New York Times
Explaining Simon & Schuster's policy — it has never made its e-books available to libraries — Elinor Hirschhorn, executive vice president and chief digital officer, says, “We're concerned that authorsand publishers are made whole by library e ...
How to lend ebooks on your Kindle
USA TODAY
Kindle books can be loaned via the Web, allowing your book buddy to read the title on whatever device he or she chooses without your having to part with your own e-reader. Not all books purchased on the Kindle are available to be loaned out, ...
USA TODAY
Sunday Dialogue: Reading Books in the Digital Age
New York Times
Readers discuss the choices to be made in the digital age: buy books online or at the local bookstore? Read e-books or paper books? The Letter To the Editor: During the holiday book-buying blitz, my spirits were lifted by the data presented in “E-Books ...
New York Times
IAC books dorms in Bandra, Kurla for 300
Books appeal to different readers
Centre Daily Times
That's what I want these columns to be — a lively mix of reviews of all sorts of books— books about Jews and Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus, as well as Protestants and Catholics, doubters and convinced non-believers. I'll begin with a book by an ...
'Forgotten' books published again
The Press Association
Stephanie Duncan, digital media director at Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, said: "We particularly thought they were worthy of bringing back to circulation. We feel there is an audience for them. There's clearly an interest in these books and these authors ...
Gifts: 12 British Books for the Holidays
Hollywood Today Newsmagazine
Let's look at a dozen great books perfect for the Anglophile or for any reader. Pride and Prejudice, first published in 1813,was Austen's most popular novel during her lifetime. It was also her favorite. This version of Pride and Prejudice has gorgeous ...
My Top 12 Books of the Year
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
This book on the philosophy of enhancement technology is by one of the authors of From Chance to Choice, still probably the one must-read book in the field. The earlier book notwithstanding, Buchanan has some new, provocative, and important things to ...
Memories that bind
Chicago Tribune
When we think about the year-end holidays, books often are at the center of our memories. Maybe we received a special book as a gift, and it became a cherished memento. Or maybe we read a book about the holidays each year, as a treasured part of our ...
Books to help you keep your New Year's resolutions
Atlanta Journal Constitution
"The Complete Credit Repair Kit: A Plain English Guide to Improving Your Credit Score and Fixing Your Credit" by Brette McWhorter Sember, (Sphinx Publishing, $20). This self-help law book is designed to help college graduates with debt, as well as the ...
On Books: A book about Santa Claus for believers and skeptics alike
Anderson Independent Mail
“The Autobiography of Santa Claus” is one of several Christmas books written by Jeff Guinn, bookseditor of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It's an “as told to” story, with Santa speaking in first-person throughout about how his life began almost 2000 ...
Google moves to strike Authors Guild and other organizations from Books suit
The Verge
If the motion is granted, individual authors, publishers, and photographers will continue the suits, but may find it more difficult to finance their legal battle. A successful motion could also weaken future attempts to turn the suits into class-action ...
Looking For Free Kindle Books? Check Out Your Library!
Brevard Times
The Brevard County Library System (includes the Cocoa Beach Public Library) announced back in October that it checked out its 10000 eBook today after offeringeBooks for less than a month. The eBook collection is now compatible with the world's...
Brevard Times
First 2 Inquirer e-books on sale
Inquirer.net
Now available on the Inquirer Digital newsstand (http://bit.ly/Inquirer-digital) for PCs, Macs, iPads, iPhones, iPod Touches and Android smartphones and tablets, are two of its first electronic books (or e-books), both by columnists of the Inquirer. ...
From Giving Trees to lending books: Shacklett, patrons share through community ...
The Daily News Journal
DS Q: What advantages do print books still have over eBooks? Shacklett: I think these electronic devices are nice for traveling, but children need to have that book in their hands. These electronic devices can't take the place of a child's book. ...
Books about courage to help us face the new year
Centre Daily Times
By Martha Freeman This month, let's consider picture books to help young children, and the adults who read to them, face 2012 with courage. The first succeeds in spite of a significant flaw: It was written by Michael Chabon. ...
Books and words: Another year, another apocalypse looming
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Nonfiction was largely unadventuresome as well with such familiar names as Erik Larson, Michael Lewis, Walter Isaacson, Joan Didion and David McCulloughpublishing books. Some news of note was reported this year. • Writers Ann Patchett and Garrison ...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
11 authors choose their favorite books of 2011
Al-Masry Al-Youm
2011 was a year when many books didn't get sufficient attention as publishing was disrupted in Egypt and elsewhere. Many novels, such as Youssef Rakha's debut "Book of the Sultan's Seal," came out at inopportune moments. And a number of authors said ...
'Jollitown Books of Fun' promotes kids' love for reading
Malaya
There's definitely magic in reading books. This was evident once more when Jollibee recently treated the kids from Jesus Loves the Little Children Foundation and several Jollibee Kids Club members to a special storytelling session featuring the ...
Malaya
Books teach kids sensitivity and empathy
Reading Eagle
That's where excellent books can nudge us along, allowing readers to safely enter another person's world without direct confrontation, without any possibility of ego interference, and ultimately provide us with snippets of wisdom to foster greater ...
Gifts of books gets children reading early
Beaver Dam Daily Citizen
By MEGAN SHERIDAN Staff Reporter | Posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011 6:00 am | (0) Comments From left, Jacki Tatterson, Ellen Grabel and John Schlender stand with the two book cases filled with books that were gifted to two Parkview students Friday. ...
Did you get an e-reader for Christmas? Consider these e-books
USA TODAY
If so, IndieReader.com has some recommendations for indie-published e-books that their reviewers have declared are pretty great. HEA also compiled all of IndieReader's recommendations since November and included them here just for you. ...
USA TODAY
CSI Books Jesse McCartney for February Sweeps
TVLine
Almost a year to the day that Justin Bieber bit the proverbial (OK, literal) bullet on CSI, actor/musician Jesse McCartney will himself guest-star on the CBS crime drama. In a sweeps episode tentatively scheduled to air Feb. 15, McCartney will play Wes ...
Longtime authors score with new tales
Lansing State Journal
The book is an excellent outing by one of America's finest police procedural crime novelists. Ray Walsh, owner of East Lansing's Curious Book Shop, has reviewed crime novels and Michigan booksregularly since 1987.
Childrens' books that keep 'em thinking
Grand Forks Herald
As the library media specialist at Grand Forks Ben Franklin Elementary School, I see which booksfly off the library shelves. Here are some of the children's favorites books and authors. The Spiderwick books offer a magical, sometimes-unpredictable ...
Scam watch: Bank theft, e-books, mortgage modification
Los Angeles Times
E-books -– Consumers should take care when purchasing electronic books for devices such as Amazon's Kindle or the Barnes & Noble Nook, the Better Business Bureau said in a recent bulletin. Some websites have been offering e-books for sale that were ...
Critic's Notebook: Patti Smith's 'Woolgathering'
Los Angeles Times
Originally published in 1992 as part of the series of small books ("3 by 4 inches in size," Smith recalls, "like a tiny Indian prayer book that one could carry in one's pocket") released during the late 1980s and early 1990s by the delightfully ...
Los Angeles Times
Optimism keeps local booksellers afloat through digital revolution
The Coloradoan
A customer browses the bookshelves Wednesday at Old Firehouse Books in Old Town Fort Collins. / Dawn Madura/The Coloradoan "This is my stepson's favorite store," she said. It seemed an ideal store to buy his present, she said, even though it could have ...
Lots of great children's picture books in '11
Evansville Courier & Press
The field of children's literature is no different as all the major reviewing sources produce their own list showcasing the "stars" in children's book publishing. The following titles have appeared on one or more of these lists. ...
War Horse: Michael Morpurgo talks to CBC Books
CBC.ca
But it was a minor hit sales-wise and seemed destined to remain in relative obscurity, even as Morpurgo developed into one of the UK's most prolific and celebrated children's authors. That is, until, the acclaimed National Theatre of Great Britain ...
BOOK REVIEW: Christmas-themed books entertain
Tuscaloosa News
In keeping with the season, here are two Christmas-centered books, one fiction, one nonfiction. "A Piggly Wiggly Christmas" is the fourth in the Piggly Wiggly series. These light, pleasant, harmless novels are set in fictional Second Creek, Miss. ...
At Christmas, a charitable way to help stuggling book authors make ends meet
National Post (blog)
Instead, she's written five more books since then. The $3000 ended up being a small price to keep a well-known Canadian writer in the game for many years. To draw attention to the Writers' Trust, Executive Director Don Oravec is currently reading, ...
Could The Rebellion Against Traditional Publishing Actually Work ...
By Sebastian
Instead, I wrote “An Open Letter to Simon and Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy” – I called the industry terrible to authors and editors, anti-modern, and said they have to reform. This cost me $43000. After I poured my heart out, did they reply? ...
SebastianMarshall.com: Strategy,...
Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #15 — The Book Designer
By Joel Friedlander
Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #15 including Allison Moon, Bridget McKenna and John Perich. ... We welcome your submissions on topics related to writing, self-publishing, book design or marketing books. A collection of outstanding articles ... Your Books. Matt presents How to Make a Custom QR Code posted at Guerrilla Wordfare, saying, “I've got quite a few articles about social media and SEO for indie authors that I would be happy to submit if you're interested ..” ...
The Book Designer
Merry Christmas! 13 Great Books To Download To Your New Ebook ...
By joanna@TheCreativePenn.com (Joanna Penn)
If you're new here and want the latest in writing, publishing option and internet marketing for authors, you might like to subscribe to receive email updates from The Creative Penn blog. Just click here and enter your email address to subscribe. ...
The Creative Penn
Archbishop Timothy Dolan Books « CBS New York
By wcbsmark
Life Lessons, From My Life with My Brother Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan by Bob Dolan A People of Hope: Archbishop Timothy Dolan in Conversation with John L. Allen Jr. by John L.
CBS New York
Best Science Books 2011: New Scientist : Confessions of a Science ...
By John Dupuis none@example.com
Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining...
ScienceBlogs Channel : Information...
Google Books Lawsuit Lurches Back to Life : Beyond Search
By Stephen E. Arnold
This is essentially where the authors were in 2005 when Google first partnered with dozens of libraries to create a digital collection that today numbers at least 14 million titles. The collection is now languishing unread after Judge [Denny] Chin ...
Beyond Search
Fuse Books: A Few Year End Literary Favorites » The Arts Fuse
By Bill Marx
As the year nears its end, time is running out to write at length about some of the new books that gave me pleasure. Thus this quick list of favorites. As usual, my taste runs to prose that's off-the-beaten-path. By Bill Marx. Swiss writer Max Frisch ...
The Arts Fuse
Networked Politics » Blog Archive » Why Giving Away FREE Ebooks ...
By MouryBerstein477
The usage of Ebooks as a FREE provide away, bonus be offering, and even to provide different webmasters the writes to offer them away can result in a viral marketing affect that can be an impressive part of your SEO Internet Marketing campaign. There are lots of places on-line to checklist your ebooks at ... Start writing your instruction books, tutorials, find out how to, tales, or what ever and open up a brand new Internet Advertising avenue. If you would like additional information with ...
Networked Politics
In Sunday books: On Patti Smith, Tolstoy and life in the marginalia ...
By Jon Thurber
Sunday's Arts & Books coverage is highlighted with an essay on the tracks of one woman's life found in the marginalia of her books, a critic's notebook on Patti Smith's prose poems and a biography of Tolstoy. ... More in: authors, bestsellers, Biography, book reviews, books, classical literature, criticism, David Ulin, essays, fiction, history, Jon Thurber, Liesl Bradner, Memoir, memoir, Reading Life, Susan Carpenter, YA. increase text size decrease text size. Comments ( ) | Archives (0) ...
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Centre Daily Times
That's what I want these columns to be — a lively mix of reviews of all sorts of books— books about Jews and Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus, as well as Protestants and Catholics, doubters and convinced non-believers. I'll begin with a book by an ...
'Forgotten' books published again
The Press Association
Stephanie Duncan, digital media director at Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, said: "We particularly thought they were worthy of bringing back to circulation. We feel there is an audience for them. There's clearly an interest in these books and these authors ...
Gifts: 12 British Books for the Holidays
Hollywood Today Newsmagazine
Let's look at a dozen great books perfect for the Anglophile or for any reader. Pride and Prejudice, first published in 1813,was Austen's most popular novel during her lifetime. It was also her favorite. This version of Pride and Prejudice has gorgeous ...
My Top 12 Books of the Year
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
This book on the philosophy of enhancement technology is by one of the authors of From Chance to Choice, still probably the one must-read book in the field. The earlier book notwithstanding, Buchanan has some new, provocative, and important things to ...
Memories that bind
Chicago Tribune
When we think about the year-end holidays, books often are at the center of our memories. Maybe we received a special book as a gift, and it became a cherished memento. Or maybe we read a book about the holidays each year, as a treasured part of our ...
Books to help you keep your New Year's resolutions
Atlanta Journal Constitution
"The Complete Credit Repair Kit: A Plain English Guide to Improving Your Credit Score and Fixing Your Credit" by Brette McWhorter Sember, (Sphinx Publishing, $20). This self-help law book is designed to help college graduates with debt, as well as the ...
On Books: A book about Santa Claus for believers and skeptics alike
Anderson Independent Mail
“The Autobiography of Santa Claus” is one of several Christmas books written by Jeff Guinn, bookseditor of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It's an “as told to” story, with Santa speaking in first-person throughout about how his life began almost 2000 ...
Google moves to strike Authors Guild and other organizations from Books suit
The Verge
If the motion is granted, individual authors, publishers, and photographers will continue the suits, but may find it more difficult to finance their legal battle. A successful motion could also weaken future attempts to turn the suits into class-action ...
Looking For Free Kindle Books? Check Out Your Library!
Brevard Times
The Brevard County Library System (includes the Cocoa Beach Public Library) announced back in October that it checked out its 10000 eBook today after offeringeBooks for less than a month. The eBook collection is now compatible with the world's...
Brevard Times
First 2 Inquirer e-books on sale
Inquirer.net
Now available on the Inquirer Digital newsstand (http://bit.ly/Inquirer-digital) for PCs, Macs, iPads, iPhones, iPod Touches and Android smartphones and tablets, are two of its first electronic books (or e-books), both by columnists of the Inquirer. ...
From Giving Trees to lending books: Shacklett, patrons share through community ...
The Daily News Journal
DS Q: What advantages do print books still have over eBooks? Shacklett: I think these electronic devices are nice for traveling, but children need to have that book in their hands. These electronic devices can't take the place of a child's book. ...
Books about courage to help us face the new year
Centre Daily Times
By Martha Freeman This month, let's consider picture books to help young children, and the adults who read to them, face 2012 with courage. The first succeeds in spite of a significant flaw: It was written by Michael Chabon. ...
Books and words: Another year, another apocalypse looming
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Nonfiction was largely unadventuresome as well with such familiar names as Erik Larson, Michael Lewis, Walter Isaacson, Joan Didion and David McCulloughpublishing books. Some news of note was reported this year. • Writers Ann Patchett and Garrison ...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
11 authors choose their favorite books of 2011
Al-Masry Al-Youm
2011 was a year when many books didn't get sufficient attention as publishing was disrupted in Egypt and elsewhere. Many novels, such as Youssef Rakha's debut "Book of the Sultan's Seal," came out at inopportune moments. And a number of authors said ...
'Jollitown Books of Fun' promotes kids' love for reading
Malaya
There's definitely magic in reading books. This was evident once more when Jollibee recently treated the kids from Jesus Loves the Little Children Foundation and several Jollibee Kids Club members to a special storytelling session featuring the ...
Malaya
Books teach kids sensitivity and empathy
Reading Eagle
That's where excellent books can nudge us along, allowing readers to safely enter another person's world without direct confrontation, without any possibility of ego interference, and ultimately provide us with snippets of wisdom to foster greater ...
Gifts of books gets children reading early
Beaver Dam Daily Citizen
By MEGAN SHERIDAN Staff Reporter | Posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011 6:00 am | (0) Comments From left, Jacki Tatterson, Ellen Grabel and John Schlender stand with the two book cases filled with books that were gifted to two Parkview students Friday. ...
Did you get an e-reader for Christmas? Consider these e-books
USA TODAY
If so, IndieReader.com has some recommendations for indie-published e-books that their reviewers have declared are pretty great. HEA also compiled all of IndieReader's recommendations since November and included them here just for you. ...
USA TODAY
CSI Books Jesse McCartney for February Sweeps
TVLine
Almost a year to the day that Justin Bieber bit the proverbial (OK, literal) bullet on CSI, actor/musician Jesse McCartney will himself guest-star on the CBS crime drama. In a sweeps episode tentatively scheduled to air Feb. 15, McCartney will play Wes ...
Longtime authors score with new tales
Lansing State Journal
The book is an excellent outing by one of America's finest police procedural crime novelists. Ray Walsh, owner of East Lansing's Curious Book Shop, has reviewed crime novels and Michigan booksregularly since 1987.
Childrens' books that keep 'em thinking
Grand Forks Herald
As the library media specialist at Grand Forks Ben Franklin Elementary School, I see which booksfly off the library shelves. Here are some of the children's favorites books and authors. The Spiderwick books offer a magical, sometimes-unpredictable ...
Scam watch: Bank theft, e-books, mortgage modification
Los Angeles Times
E-books -– Consumers should take care when purchasing electronic books for devices such as Amazon's Kindle or the Barnes & Noble Nook, the Better Business Bureau said in a recent bulletin. Some websites have been offering e-books for sale that were ...
Critic's Notebook: Patti Smith's 'Woolgathering'
Los Angeles Times
Originally published in 1992 as part of the series of small books ("3 by 4 inches in size," Smith recalls, "like a tiny Indian prayer book that one could carry in one's pocket") released during the late 1980s and early 1990s by the delightfully ...
Los Angeles Times
Optimism keeps local booksellers afloat through digital revolution
The Coloradoan
A customer browses the bookshelves Wednesday at Old Firehouse Books in Old Town Fort Collins. / Dawn Madura/The Coloradoan "This is my stepson's favorite store," she said. It seemed an ideal store to buy his present, she said, even though it could have ...
Lots of great children's picture books in '11
Evansville Courier & Press
The field of children's literature is no different as all the major reviewing sources produce their own list showcasing the "stars" in children's book publishing. The following titles have appeared on one or more of these lists. ...
War Horse: Michael Morpurgo talks to CBC Books
CBC.ca
But it was a minor hit sales-wise and seemed destined to remain in relative obscurity, even as Morpurgo developed into one of the UK's most prolific and celebrated children's authors. That is, until, the acclaimed National Theatre of Great Britain ...
BOOK REVIEW: Christmas-themed books entertain
Tuscaloosa News
In keeping with the season, here are two Christmas-centered books, one fiction, one nonfiction. "A Piggly Wiggly Christmas" is the fourth in the Piggly Wiggly series. These light, pleasant, harmless novels are set in fictional Second Creek, Miss. ...
At Christmas, a charitable way to help stuggling book authors make ends meet
National Post (blog)
Instead, she's written five more books since then. The $3000 ended up being a small price to keep a well-known Canadian writer in the game for many years. To draw attention to the Writers' Trust, Executive Director Don Oravec is currently reading, ...
Could The Rebellion Against Traditional Publishing Actually Work ...
By Sebastian
Instead, I wrote “An Open Letter to Simon and Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy” – I called the industry terrible to authors and editors, anti-modern, and said they have to reform. This cost me $43000. After I poured my heart out, did they reply? ...
SebastianMarshall.com: Strategy,...
Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #15 — The Book Designer
By Joel Friedlander
Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #15 including Allison Moon, Bridget McKenna and John Perich. ... We welcome your submissions on topics related to writing, self-publishing, book design or marketing books. A collection of outstanding articles ... Your Books. Matt presents How to Make a Custom QR Code posted at Guerrilla Wordfare, saying, “I've got quite a few articles about social media and SEO for indie authors that I would be happy to submit if you're interested ..” ...
The Book Designer
Merry Christmas! 13 Great Books To Download To Your New Ebook ...
By joanna@TheCreativePenn.com (Joanna Penn)
If you're new here and want the latest in writing, publishing option and internet marketing for authors, you might like to subscribe to receive email updates from The Creative Penn blog. Just click here and enter your email address to subscribe. ...
The Creative Penn
Archbishop Timothy Dolan Books « CBS New York
By wcbsmark
Life Lessons, From My Life with My Brother Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan by Bob Dolan A People of Hope: Archbishop Timothy Dolan in Conversation with John L. Allen Jr. by John L.
CBS New York
Best Science Books 2011: New Scientist : Confessions of a Science ...
By John Dupuis none@example.com
Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining...
ScienceBlogs Channel : Information...
Google Books Lawsuit Lurches Back to Life : Beyond Search
By Stephen E. Arnold
This is essentially where the authors were in 2005 when Google first partnered with dozens of libraries to create a digital collection that today numbers at least 14 million titles. The collection is now languishing unread after Judge [Denny] Chin ...
Beyond Search
Fuse Books: A Few Year End Literary Favorites » The Arts Fuse
By Bill Marx
As the year nears its end, time is running out to write at length about some of the new books that gave me pleasure. Thus this quick list of favorites. As usual, my taste runs to prose that's off-the-beaten-path. By Bill Marx. Swiss writer Max Frisch ...
The Arts Fuse
Networked Politics » Blog Archive » Why Giving Away FREE Ebooks ...
By MouryBerstein477
The usage of Ebooks as a FREE provide away, bonus be offering, and even to provide different webmasters the writes to offer them away can result in a viral marketing affect that can be an impressive part of your SEO Internet Marketing campaign. There are lots of places on-line to checklist your ebooks at ... Start writing your instruction books, tutorials, find out how to, tales, or what ever and open up a brand new Internet Advertising avenue. If you would like additional information with ...
Networked Politics
In Sunday books: On Patti Smith, Tolstoy and life in the marginalia ...
By Jon Thurber
Sunday's Arts & Books coverage is highlighted with an essay on the tracks of one woman's life found in the marginalia of her books, a critic's notebook on Patti Smith's prose poems and a biography of Tolstoy. ... More in: authors, bestsellers, Biography, book reviews, books, classical literature, criticism, David Ulin, essays, fiction, history, Jon Thurber, Liesl Bradner, Memoir, memoir, Reading Life, Susan Carpenter, YA. increase text size decrease text size. Comments ( ) | Archives (0) ...
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