from our childhood that we can still enjoy in adulthood — and, in doing so, we can't help but notice that most of them are pretty long in the tooth these days. Are kids' books becoming less sophisticated? Or have we just missed a whole bunch now that we're a) not children any more and ...
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