HarperCollins reaches deal to lower e-book prices

HarperCollins reaches deal to lower e-book prices
Wall Street Journal
Simon & Schuster and Hachette Book Group also settled, but as of late Tuesday morning e-prices for such fall books from those publishers as Bob Woodward's "The Price of Politics" and Tom Wolfe's "Back to Blood" were selling for $14.99. Two other ...

HarperCollins Reaches New Agreements With Amazon and Others on E-Book ...
New York Times (blog)
The agreements call for HarperCollins to set the list price of the book but to allow the retailer to discount the titles. The new prices could give HarperCollins a competitive advantage — at least temporarily — if its books are priced lower than ...

That was fast: Amazon is already discounting settling publishers ...
By Laura Hazard Owen
Amazon Package photo: Flickr / William Christiansen. Just four days after a federal judge approved the Department of Justice's settlement with HarperCollins, Hachette and Simon & Schuster for allegedly colluding with Apple to fix ebook prices, .... My guess going in was that if a publisher tried to bargain for this sort of program, Barnes and Noble and Kobo would probably be the only takers-Apple, Amazon, and Google want to use their cash stockpiles- and the publisher would need to ...
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New book says White House warned about Bin Laden threat months before attack
New York Daily News
11 attacks much earlier than previously thought, according to a blockbuster new book. But President Bush's advisers, fixated on bringing ... Kurt Eichenwald's new book 500 Days: Secrets And Lies in The Terror Wars. And Bush's national security adviser, ...

New York Daily News

'Fifty Shades' author's husband: I'm not Christian Grey
NBCNews.com
not christian grey but the husband of the best-selling author e.l. james. her steamy trilogy has smashed publishing records and opened a new conversation about intimacy in the process. now her husband of more than 20 years and a longtime television ...

Author Richard Bach's condition upgraded after plane crash
Reuters
SEATTLE, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Richard Bach, author of the 1970s bestseller "Jonathan Livingston Seagull," who was seriously injured when his small plane flipped during a landing, is improving and will soon be moved out of intensive care, a hospital ...

Marblehead author Eric Jay Dolin pens exotic tale of China, Age of Sail
Wicked Local
Hence, his newly released “When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail,” Dolin's 11th book to date. Judging by the titles of his books, it would seem Dolin is an academic who enjoys writing history books.

New Book on Equine Law is Rich in Horse Racing History
TheHorse.com
At first glance, the newly released book "Equine Regulatory Law" is a bit intimidating--a heavy, scholarly green hardbound tome of 972 pages. But this book, created by former Kentucky legislator and attorney Bob Heleringer, is a gift to the ...

Nightline from ABC News : Obama Revealed: Bob Woodward's Explosive New ...
ABC News
Nightline from ABC News : Obama Revealed: Bob Woodward's Explosive New Book. ABCNews.

A Sexist Character, but Not a Sexist Book
The Atlantic
So, the one star rating is more of a reaction to the emotional upheaval this book left me with. I just can't get behind a book so completely misogynistic. And I don't know the author's intent, and I'm afraid I don't know nearly enough about Dominican ...

The Atlantic

NW Books: 'What It Is Like to Go to War,' 'Skyjack'
The Seattle Times
Gottman uses anecdotes and dialogues from years of research at his "Love Lab" near the University of Washington to explain "complex scientific ideas into insightful and practical advice," says thebook jacket. Gottman, the author or co-author of more ...

Allen & Unwin in talks over Murdoch Books
The Australian
MEDIA tycoon Rupert Murdoch's nephew Matt Handbury is negotiating to sell his international publishing company Murdoch Books to Allen & Unwin amid tough times for book retailers in Australia. Australian publishing giant Allen & Unwin has confirmed it ...

Man Booker finalists, more big fall books
USA TODAY
Big fall books: Read USA TODAY's reviews of two important fiction titles that go on sale today: Michael Chabon's Telegraph Avenue (4 stars) and Junot Diaz's This Is How You Lose Her (3 ½ stars). - Stupendous shelves: While some bookstores may be ...

USA TODAY

Humane Society shares books with kind messages
TCPalm
Originally published in 1893, this best-selling novel by Canadian author Marshall Saunders is based on the true story of a dog rescued from an abusive home. The book highlighted the special bond between humans and their canine companions.

No personal information on Kareena in Shobha De's book
New York Daily News
Mumbai, Sep 11 — A book on Kareena Kapoor by author Shobha De will release soon and the actress reveals that it will not contain any personal information about her. "It's a style book, there would be no personal information but definitely there are ...

Indigo Books & Music: Analysis
Seeking Alpha
Lastly, Indigo has a 14 day return policy for books if they remain in good condition. How is that possible? If a book is accompanied by a gift receipt, the customer can receive credit, but if the bookwas not a gift, a customer can return it with a ...

Author Michael Lewis' Six Months With President Obama
CNBC.com
Michael Lewis, acclaimed author of "Boomerang", "The Big Short", "Moneyball" and "The Blind Side", was given exclusive access for six months with President Barack Obama. Lewis wrote an in-depth profile on the President for Vanity fair's October issue.

CNBC.com

Overdue library books? September is Fine Free Month
Houma Courier
Your library is a place to find resources, such as books, eBooks, movies, and more, as well as free programs — both fun and informative — for people of all ages. Looking for something fun to do with the kids this coming Saturday? Need to create a ...

New book details how Petr Klima escaped from behind Iron Curtain to play with ...
MLive.com
The Detroit Red Wings' pursuit of Petr Klima and his subsequent defection from Czechoslovakia is detailed in a new book by author Tal Pinchevsky, a staff writer and producer for NHL.com who has also written for The Hockey News and ESPN The Magazine.

MLive.com

Author Margaret Atwood to speak at Butler Sept. 12
Indianapolis Star
But, her first novel, "The Edible Woman," appeared in 1969. She has published more than 50 volumes of poetry, written books including children's literature and won more than a dozen distinguished awards. The Toronto-based author will speak at 7:30 p.m ...

“The book was better” isn't always true
The State Journal-Register (blog)
Jaws is one example of how the movie is better than the book; in fact, it is a decided improvement over the novel which at the time I sort of passed over because, quite frankly, it struck me as tawdry, trashy pulp fiction. Spielberg saw the ...

George Pataki judges a book by its cover
Albany Times Union (blog)
Pataki accuses Eichenwald of mounting an unfair and partisan attack on the administration of George W. Bush, but he's working with rather limited ammo, as he notes to the author: “I haven't read your book, thank god, and I don't intend to,” Pataki says ...

Albany Times Union (blog)

Suri's Burn Book: The Ultimate Dig at Our Celeb-Obsessed Culture, Now in Book ...
LA Weekly (blog)
Since July 2011, Hagan has attacked celebrity children's attitudes and sartorial choices on Suri's Burn Book -- tagline: "Just because you don't have a Ferragamo handbag doesn't mean you can behave like a child. (I'm looking at you, Shiloh.)" Abook of ...

LA Weekly (blog)

Author Andy Greenberg on his new Wikileaks book, Julian Assange, and the ...
Capital New York
Unluckily for Hollywood, what Assange does next is almost as important as what he's already done. But for Andy Greenberg, author of the new book This Machine Kills Secrets: How Wikileaks, Cypherpunks, and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World's Information ...

Capital New York

Westvale humorist and author Yvonne Conte sorts out daily stress with food in ...
Syracuse.com (blog)
Westvale humorist and author Yvonne Conte sorts out daily stress with food in herbook 'Cry, Laugh, Cook'. Published: Tuesday, September 11, ... Along with her books, Conte sells them at the conferences she frequents. "You shouldn't worry about it ...

Syracuse.com (blog)

Author urged boaters to sail into Lafourche, Terrebonne
Houma Courier
The wetlands of coastal Louisiana visited by Robert Morgan in 1919, and described in Motorboat magazine the following March, were being transformed by the internal combustion engine; moving from vessels powered by wind, steam or muscle to gasoline ...

Books: "Rising from the Swamp"
North Country Public Radio
According to the author of a new book, Rising from the Swamp, a source of pride for many in downtown Tupper Lake, aka the "Swamp," is the legacy of its pioneer families. Todd Moe talks with author and Tupper Lake native Carol Poole about the book and a...

North Country Public Radio

Book series inspires Bergan's 'house' system
Fremont Tribune
Archbishop Bergan Catholic Elementary is taking a leaf out of a popular children's book this year as a team-building exercise. The inspiration of the new “house system” comes straight out of the pages of the Harry Potter series. “It's very similar to ...

E-book discounts appearing at Amazon following publisher - Engadget
By Sharif Sakr
E-book discounts appearing at Amazon following publisher settlement. By Sharif Sakr posted Sep 11th 2012 9:32AM. Ebook discounts appearing at Amazon following publisher settlement. Wow. Judge Denise Cote certainly knows how to put ...
Engadget

Ebook price drops begin — and Apple is discounting, too ...
By Laura Hazard Owen
Just a few days after the approval of the DOJ's ebook settlement, HarperCollins has entered into new contracts with ebook retailers, and they're already discounting its titles. What kinds of deals will you get?
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How To Understand the DoJ's E-Book Pricing Settlement | TeleRead ...
By Dan Eldridge
I mention this because I suspect that a decent portion of the e-reading community is having a hard time wrapping its collective head around the now-approved e-book pricing settlement situation. And that's a shame, because this particular case ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...

The Millions : Is This Book Bad, or Is It Just Me? The Anatomy of ...
By Darryl Campbell
The book review is dead. At the very least, it's very obviously dying. Anyway, we can all agree that it should be killed off, because it's gotten to be irrelevant. If not downright parasitic. (Though maybe it might be salvaged if the average review was a ... It was probably the biggest literary-cultural dustup since the Great MFA Debate of 2010-2011, when Elif Batuman's London Review of Books article, “Get a Real Degree,” made everyone feel just a little bit bad about the existence of MFA ...
The Millions

Book: Rove urged Komen to restore Planned Parenthood funding ...
By Alex Pappas
The author of a new book charges that Karl Rove advised the leader of Susan G. Komen for the Cure to restore funding to Planned Parenthood earlier this year.
The Daily Caller

White House Pushes Back on Woodward Book
By Wasson & Parnes, The Hill
Bob Woodward's new book on the collapse of the grand bargain has put the Obama White House on the defensive on economic policy just as the 2012 campaign enters its most crucial phase. Republicans have seized on The Price of Politics ...
RealClearPolitics - Homepage

Books Being Made Into Movies For Fall 2012
By BuzzSugar
A new season, a new reading list! Fall is almost here, and with the weather becoming a bit more crisp, it's the perfect time to curl up with a good read. Here's a list of 15 books you can read now and watch later, so get to know the characters and ...
BuzzSugar

Book News: Kafka's Inscrutability, Tablets R Us : The New Yorker
By Rachel Arons
book-news_opt.jpg. Toys R Us is getting in on the e-reader business. “ 'The Satanic Verses' took on a mythical power. At the mosque, when one mischievous boy read from what he claimed was a page of the novel, I was terrified the roof would ...
Page-Turner

Businesses Organize Book Drive To Restock Horsham School's ...
By TimothyJMcL
There were more than two thousand books featuring some of the best in children's literature. But a fire in an outdoor shed last month spread to the library. The Greater Horsham Chamber of Commerce has launched a book drive. Until they can ...
CBS Philly

Bad children's books
By Jason Kottke
Bad children's booksSEP 11 2012. Bob Staake imagines some children's books that might not be so good for kids. Bad Kids Books. (via @bdeskin). Tweet. Read more posts on kottke.org about: Bob Staake books. kottke.org. Front page ...
kottke.org

fig, olive oil and sea salt challah + book tour! | smitten kitchen
By deb
Which brings me to The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook Book Tour: As it turns out, we can hang out and cook and chat, even if we can't do it in my pathetically tiny kitchen. I am so excited about this part; I have joked more than once that it's the ...
smitten kitchen

How journalists and press releases rewrite ... - Melville House Books
By Ariel Bogle
In that post, Lehrer wrote: “'We economists have a widespread view that most people are basically self-interested and won't try to help other people,' Colin Camerer, a neuroeconomist at Caltech and co-author of the study, told me.” However ...
Melville House Books

BioShock Infinite Art Book Coming in 2013 - IGN
Dark Horse Comics has announced The Art of BioShock Infinite, a deluxe hardcover book set to be released on February 27, 2013. The book will feature ...

Panetta hints punishment for bin Laden book author - Yahoo! News
Publish your own activity and retain full control. ... In the book, author Matt Bissonnette wrote that the SEALs spotted bin Laden at the top of .... That would stop a lot of miscreants from breaking their word and publishing books about special ops.

Bad Little Children's Books, Twisted New Covers for Old Books
Author and illustrator Bob Staake has been altering vintage children's books covers to create his twisted series, “Bad Little Children's Books.” Staake has ...

Panetta suggests bin Laden book author could be penalized
CNN International
Bissonnette's attorney said in a previous statement that the author "sought legal advice about his responsibilities before agreeing to publish his book and scrupulously reviewed the work to ensure that it did not disclose any material that would breach ...

Panetta Blasts Ex-SEAL Who Wrote Osama Bin Laden Raid Book
ABC News
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta became the highest-ranking U.S. official to speak out against the former Navy SEAL who wrote a firsthand account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, saying the commando broke his promise to America and could have...

ABC News

Good sex goes a long way for women, says Naomi Wolf
New York Daily News
You may think you get what famed feminist Naomi Wolf is saying in her new book, “Vagina: A New Biography,” but she'd say you're being small-minded. Wolf, who some believe spurred a new wave of feminism in 1991 with “The Beauty Myth: How Images of...

New York Daily News

Book Review: Oonagh McDonald's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Turning the ...
Forbes
... of the crisis 28 million loans–half the mortgages in the U.S.– were subprime or otherwise low quality, and why were 74 percent of those loans on the books of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac or other government agencies and government-regulated entities...

Forbes

Pulitzer Prize-Winner Junot Diaz Writes the Book on Heartbreak (Video)
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The collection, which took Diaz about 16 years to complete, features the same characters as in Diaz's first book of stories, “Drown” — the brothers Yunior and Rafa who, like Diaz himself, are born in the Dominican Republic and who immigrate to New ...

Karen Handel book: Karl Rove urged retreat on Planned Parenthood
Politico
A tell-all book by a former official at Susan G. Komen for the Cure alleges that Karl Rove told the charity to reverse its decision to end its funding of Planned Parenthood — raising eyebrows among conservatives who wanted Komen to stand firm amid the ...

Politico

Finally, A Book Explains The Difference Between Modern Art And Children's Art
Business Insider
For anyone who has ever demonstrated indefatigable wit in a gallery of modern art by quipping that the canvas with the pretentious label in front would sooner serve to line the cat litter than the walls of even Elton John's stairwell, the book Why Your ...

Business Insider

The Book We're Talking About: 'Telegraph Avenue' By Michael Chabon
Huffington Post
Located on the avenue for which the book is named, the shop becomes at risk for bankruptcy as the opening of a nearby megastore approaches. Why are we talking about it? Anything by Chabon is worth a look, as his last book, "The Adventures of Kavalier ...

Bin Laden Book: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Hints At ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is suggesting that a retired Navy SEAL be punished for writing a book giving an insider's account of the U.S. raid that killed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. Asked in a network interview if he ...
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News Roundup: Links to start your day | TeleRead: News and views ...
By Joanna Cabot
TeleRead - News and views on ebooks, libraries, publishing and related topics. HOME| · AROUND THE WORLD| ... "Strangely, my mailbox was flooded today with price changes for books on my watch list. The kicker is that the same books ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...

India writer Jeet Thayil on Man Booker shortlist - Books - Books ...
Books News | Updated Sep 11, 2012 at 08:30pm IST. India writer Jeet Thayil on Man Booker shortlist. Press Trust of India ... Narcopolis' prologue · Indians who have won the Man Booker in the past · Six books shortlisted for Book Prize 2012 ...
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Kids & Book News | NoveList Blog | EBSCOhost
Subscribe: Kids & Book News ... Strategies for Finding Books for Common Core. Post by ... Or a librarian compiling lists of books that meet specific criteria for text ...
Pentagon says Navy Seal's Bin Laden book reveals military secrets ...
On Tuesday the Pentagon said that after reviewing the book, it believed that it contains classified information. ... Fox News identified Bissonette, 36, as the author of the memoir after ..... Latestnews and views from the Guardian's books team ...

US opposes penalty for Russia over historic books - News-Sentinel ...
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is opposing a Jewish group's bid to have civil fines levied against Russia for failing to obey a court order to return ...

University of Florida News – Book co-authored by UF professor ...
Older workers learn more quickly and have more drive than some employers might believe, a newbook co-authored by a University of Florida business ...



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