Auctionbytes
By Ina Steiner Some authors are bypassing traditional publishers and going straight to the Internet to publish through blogs and ebooks. Amazon, which got its start in ecommerce by selling books and media, is helping to disrupt the publishing world ...
Auctionbytes
Report: Apple To Hold Event In NYC. Publishing, Advertising In The ...
By Ingrid Lunden
A new year, and a crisp, new Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) rumor to kick things off: the company is reportedly planning an event for the end of the month in New York, with speculation that it could have something to do with advertising or publishing news —but not the launch of a new device. Reports of the event were first ... of publishing rather than advertising. TechCrunch, citing its own source, notes the event will be specifically related to ebooks and updates to Apple's iBookstore platform. ...
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Apple planning iBooks and publishing NYC event for January ...
By Devindra Hardawar
Apple apparently has a big event in store for New York City this month -- though it's not the announcement of the iPad 3, or the rumored Apple television set.
VentureBeat
Apple pushing publishing at its next event? It should be. — Apple ...
By Darrell Etherington
... from AllThingsD introduced the possibility of the event, while also stressing that nothing fun like the iPad 3 or an Apple iTV would be discussed, TechCrunch's Alexia Tsotsis says the site confirmed with its own source that the subject at the NYC event will be publishing and e-books. ... That would allow Apple to compete with similar offerings from both Amazon and Barnes & Noble, providing Apple the ability to negotiate directly with independent authors for exclusive publishing rights. ...
GigaOM
By Ingrid Lunden
A new year, and a crisp, new Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) rumor to kick things off: the company is reportedly planning an event for the end of the month in New York, with speculation that it could have something to do with advertising or publishing news —but not the launch of a new device. Reports of the event were first ... of publishing rather than advertising. TechCrunch, citing its own source, notes the event will be specifically related to ebooks and updates to Apple's iBookstore platform. ...
paidContent
Apple planning iBooks and publishing NYC event for January ...
By Devindra Hardawar
Apple apparently has a big event in store for New York City this month -- though it's not the announcement of the iPad 3, or the rumored Apple television set.
VentureBeat
Apple pushing publishing at its next event? It should be. — Apple ...
By Darrell Etherington
... from AllThingsD introduced the possibility of the event, while also stressing that nothing fun like the iPad 3 or an Apple iTV would be discussed, TechCrunch's Alexia Tsotsis says the site confirmed with its own source that the subject at the NYC event will be publishing and e-books. ... That would allow Apple to compete with similar offerings from both Amazon and Barnes & Noble, providing Apple the ability to negotiate directly with independent authors for exclusive publishing rights. ...
GigaOM
Mystery Apple event to focus on education, iTunes U, digital publishing?
ZDNet (blog)
By Charlie Osborne | January 3, 2012, 12:08pm PST Summary: The secretive Apple event planned for the end of Jan 2012 has attracted claims that it involves the textbook and digital publishingindustry. According to recent reports, Apple will be holding ...
ZDNet (blog)
By Charlie Osborne | January 3, 2012, 12:08pm PST Summary: The secretive Apple event planned for the end of Jan 2012 has attracted claims that it involves the textbook and digital publishingindustry. According to recent reports, Apple will be holding ...
Apple's January Event to Focus on Publishing and eBooks - Mac ...
By Jordan Golson
According to the source the event will not involve any hardware at and instead will focus on publishingand eBooks (sold through Apple's iBooks platform) rather than iAds. Attendance also be morepublishing industry-oriented than consumer. ...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...
By Jordan Golson
According to the source the event will not involve any hardware at and instead will focus on publishingand eBooks (sold through Apple's iBooks platform) rather than iAds. Attendance also be morepublishing industry-oriented than consumer. ...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...
Apple January Event to Focus on Publishing and eBooks? - iClarified
Apple's rumored event this January will reportedly focus on publishing and eBooks.
iClarified - Apple News
Plant Talk | Local authors' new gardening books for the new year
The Seattle Times
While you're lazing around at Elliott Bay Books, University Bookstore or your own neighborhood shop, check out these brand new books by local gardening authors. It's a relief to read booksproduced by gardeners expert in our own unique Northwest soil ...
Children's Book Envoy Defines His Mission
New York Times
While many young-adult authors shy away from such risky subject material, Mr. Myers has used his books to confront the darkness and despair that fill so many children's lives. But he does so, critics say, with a sense of possibility. ...
New York Times
Tech Weekly podcast: when books go social
The Guardian (blog)
How do you discover new books? Matteo Berlucchi is tired of buying books from a certain online retailer only to be recommended very similar reads. He tells us why his aNobii.com is different. Charles Arthur sits in the presenter hotseat for this week's ...
(More) Top Books from the Past Year (or So) by (Mostly) Local Authors
Huffington Post
Welcome to the second entry in my series of posts on the best books from 2011 (or 2010) from local(ish) authors, some of whom are friends of mine. Read the first entry here. In 2011, Washington, DC poet Sandra Beasley published Don't Kill the Birthday ...
Libraries Can't Keep Up with Demand for E-Readers, E-Books
Patch.com
By D. Frank Smith Newer Kindles such as the Fire shown here, can also download e-books for free through the library's system. A flurry of book lovers, armed with e-readers gifted during Christmas, have hit Anne Arundel County's libraries online in full ...
Harris & Harris Books
Telegraph.co.uk
She lives and breathes books and her enthusiasm is catching - she is excellent at recommending a good read and is very patient with children and has a wonderful children's section. She encourages local authors and prominently displays their work. ...
Checking out e-books
Thief River Falls Northern Watch
Since their introduction in June, e-books and e-audio books have become a popular way for patrons of the Northwest Regional Library to check out library books. The Thief River Falls Public Library will be offering a pair of classes on downloading ...
Thief River Falls Northern Watch
Debut authors dominate Costa Book Awards
Reuters India
LONDON (Reuters) - Three of the five 2011 Costa Book Award categories were won by debut authorsTuesday, while Booker Prize winner Julian Barnes lost out to Andrew Miller for the best novel honor. Poet and first-time biographer Matthew Hollis scooped ...
Top Books are Listed for 2011
Patch.com
The new year has begun, and with it, a chance to brush up on some of the best books of last year. Some of the world's most noteable book reviewers have listed their favorites. Just click on the following links to find out what they had to say: The New ...
Mostly Books
Telegraph.co.uk
Given Abingdon's closeness to Oxford, the owners Mark and Nicki Thornton have managed to create a real literary presence in the town, and have attracted many topauthors to visit. The staff are all really good booksellers - knowledgeable and very ...
Telegraph.co.uk
E-Book Editing Raises Questions for Publishing
Mobiledia
But as with other forays into the digital realm, electronic publishing's benefits come with some drawbacks. Printed books traditionally serve as reliable historical records, but if authors and publishers maintain the power to alter e-books periodically ...
Mobiledia
Who's Snooping Around Bookstores? Lots Of People
Huffington Post
Given Amazon's history of predatory pricing, sales tax evasion, and arbitrary de-listing of authors, we probably shouldn't be surprised at this. A company that would spend the holiday season flooding us with ads in which the female actor is referred to ...
McLean books African spot
SPORT24
East London - Alan McLean finished one event shy of 2012 Sunshine Tour exemption, but he would not be left out of the Africa Open and was one of ten players to pre-qualify at East London Golf Club on Tuesday. The Scotsman earned his spot with a solid ...
Comic Books Make A Comeback, Teen Journalists Report
Huffington Post
Good news for comic book fans: graphic novels are not only making a major mainstream comeback, they're also taking on exciting new forms. With the successful relaunch of all 52 comics in DC's Superhero Universe last September and the highly anticipated ...
Library sends police officer to collect overdue books… from a five-year-old girl
Daily Mail
By Lee Moran A five-year-old girl was left in tears after police visited her home - to collect her overdue library books. Hailey Benoit was left scared and believing she would be arrested after being questioned about two books which were due for return ...
Daily Mail
Publishing veteran, author, and journalist Fred Kerner dies at 90
Quill & Quire
He also acted as ghostwriter for dozens of books including Ten Days to a Successful Memory and Prospering Through the Coming Depression. Kerner served as president of the Montreal branch of the Canadian Authors Association in the mid-1970s and, ...
Bikes for Books continues in fourth year
Morning Sentinel
"Reading books is always fun. I read when I go to sleep, and every day I read," he said. "It brings you to different places that you've never been before." He should know. His father is Mike Theriault, 38, who started a reading incentive program. ...
Paranormal romance writer Amanda Hocking scored with e-books
USA TODAY
Without a college degree or even a hint of celebrity, Amanda Hocking has overturned the world of publishing with the young-adult paranormal romance e-books she published on her own. In April 2010, Hocking released My Blood Approves— the story of a ...
USA TODAY
Katie Price and Lord Sugar top list of discarded holiday books
Telegraph.co.uk
Paul Gascoigne's autobiography, Katie Price's latest novel, and a collection of Lord Sugar's “rules for life” were among the books most commonly discarded on an aircraft, a new study has found. By Oliver Smith A survey by Virgin Atlantic revealed those ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Elmore Leonard's Raylan Givens is back in books and on TV
USA TODAY
Justified is inspired by Elmore Leonard's short story "Fire in the Hole" and William Morrow, with perfect timing, has just released new trade paperback editions of all the Leonard books which feature Raylan Givens, the Deputy US Marshall/hero played by...
USA TODAY
How to add public domain books to the Kindle, by Piotr Kowalczyk ...
By a TeleRead Contributor
Authors entering the public domain in 2012 are, among others, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf. Most books which enter the public domain become available as free ebooks. There are two ways to add and read them on a Kindle. ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...
The Millions : Most Anticipated: The Great 2012 Book Preview
By Editor
Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room by Geoff Dyer: Geoff Dyer shows no signs of slowing down after seeing two stunning books of essays published in the U.S. in 2011, Otherwise Known As the Human Condition and The ..... A Naked Singularity by Sergio De La Pava: Is self-publishing the new publishing? Not yet ... This one began life as a self-publication, and though many self-published authors seem to feel they've written masterpieces, this might be the real thing....
The Millions
Inspired by McSweeney's, German Lit Mag Wins Big | Publishing ...
By Amanda DeMarco
How did you work with authors to shape each piece, or even decide who was involved at all? We spontaneously wrote to a rather large number of authors, telling them about our project. We didn't ask for ... Why Selling E-books at 99 Cent [...] ...
Publishing Perspectives
A Seventh-Grader's Analysis of Banned Books - Hey, There's A ...
By Josh Getzler
I haven't had too much experience with banned books. In fact, you could say I've played it relatively safe. I've read moderately light fare by authors such as Judy Blume, Andrew Clements, Beverly Cleary, and the like for most of my life. ...
Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the...
“Books Are Like Ghosts” — Roberto Bolaño on Lost Books | biblioklept
By Biblioklept
Even so, I often browse used bookstores, sorting through stacks of books left behind by others or sold in a dark moment, and in corners like these I try to find the books that I lost or forgot more than thirty years ago on another continent, with the ...
biblioklept
Apple's rumored event this January will reportedly focus on publishing and eBooks.
iClarified - Apple News
Plant Talk | Local authors' new gardening books for the new year
The Seattle Times
While you're lazing around at Elliott Bay Books, University Bookstore or your own neighborhood shop, check out these brand new books by local gardening authors. It's a relief to read booksproduced by gardeners expert in our own unique Northwest soil ...
Children's Book Envoy Defines His Mission
New York Times
While many young-adult authors shy away from such risky subject material, Mr. Myers has used his books to confront the darkness and despair that fill so many children's lives. But he does so, critics say, with a sense of possibility. ...
New York Times
Tech Weekly podcast: when books go social
The Guardian (blog)
How do you discover new books? Matteo Berlucchi is tired of buying books from a certain online retailer only to be recommended very similar reads. He tells us why his aNobii.com is different. Charles Arthur sits in the presenter hotseat for this week's ...
(More) Top Books from the Past Year (or So) by (Mostly) Local Authors
Huffington Post
Welcome to the second entry in my series of posts on the best books from 2011 (or 2010) from local(ish) authors, some of whom are friends of mine. Read the first entry here. In 2011, Washington, DC poet Sandra Beasley published Don't Kill the Birthday ...
Libraries Can't Keep Up with Demand for E-Readers, E-Books
Patch.com
By D. Frank Smith Newer Kindles such as the Fire shown here, can also download e-books for free through the library's system. A flurry of book lovers, armed with e-readers gifted during Christmas, have hit Anne Arundel County's libraries online in full ...
Harris & Harris Books
Telegraph.co.uk
She lives and breathes books and her enthusiasm is catching - she is excellent at recommending a good read and is very patient with children and has a wonderful children's section. She encourages local authors and prominently displays their work. ...
Checking out e-books
Thief River Falls Northern Watch
Since their introduction in June, e-books and e-audio books have become a popular way for patrons of the Northwest Regional Library to check out library books. The Thief River Falls Public Library will be offering a pair of classes on downloading ...
Thief River Falls Northern Watch
Debut authors dominate Costa Book Awards
Reuters India
LONDON (Reuters) - Three of the five 2011 Costa Book Award categories were won by debut authorsTuesday, while Booker Prize winner Julian Barnes lost out to Andrew Miller for the best novel honor. Poet and first-time biographer Matthew Hollis scooped ...
Top Books are Listed for 2011
Patch.com
The new year has begun, and with it, a chance to brush up on some of the best books of last year. Some of the world's most noteable book reviewers have listed their favorites. Just click on the following links to find out what they had to say: The New ...
Mostly Books
Telegraph.co.uk
Given Abingdon's closeness to Oxford, the owners Mark and Nicki Thornton have managed to create a real literary presence in the town, and have attracted many topauthors to visit. The staff are all really good booksellers - knowledgeable and very ...
Telegraph.co.uk
E-Book Editing Raises Questions for Publishing
Mobiledia
But as with other forays into the digital realm, electronic publishing's benefits come with some drawbacks. Printed books traditionally serve as reliable historical records, but if authors and publishers maintain the power to alter e-books periodically ...
Mobiledia
Who's Snooping Around Bookstores? Lots Of People
Huffington Post
Given Amazon's history of predatory pricing, sales tax evasion, and arbitrary de-listing of authors, we probably shouldn't be surprised at this. A company that would spend the holiday season flooding us with ads in which the female actor is referred to ...
McLean books African spot
SPORT24
East London - Alan McLean finished one event shy of 2012 Sunshine Tour exemption, but he would not be left out of the Africa Open and was one of ten players to pre-qualify at East London Golf Club on Tuesday. The Scotsman earned his spot with a solid ...
Comic Books Make A Comeback, Teen Journalists Report
Huffington Post
Good news for comic book fans: graphic novels are not only making a major mainstream comeback, they're also taking on exciting new forms. With the successful relaunch of all 52 comics in DC's Superhero Universe last September and the highly anticipated ...
Library sends police officer to collect overdue books… from a five-year-old girl
Daily Mail
By Lee Moran A five-year-old girl was left in tears after police visited her home - to collect her overdue library books. Hailey Benoit was left scared and believing she would be arrested after being questioned about two books which were due for return ...
Daily Mail
Publishing veteran, author, and journalist Fred Kerner dies at 90
Quill & Quire
He also acted as ghostwriter for dozens of books including Ten Days to a Successful Memory and Prospering Through the Coming Depression. Kerner served as president of the Montreal branch of the Canadian Authors Association in the mid-1970s and, ...
Bikes for Books continues in fourth year
Morning Sentinel
"Reading books is always fun. I read when I go to sleep, and every day I read," he said. "It brings you to different places that you've never been before." He should know. His father is Mike Theriault, 38, who started a reading incentive program. ...
Paranormal romance writer Amanda Hocking scored with e-books
USA TODAY
Without a college degree or even a hint of celebrity, Amanda Hocking has overturned the world of publishing with the young-adult paranormal romance e-books she published on her own. In April 2010, Hocking released My Blood Approves— the story of a ...
USA TODAY
Katie Price and Lord Sugar top list of discarded holiday books
Telegraph.co.uk
Paul Gascoigne's autobiography, Katie Price's latest novel, and a collection of Lord Sugar's “rules for life” were among the books most commonly discarded on an aircraft, a new study has found. By Oliver Smith A survey by Virgin Atlantic revealed those ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Elmore Leonard's Raylan Givens is back in books and on TV
USA TODAY
Justified is inspired by Elmore Leonard's short story "Fire in the Hole" and William Morrow, with perfect timing, has just released new trade paperback editions of all the Leonard books which feature Raylan Givens, the Deputy US Marshall/hero played by...
USA TODAY
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How to add public domain books to the Kindle, by Piotr Kowalczyk ...
By a TeleRead Contributor
Authors entering the public domain in 2012 are, among others, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf. Most books which enter the public domain become available as free ebooks. There are two ways to add and read them on a Kindle. ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...
The Millions : Most Anticipated: The Great 2012 Book Preview
By Editor
Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room by Geoff Dyer: Geoff Dyer shows no signs of slowing down after seeing two stunning books of essays published in the U.S. in 2011, Otherwise Known As the Human Condition and The ..... A Naked Singularity by Sergio De La Pava: Is self-publishing the new publishing? Not yet ... This one began life as a self-publication, and though many self-published authors seem to feel they've written masterpieces, this might be the real thing....
The Millions
Inspired by McSweeney's, German Lit Mag Wins Big | Publishing ...
By Amanda DeMarco
How did you work with authors to shape each piece, or even decide who was involved at all? We spontaneously wrote to a rather large number of authors, telling them about our project. We didn't ask for ... Why Selling E-books at 99 Cent [...] ...
Publishing Perspectives
A Seventh-Grader's Analysis of Banned Books - Hey, There's A ...
By Josh Getzler
I haven't had too much experience with banned books. In fact, you could say I've played it relatively safe. I've read moderately light fare by authors such as Judy Blume, Andrew Clements, Beverly Cleary, and the like for most of my life. ...
Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the...
“Books Are Like Ghosts” — Roberto Bolaño on Lost Books | biblioklept
By Biblioklept
Even so, I often browse used bookstores, sorting through stacks of books left behind by others or sold in a dark moment, and in corners like these I try to find the books that I lost or forgot more than thirty years ago on another continent, with the ...
biblioklept
My Favorite Books of 2011, Part 1 « A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
By Liz B
January 3rd, 2012. Earlier this month, my Top Five Books of 2011 was part of Smugglivus at the Book Smugglers. Here, my complete list of Favorite Books Read in 2011, Part I .... It's like she's the Meryl Streep of authors. Without the accents. ...
A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
Right at Home: Repurposed books can get a new life, off the shelf
Washington Post
Stacks of books turned into tables? Volumes made into shelves? Pages turned into sculpture? Library purists, remain calm. Because we're going to talk about doing things to books that might, under other circumstances, send a shiver up your spine (pardon ...
Empire of Books
I have been thinking lately what I can do to Empire of Books this coming year. ... I think, in total, I only read about 50 books this year, and while that's not terrible, ...
www.empire-of-books.com/
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Powell's Books
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Barnes&Noble Deal of the Day
By Liz B
January 3rd, 2012. Earlier this month, my Top Five Books of 2011 was part of Smugglivus at the Book Smugglers. Here, my complete list of Favorite Books Read in 2011, Part I .... It's like she's the Meryl Streep of authors. Without the accents. ...
A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
Right at Home: Repurposed books can get a new life, off the shelf
Washington Post
Stacks of books turned into tables? Volumes made into shelves? Pages turned into sculpture? Library purists, remain calm. Because we're going to talk about doing things to books that might, under other circumstances, send a shiver up your spine (pardon ...
Empire of Books
I have been thinking lately what I can do to Empire of Books this coming year. ... I think, in total, I only read about 50 books this year, and while that's not terrible, ...
www.empire-of-books.com/
Follow @jmichaelpoole
The Book Depository--Free shipping worldwide on all our books
Powell's Books
Google ebookstore
Barnes&Noble Deal of the Day
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