Author Helping Russian Pirate Translate His Book

Author Explains The Joy Of Helping Russian 'Pirate' Translate His Book | Techdirt: "It was about five years ago that we first wrote about best selling author Paulo Coelho revealing that he was eagerly helping create pirate foreign translations of his books, and noting that sales of legitimate copies always seemed to increase whenever he did this -- initially pretending to be someone else, under the username "pirate coelho." The first time this happened was in Russia, where the Russian translation resulted in his books -- which had almost no market previously -- suddenly shot up into huge sales (from less than 1,000 to over 100,000). While he's seen similar success stories elsewhere, it really seems like the Russian ebook market is an interesting one to observe.

Apple agreement with the European Union would allow lower Amazon e-book ...
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Apple and four publishers are close to cutting a deal with European Union regulators that will enable Amazon to offer lower e-book prices and end an antitrust investigation into Apple's e-book pricing in Europe. Skip to next paragraph ...

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Nate Silver's book sales skyrocket
Politico (blog)
The New York Times' political statistician recently released a book, and in the last 24 hours sales have skyrocketed by 850% on Amazon.com, CNNMoney reports. "It is now the second best sellingbook on the site, behind only popular children's book, 'The ...

Book buzz: Obama-Wiesel collaboration, Colin Firth to star in literary film
USA TODAY
Obama-Wiesel collaboration: Holocaust survivor and Night author Elie Wiesel, 84, is writing a bookwith President Barack Obama, "a book of two friends," as Weisel describes it. (h/t The New Yorker). From Silver to gold: After accurately predicting the ...

Daniel Mendelsohn with Jonathan Lethem at ALOUD Thursday
Los Angeles Times
Daniel Mendelsohn is the prizewinning writer and cultural critic whose latest book, "Waiting for the Barbarians," is newly published by the New York Review of Books. Mendelsohn comes to the ALOUD series series at the Los Angeles Central Library on ...

New Timothy Ferriss Book, '4-Hour Chef', Has A Great Trailer (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
He told Paid Content that going with Amazon might mean fewer print sales, as many bookstores still refuse to stock Amazon's titles, but the Seattle-based company's digital savvy is helping him cross promote his books, as sample chapters of the other ...

HUNNEMAN: Author takes a look at Old Town Temecula
Press-Enterprise (blog)
“Every one of these books is just really special,” said the local historian and co-author of a half dozen books about Southwest County's past. The latest book, “Old Town Temecula” from the “Images of America” series, was released last week and could ...

Book Review: In the Pleasure Groove by John Taylor
Blogcritics.org (blog)
Truth be told, I've been waiting for this book to be released since I first learned about it about six months ago. Having the ... After all, my "D Blast" just informed me this morning that the book debuted in the top 10 in both England and the United ...

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Ecco to Publish Memoir by Tom Robbins
New York Times (blog)
2:14 p.m. | Updated Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins, said Wednesday that it would publish a memoir by Tom Robbins, the author of the 1976 bestseller “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.” Now 76, Mr Robbins said in a statement that his memoir, which will be ...

Sharjah book fair beckons enthusiasts
gulfnews.com
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Shaikh Sultan said: “Despite the participation of hundreds of publishers and hundreds of thousands of valuable books in our fair this year, we should not ignore some of the challenges faced by the book and written ...

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Book Notes: A New England mystery in 'Paradise City'
Norwich Bulletin
Minotaur Books, New York, 2012. 306 pages. $25.99. Archer Mayor lives the stories he tells. The best-selling mystery author from Vermont is also the state medical examiner, an investigator for the sheriff's department and a longtime firefighter and EMT.

Reuters: Apple, Amazon e-book battle in EU nearing a conclusion ...
By Steven Sande
Source have told Reuters that EU regulators are going to accept an offer by Apple and four publishers to end antitrust investigations into their e-book pricing schemes. This result essentially cedes a victory to Amazon, which will be able to sell ...
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The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs | Brain Pickings
By Maria Popova
The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs (public library) collects such canine-themed gems — fiction, poetry, feature articles, humor, cartoons, cover art, manuscript drafts — from a slew of titans culled from the magazine's archive, including Brain ...
Brain Pickings

Book News: Fractured Fairy Tales, #Hashtags : The New Yorker
By Andrea DenHoed
L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's official newspaper, pans J. K. Rowling's “The Casual Vacancy.” The social history of fairy tales, and how Disney changed the way we view them....
Page-Turner

Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments (book review) – Greg ...
By Greg Laden
Robert Bruce Thompson, author of the chemistry book, has teamed up with Barbara Fritchman Thompson, to produce this new work. The book has a lot of experiments in it, organized in a reasonable way, with complete instructions on ...
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Male Menopause: New Book Argues Midlife Transition Is Just As ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
In 1993, Gail Sheehy, author of "Passages and Menopause: The Silent Passage,” wrote that “if menopause is the silent passage, 'male menopause' is the unspeakable passage. It is fraught with secrecy, shame, and denial.
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Cool Books (My Fav Books) (6 books)
6 books based on 1 votes: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, Miss Delacourt Speaks Her Mind ...Goodreads: Book reviews, recommendations, and discussion ...
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Europe's E-Book Price Fixing Suit Settled; Sales of Nate Silver's ...
Today in books and publishing: Apple and publishers settle with EU anti-trust regulators; Nate ...Amazon wins in EU e-book price-fixing settlement. ... This neurologist author fortunately has a newbook out, Hallucinations, which continues his ...
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