The Top 5 International Book Fairs for Self-Publishing Authors

The Top 5 International Book Fairs for Self-Publishing Authors
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
5) Frankfurt Book Fair - This is the most popular book fair and publishing event in Germany. Participating books are exposed to over 250000 visitors from around the world. To assist self-publishing authors manage the logistics of exhibiting books at ...
Pippi Longstocking books charged with racism
The Guardian
Astrid Lindgren's much-loved books about Pippi Longstocking, she of the red hair, incredible strength and impossible lies, have been described as racist by a German theologian. Dr Eske Wollrad, a feminist theologian from Germany's Federal Association...
The books, the outfits, the gossip: Dishing on the Giller ceremony
Globe and Mail
Arguing about books and reading is what the Giller is supposed to be about and for once it was. Do you agree? BARBER: My understanding is that the Giller is supposed to popularize books, and this year both authors and jury collaborated to produce a ...
Spy Thriller: 'An Instant Classic' Vanishes Amid Plagiarism Charges
Wall Street Journal
By JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG The biggest mystery in QR Markham's new spy novel "Assassin of Secrets," it turns out, is the number of books the author borrowed from. The book is a thriller about an elite CIA agent chasing a shadowy international group of ...
Publishing news: Library Journal bought by RLJ Companies
Los Angeles Times (blog)
The publishing industry trade journals Library Journal, School Library Journal, and Horn Book Magazine and Guide changed hands Wednesday. Parent company Media Source Inc. (MSI) was purchased by the RLJ Companies. "We believe MSI is a very important ...
Children's Books: Little Brothers, Good and Bad
New York Times
Borealis Books/The Minnesota Historical Society Press. $17.95. (Picture book; ages 3 to 8) Illustrated by Chris Monroe, a cartoonist as well as a children's book illustrator (“Monkey With a Tool Belt”), “Big Little Brother” is the first book for ...
Industry turns new page, cuts import shield to survive
Sydney Morning Herald
Photo: Andrew Meares THE Australian book industry has voluntarily agreed to a reduction in its protection against overseas imports but is asking the government to scrap GST on books and review unfair postage costs to help it compete, as readers flock ...
David Baldacci, Amanda Hocking and Stephenie Meyer Join the Kindle Million Club
MarketWatch (press release)
"It's exciting to see both long-time Amazon best-selling authors from the traditional publishing world and independently published authors join the club." "I'm thrilled to be a member of the Kindle Million Club," said David Baldacci. "EBooks are ...
'Pak text books foster hatred of Hindus'
Zee News
Washington: Text books in Pakistani schools foster hatred and intolerance of minorities, the Hindus in particular and teachers view these groups "as enemies of Islam," a US government report has said. "Pakistan and Social Studies textbooks are rife ...
Kobo needed a bigger investor to grow, Reisman says
CTV.ca
As part of the sale, Indigo has secured an agreement with Rakuten to receive an unspecified chunk of the revenue from the sale of ebooks through its operations, though Reisman says it's a "meaningful percentage." The global market for ebooks is...
Turning old books into new revenue
City Pulse
by Bill Castanier You won't hear the bang of an auctioneer's gavel, but when bidding closes online this week for the final lots of books being auctioned off at the Library of Michigan it will signal an end of an era. Since midsummer, the Library of ...
Google eBooks reaches Australia
iTWire
By Stephen Withers Google eBooks are now available to Australian customers. Two local booksellers are already onboard, and an affiliate program is open for website operators. Like Amazon's Kindle, Google eBooks promises the ability to use a wide range ...
World War II Interactive Hits #2 in Books on the App Store
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The app reached #2 spot in iPad books (paid apps) on November 7th. Internet Design Zone is happy to announce that their app, World War II Interactive, reached the #2 position in the iPad Books category in the App Store. After being voted as App of the ...
Fish On Kids Books Releases New Book in December
MuskieFIRST
(November 8, 2011) - Fish On Kids Books is pleased to announce that the fourth book in the series will be released December 1st. The chapter book, targeted for kids ages eight to 12, is entitled Duck, Duck Deuce and celebrates the adventures of Gus ...
Spanish Newspaper La Vanguardia Starts Publishing E-Books
MocoNews
Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia is launching an e-book publishing program, “E-books De Vanguardia.” It appears to be the first Spanish newspaper to do so, and the first books are free. La Vanguardia is starting its program with two free titles. ...
Scintillating prose — the second time around
Chicago Tribune
Good books and so-so books. Publishers send us these books by the burgeoning boxful, hoping that we will decide to review them or interview the authors or otherwise notify the world of their existence. Upon receiving the happy news earlier this fall ...
Children's Corner: New books by kid-lit legends Sendak, Silverstein, Dr. Seuss
Evansville Courier & Press
The new books by the other two authors, Shel Silverstein and Dr. Seuss, have been published posthumously. -- Sendak provoked outbursts of adult disapproval when his book, "Where the Wild Things Are," was published in 1963, with some grown-ups ...
HOLIDAY GIFTS: A roundup of some of the best food books for every foodie on ...
Washington Post
There were meatball books, tomes of rustic dishes, and reminiscences on cooking your way back to childhood. The result? There are plenty of choices for those of us who must blend the joy of cooking with the sometimes crushing need to feed. ...
50 authors slated for writers event
Toledo Blade
BY JANET ROMAKER Lori Karayianni and her husband, Tony, have written books together under the pen name Tori Carrington. They will be among 50 authors at the 13th annual Writers on the River this Sunday. Enlarge MONROE -- Authors will mingle, sign books ...
Brilliant Books opens second store
Morning Star
Club members receive a year of either hardcover or paperback titles personally selected by Makin and his staff based on the customer's responses to a questionnaire about favorite authors, titles and genres. Details of all of Brilliant Books' upcoming ...
Books: 'Staff Monkeys' a humorous look at life in the military
ScrippsNews
By THEODORA AGGELES, St. Petersburg Times CLEARWATER, Fla. - Peter Clark came home from work one day in 2005 to find a Western Union envelope. He figured it was junk mail. Almost threw the letter away. Luckily, he didn't. The envelope contained an ...
Children collect nearly 2000 books for Joplin elementary school
Tulsa World
First-grader Heather Fitzpatrick sits Tuesday amid books that students at Country Lane Primary Elementary School in Broken Arrow collected for a Joplin elementary school. Heather collected a lot of the books herself. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World By KIM ...
Interview: Roxanne St. Claire, co-author of 'SEAL of My Dreams'
USA Today
Six months later, SEAL of My Dreams is on sale in digital form ($9.99) and print ($15.95) at Amazon, B&N and Bell Bridge Books. Throughout this month, HEA will chat with many of the SEAL of My Dreams authors about why the project is special to them. ...
What's Holding Up French E-book Adoption? | Publishing Perspectives
By Edward Nawotka
French publishing is dominated by Paris and the old world ways therein. And despite — or ...Perhaps, but only if they have e-books to read on their shiny new Kobo Touch readers, iPads and other devices. ... Are Authors Too Naked in their [...] ...
Publishing Perspectives
Spanish Newspaper La Vanguardia Starts Publishing E-Books ...
By Laura Hazard Owen
Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia is launching an e-book publishing program, “E-books De Vanguardia.” It appears to be the first Spanish newspaper to do so, and the first books are free. La Vanguardia is starting its program with two free ...
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Student resistance to e-books
By Tony Bates
The article provides a number of reasons for student resistance to e-books. Underneath all the reasons though is the failure of the commercial publishing industry to redesign to the needs of digital learning and their fear of losing what has been ...
Tony Bates
Notes from a Self-Publishing — The Book Designer
By Joel Friedlander
In the world of self-publishing, is “success” the experience of seeing your creative vision realized? Is it about producing a product that is of professional quality? Is it about selling enough books to realize a profit? To be honest, my personal ...
The Book Designer
Living Books for History
By Joyce Wheeler
We are eclectic homeschoolers. For those who are not familiar with this term it simply means we use various teaching methods. One method we incorporated.
Heart of the Matter
Self publishing doesn't mean you have to be a raging f--k wad at ...
By Tobias Buckell
I also design eBooks for freelance income. I know the ins and outs of the technology as well. Since 2003 most of my reading has been via eBooks. I have used Kickstarter, and promoted it to other authors. I have sold books to small presses, ...
Tobias Buckell Online
Three free books on R for Statistics | (R news & tutorials)
By David Smith
Avril Coghlan, a lecturer at University College Cork in Ireland, has written and made available for free three books ideal for students or practitioners new to R who want to use it for multivariate analysis, time series analysis or biomedical ...
R-bloggers
eBooks: Japan's Rakuten to Acquire Canada's Kobo « INFOdocket
By Gary D. Price
eBooks: Japan's Rakuten to Acquire Canada's Kobo. Posted on November 8, 2011 by Gary D. ... the first to like this post. Posted in: Uncat · ← Amazon.com Unveils Best Books of 2011 List and Names “The Art of Fielding” Best Book of the Year ...
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