Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen and Futurist Schlock

Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen:"The New Digital Age"'s Futurist Schlock | New Republic: " . . . . The good news is that, thanks in part to this superficial and megalomaniacal book, the company’s mammoth intellectual ambitions will be preserved for posterity to study in a cautionary way. The virtual world of Google’s imagination might not be real, but the glib arrogance of its executives definitely is."

National Book Critics Circle announces new literary award
New York Daily News (blog)
Leonard joined the New York Times Book Review in 1967 and was promoted to daily book reviewer in 1969. He served as executive editor of the Times Book Review from 1971 to 1975 before returning to the role of daily book reviewer. Leonard also wrote for ...

Ringo publishes picture book
Irish Independent
... Print; Font Size. Ringo Starr is publishing a book of snapshots of his time with The Beatles. 30 May 2013. Former Beatle Ringo Starr is to publish a book of his own photos, including previously unseen images of the Fab Four. ... Ringo's book ...

eBook Bundles Launches 4 New Flash Sale Sites
San Francisco Chronicle
“We love books. We love deals. And we love rewarding and delighting our readers with bestsellingbooks and authors,” said Hutch Morton, President of eBook Bundles. “Curating these bundles for our customers so that they have the right mix of beloved and ...

Books vs. Kindle
FemaleFirst.co.uk
Smell of a book – What is it with Books and their smell? There's nothing like holding a well-thumbedbook, with it pages yellowing and taking in the glorious smell of the book. It calms us and sends us to a happy place where here we get lost in another ...

Comedian Jim Carrey to publish children's book
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor and comedian Jim Carrey will publish a children's book, "How Roland Rolls," in September, his publisher said on Thursday. Sabrina McCarthy, the president of Perseus Distribution Client Services, described Carrey, known for ...

Rudyard Kipling 'admitted to plagiarism in Jungle Book'
Firstpost
London Rudyard Kipling, India-born famed author of 'The Jungle Book', in a letter has admitted to plagiarising some of his best known works, including parts of the iconic children's book. A letter by the author has surfaced in which he has admitted ...

Joe Muto's new book gives the lowdown on Bill O'Reilly, Roger Ailes, Sarah ...
New York Daily News
The Fox Mole is finally telling his whole tale — exposing the right-wing network's shady behind-the-scenes antics in a new book. Joe Muto, the Fox News producer who was outed in April 2012 for writing posts and leaking unused Fox News video clips to ...

22 Books for Your Ultimate Summer Reading List - Mashable
Check out these 22 books to keep you entertained all summer long. ... Author: Khaled Hosseini. "Khaled Housseini has written ... OregonLive.com Book Review ...

The BitTorrent Bundle Is Packed with Free Books, Music, and Movies
By Alan Henry
BitTorrent (the company) has unveiled the first BitTorrent Bundle, which lets you download newly released music, videos, movies, books, and more for free or at pay-what-you-want prices. Tim Ferris'book The 4 Hour Chef, new music from Kaskade and Pretty Lights, and more are all available in the current bundle. ... discussions displayed because an author is participating or following a participant. additional replies awaiting review. K. Show all discussions. additional replies submitted ...
Lifehacker

Free is not the magic number: New trends in ebook pricing ...
By Laura Hazard Owen
Lubart, who founded technology services company Iobyte Solutions and is now the SVP of sales analytics at HarperCollins, compiles Digital Book World's weekly ebook bestseller list, which is divided by price bands. ... “Giving away books for free if you are a bestselling author with a really well-established brand…doesn't have nearly the effect that it does when you are a self-published author trying to get books into the hands of people who have never heard of you before.” ...
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Announcing Jo Walton's What Makes This Book So Great | Tor.com
By Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Announcing Jo Walton's upcoming essay collection What Makes This Book So Great. ... There are examinations of books you've never heard of; there's at least one essay about a book I'd never heard of. There are insightful and (sometimes) irreverent looks at established classics...and several sharp looks at why and how certain ... are so entertaining that I think this book will be well worth it. Assuming McMillan lets you price the ebook somewhere sane, of course (and release it on time.
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