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BOOK WORLD bestsellers — March 11, 2012
Washington Post (blog)
First book in the late Swede's “Millennium Trilogy.” {126} By Téa Obreht. While on a humanitarian mission, a doctor in the Balkans is confronted by the riddles of her own family's past. {16} By Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul.

British author's 'mommy porn' becomes US bestseller
The Guardian
With her debut novel at the top of the New York Times bestseller list and the subject of a bidding war over film rights, EL James is suddenly the toast of US literary circles, where she is credited with introducing "graphic, heavy-breathing erotica" to ...

The Guardian 

'Fifty Shades Of Grey': Is The Hottest-Selling Book In America Really Just ...
Huffington Post
Vintage has just acquired the author's three books -- yes, Fifty Shades of Grey is just the first volume of a trilogy -- from the small publisher that's struggling to pump out enough copies for a fast growing audience. On the message boards its fans ...

Erotic novel surges up best seller list
CNN International
(CNN) -- The book starts innocently enough, with a young college student cursing the fact that she has to interview a successful businessman by the name of Christian Grey. "Fifty Shades of Grey" tells the sexually colorful story of a naïve young girl's ...

Bret Easton Ellis speaks: Praises Jonathan Franzen, blasts New York literary scene
New York Daily News (blog)
BY Alexander Nazaryan Among the many gems large and small to be found in the 200th issue of the Paris Review, one that stands out is an interview with novelist Bret Easton Ellis conducted by “Man in the Gray Flannel Skirt” author Jon-Jon Goulian.

Book review: 'More' for kids
MiamiHerald.com
By SANDY BAUERS "Something" reads the first word of this odd and enchanting children's picturebook, called "More" (Houghton Mifflin, $16.99). Sure enough, the magpie gets more and more and more. Soon, there's so much that the branch under the magpie's ...

E-Book Publishers Need to Make Changes to Settle Probe, EU Says
Bloomberg
The European Commission last year opened an investigation into Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s deals with e-book publishers Harper Collins, Lagardere SCA (MMB)'s Hachette Livre, CBS Corp. (CBS)'s Simon & Schuster, Pearson Plc (PSON)'s Penguin and Verlagsgruppe ...

Vintage Books To Publish EL James's #1 Bestselling Fifty Shades Of Grey Trilogy.
ParamusPost.com
The announcement was made today by Anne Messitte, publisher of Vintage Books, and Amanda Hayward, CEO of The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House. The deal was brokered by Valerie Hoskins of VHA Ltd in London. The terms of the agreement are not being ...

EL James Erotica Bestseller Began as Twilight Fan Fiction
mediabistro.com
By Jason Boog on March 12, 2012 11:51 AM Author EL James has landed a headline-making three-book deal with Vintage Books to publish her erotica series, the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. Book blogger Jane Litte broke the news of the book's origin–a work ...

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Ebooks: defending the agency model
The Guardian
The Seattle giant keeps moving up the food chain, from controlling ebook distribution (in addition to selling print books), to competing against publishers and even agents by luring bestselling authors. No one would bet a dime on the printed book as it ...

The Guardian

'Fifty Shades of Grey': From fan fiction of publishing block-buster 'mommy porn'
New York Daily News (blog)
BY LINDSAY GOLDWERT Three months ago, my mother told me there was a book at all the women in the nail salon were reading. "Something 'shades of gray?'" my mother told me. "They're all reading it." I didn't know about the series then (sorry, Mom!) ...

eBook Price Fixing Case: EU Open To Settlement With Publishers Owned By ...
Huffington Post
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, March 12 (Reuters) - EU regulators are open to a settlement with e-book publishers owned by Lagardere , News Corp and three other firms if they offer concessions to resolve competition concerns, the EU's antitrust chief said ...

Early eBook Pioneer Bookshare Marks Decade of Innovations - Ten Years ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Bookshare, an online library filled with digital accessible books to serve children and adults with print disabilities, celebrates 10 years of technology innovations, improvements to timely access of educational books in schools and reading ...

Opinion: I am a book trafficker
CNN (blog)
He is also the author of The Aztec Love God and a contributor to Mamiverse.com. On Monday, March 12, he begins his “librotraficante” journey from Houston, Texas to Tucson, Arizona. By Tony Diaz, Special to CNN (CNN) –The word “librotraficante” should ...

DOJ targets Apple and publishers for e-book price fixing
CNNMoney
By Julianne Pepitone @CNNMoneyTech March 9, 2012: 2:38 PM ET Apple and five large bookpublishers allegedly teamed up to fight Amazon's discounted e-books. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Apple and five large book publishers could be hit with a lawsuit over ...

Oprah Interviews Whitney Houston's Daughter; Bieber's Mom Signs Book Deal
Voice of America
March 12, 2012 Oprah Interviews Whitney Houston's Daughter; Bieber's Mom Signs Book Deal Mary Morningstar | Washington Oprah Interviews Whitney Houston's Daughter On March 11, Oprah Winfrey's interview with Whitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina, ...

Steve Jobs, Price Fixer?
Wall Street Journal
By L. GORDON CROVITZ Book authors wonder about long-form writing in an attention-deprived world, publishers fret about revenue models as bookstores disappear, and consumers develop new reading habits that include both electronic and printed books.

Authors in LA this week: Carrie Fisher, Mayim Bialik, Thomas Perry and more
Los Angeles Times (blog)
You can hear her discuss her book at an author event at Book Soup. TV star Mayim Bialik ("The Big Bang Theory") not only has plenty of insights on neuroscience (she received a doctorate in the field from UCLA), she also has plenty of insights about ...

Apple, Publishers Must Address All Allegations Before E-book Case Can Be ...
PCWorld
By Jennifer Baker, IDG News Apple, along with five e-book publishers, must address all of the European Commission's antitrust concerns before a price-fixing investigation can be closed, warned the European Union's competition chief on Monday.

Book review: Former CEO Browne's BP cost cutting, risky decisions set stage ...
Chicago Tribune
The public image of oil giant BP PLC has taken some huge hits since the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but a new book purporting to look inside BP may open it to a whole lot more. "Run to Failure: BP and the Making of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster," ...

EU Almunia: Concerned About Price Collusion Between E-Book Publishers
Wall Street Journal
BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--The European Union's antitrust regulator is willing to consider a settlement if companies it is investigating over the way electronic books are priced can respond to its objections about the so-called agency pricing model, ...

Literary legends brought to life in publisher's archive
The Guardian
The young publisher tells of how he went into a Hampstead shop and tried to persuade the bookseller to stock a new title. "I know you don't stock a lot of newbooks," Pick said, "but there's a marvellous new book coming next month called Burmese Days ...

The Guardian

EU 'worried' about e-book price collusion
MarketWatch
By Frances Robinson BRUSSELS (MarketWatch) -- The European Union's antitrust regulator is willing to consider a settlement if companies it is investigating over the way electronic books are priced can respond to its objections about the so-called ...

The buzz in books: Sanjay Gupta, 'Fifty Shades' published
USA TODAY
26 on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list, and is reported to be popular with Upper East Side moms. It's available today in new e-book form, and Vintage will print paperbacks at the end of April. --'Selected' for TV: Kiera Cass' not-yet-published young...

USA TODAY

Exclusive: How Much Do Kindle Singles Authors Make? | paidContent
By Laura Hazard Owen
A few notes before the interviews: The authors' background varies, but most have previous writing experience and many have been published by traditional book publishers, newspapers or magazines..... Once they have total market saturation, then promoting this kind of literary culture may cease to be a priority, but that remains to be seen.” Author: Sloane Crosley Bio: Author of two books, I Was Told There'd Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number? (Riverhead) Kindle Single: ...
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Book Review: Imagine | Mother Jones
By Michael Mechanic
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PowerShell Book Reviews | Precision Computing
By Lee Holmes
PowerShell Book Reviews. Sunday, 11 March 2012. There have been a handful of useful posts recently giving reviews across the spectrum of PowerShell books. I always love reading these posts, as they let you compare and contrast the ...
Precision Computing

Carly Schwartz: Join The HuffPost SF Book Club!
By Carly Schwartz
At the end of the two months, we'll host an official book club gathering at one of San Francisco's myriad bookstores. You'll have the chance to meet fellow readers, chat about the story, explore one of the city's local literary havens, and maybe ...
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Ebooks: Defending the Agency Model | Monday Note
By Frédéric Filloux
The Seattle giant keeps moving up the food chain, from controlling ebooks distribution (in addition to selling print books), to competing against publishers and even agents by luring best selling-authors. No one would bet a dime on the printed ... Using the wholesale model, the publisher sells its goods to the distributor for a fixed price — say half of the suggested street price — and the distributor is free to decide the actual price to the public. In the agency model, the publishers set the ...
Monday Note

Exclusive: Hughes Brothers Accused Of Stealing “Book Of Eli ...
By Grandmaster Grouchy Greg
The lawsuit claims that two “screeners” who were judges of the contest supplied Burgin's manuscript to Gary Whitta, who presented it to the Hughes Brothers as “The Book of Eli.” “Gary Whitta was one of the first recipients to receive Burgin's ...
AllHipHop.com

Joe Winkler: Religion For Atheists: A Book Review
By Joe Winkler
Besides these general stylistic factors, the most gaping wound in this book lies in de Botton's hesitancy to move past a utopian, almost naive sense of his endeavor into actual philosophy. ... Off the top of my head, I can think of numerous books that make similar claims, two of which came out this year, both of which deserve more acclaim. First, philosopher A.C. Grayling .... For that reason, he remains a literary asset for those looking for introductions into fields of thought. Beyond his style...
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Finalists for second Zocalo Book Prize - LA Observed
The longlist of 11 culled from 100 considered books is after the jump, in alphabetical order. There's more on each finalist book at the Zócalo website. "Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality." by Elias Aboujaoude. "In Search ...
LA Observed

The Ultimate Guide to Publishing Your eBook on Amazon's Kindle ...
By Paul Jun
I have returned from the fiery abyss of writing my first eBook and uploading it on Kindle, and I bring you this message: It's not that bad. But why write and publish an eBook? If you're an online marketer, entrepreneur, writer, blogger, or maybe a ...
Copyblogger

Kobo CEO: tablets are for casual ebook readers | TeleRead: News ...
By Paul Biba
TeleRead - News and views on ebooks, libraries, publishing and related topics. HOME ... These readers are reading a book every other month, which is a lot less than the average for those using e-readers. Some romance readers are reading up to 30 books a month.” Facebook · Twitter ... Kobo Joins Nook as New Home for Buffy Publisher Dark Horse Comics ... "As a published author who wants my work to be read for its worth instead of free, I also point to the work of "motivational" ..." ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...

Holly Springs author tells the story of a mom with "Momnesia"
WRAL.com (blog)
By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall Lori Verni-Fogarsi of Holly Springs was a successful business owner; a writer and author; and a mom of two girls. But when a reporter, who was working on a story about her as a successful entrepreneur and mom, asked her what...

WRAL.com (blog)

Writer credits her dreaming as inspiration for her books
Elizabethton Star
By Bryan Stevens A dream she experienced 20 years ago led directly to the publication of a local author's first novel. Photo by Brandon Hicks - Elizabethton resident Mary Mullins received the inspiration for her novel after a dream she had 20 years ago ...

Exclusive: Amazon Has Sold Over Two Million Kindle Singles
paidContent.org
While Barnes & Noble and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) recently launched sections for e-singles on their sites, they don't sign original authors and provide little of the marketing support that Kindle Singles authors receive. Amazon says that in the 14 months the ...

Susan Dormady Eisenberg Releases Debut Novel, THE VOICE I JUST HEARD, As An Ebook
PR Web (press release)
The author explores two questions: What's the price of chasing a dream? And what's the cost of NOT chasing it? Author Stephanie Cowell says, "THE VOICE I JUST HEARD is a luminous novel of friendship, family, and faith.” When arts journalist Susan ...

Atlanta's Maven of Higher Literary Morals Releases New Book
MMD Newswire (press release)
Published in paperback and hardcover by LB Publishing, "Strings of Color" will be sold at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Books-a-Million.com and will be available for the Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook, electronic books.

Authors Lynn Olanoff, Colin McEvoy sell out at book-signing at Moravian Book Shop
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
The Moravian Book Shop sold out of their copies of the paperback, which also is available at Barnes & Noble stores. Quite an achievement on Day 1, I'd say. "Love Me or Else" examines the case of Mary Jane Fonder, the eccentric wig-wearing Bucks County ...

The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com

Where to Buy Books for eReaders
PDF Devices
Popular online bookstores such as Amazon and Barnes & Nobles also have available ebooks of all genres and kinds that users can enjoy on various ereaders. eReaders such as the different Kindle models available from Amazon and Nooks from Barnes &Noble ...

PDF Devices

E-Books: The New Way to Read
YU Observer
Barnes and Noble with its Nook, Condor Technology with the eGriver, and Sony with the Reader. Ever-present in this whirl of technology is the weighty question: do the benefits of the e-reader outweigh the costs? What is lost when the paper bound book ...

Interview by The Browser
Discover Magazine (blog)
I could've sworn I already posted this, but it seems to have slipped into an alternate dimension: I was interviewed by The Browser, a fine site promoting "Writing Worth Reading". They have a series called FiveBooks where they ask people what ...




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