TIME's 100 Best Nonfiction Books

All-TIME 100 Best Nonfiction Books - TIME
Politics and war, science and sports, memoir and biography — there's a great big world of nonfictionbooks out there just waiting to be read. We picked the 100 ...
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Move By Universities Creates New Problem For Google Books Deal
paidContent.org
As part of its quest to digitize the world's books, Google has scanned millions of titles. But it can't make them available to the public until a judge gives his blessing to a troubled settlement the company has reached with authors and publishers. ...
Judge Says Books-A-Million Can Take Over 14 Borders Leases
Wall Street Journal
By JOSEPH CHECKLER NEW YORK—A judge on Monday cleared Books-A-Million Inc. to take over the leases on 14 Borders Group Inc. stores, meaning at least some Borders stores will carry on as the rest of the chain winds down through liquidations. ...
Kashmir Litfest Canceled as Authors Balk
Wall Street Journal (blog)
“For them it would've been a great opportunity to interact with authors of repute from outside Kashmir, they were hoping their voices would be heard,” she said in a phone interview, noting that many of them write in Kashmiri. ...
Cops: Glen Ellyn man stole library books to sell on Internet
Chicago Tribune
The Daily Herald reports: A Glen Ellyn man stole thousands of books, DVDs and other items from area libraries and then sold some of them on the Internet, according to Lisle police. Police began investigating the thefts in April and arrested James F. ...
Authors in play to close Edinburgh Book Festival
BBC News
They were among 18 authors and actors who took part in a reading of Fleck, by Scottish writer Alasdair Gray. Poet Liz Lochhead and writers Janice Galloway and AL Kennedy were also involved in performing the work, a modern version of Goethe's Faust. ...
Borders, Books And Buggy Whips
Patch.com
I've bought more books at Borders in the past week than I have in the past year. Only with recent discounts advertised at 40-60 percent off are Borders prices finally competitive. Some bibliophiles renounce my frugality as if the cost consciousness of ...
Books for Breakfast sees popularity soar
BCLocalNews
Books for Breakfast program has allowed the Sargeants to expand their book library for their child. By Edward Hill - Goldstream News Gazette Volunteers arrive a dawn to set up chairs and mats, slice breakfast fruit and haul in books – it's a demanding ...
So when does academic publishing get disrupted?
GigaOm
Any discussion of the transformation of the publishing business — whether it's the publishing ofbooks, newspapers or magazines — inevitably focuses on a number of factors. One is the explosion of new sources of content, whether it's Twitter's status ...
New Jersey school bans books for passages of drug usage and homosexuality
Washington Post (blog)
(Via Flickr user Karla Blanco ) Bibliophiles have worried about the fate of books ever since governments started banning them, and when Ray Bradbury wrote his book-burning novel “Fahrenheit 451,” it confirmed their worst fears for the future. ...
An Apple a day . . .but no books for pupils
Herald.ie
By Alan O'Keeffe In an experiment that could signal the end of heavy schoolbags, a select group of first students have been handed iPads. The devices will contain all the textbooks they will need for the next five years. The boys and girls who arrived ...
Groups bring free books to West Side schools
Daily Mail - Charleston
Two West Side schools will receive thousands of free books, thanks to a partnership between one of the state's teachers unions and a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization. The joint venture between the state chapter of the American Federation of ...
The Most Wanted Out-of-Print Books in the US
Flavorwire
Each year, BookFinder compiles a list of the most sought-after out-of-print books in US, and it's usually topped by Madonna's controversial 1992 coffee-table classic, Sex. This year is no exception. We've rounded up the remaining titles in the top 10 ...
Readers Advisory a Service Libraries Offer To Find Books
The Ledger
Click on "Books & Authors" and browse authors, titles, and genres. If you want, you can join the "Books & Authors" site and create lists you can come back to any time. You'll soon have a list of promising books you can search back in our PCLC catalog. ...
Books-A-Million, Inc. Announces Management Promotions
MarketWatch (press release)
Books-A-Million, Inc. is one of the nation's leading book retailers and sells on the Internet atwww.booksamillion.com . The Company presently operates 234 stores in 23 states and the District of Columbia. The Company operates large superstores under ...
Back to work: The books you, er, read
The Guardian
While no one will get too excited about the Booker until the short list is announced next Tuesday, the long list does tell you which fancied books are out of the running. Philip Hensher's King of the Badgers, Graham Swift's Wish You Were Here and ...
In Other Words: Teen Books That Adults Love
Patch.com
This week's Greenfield Public Library's book list of recommended reads - teen books enjoyed by adults - comes from library intern Traci. Set during World War II in Germany, and narrated by Death himself, this is the story of Liesel Meminger, ...
Tons of books coming to Glade
Southwest Virginia Today
By Staff By CAROLYN R. WILSON/Correspondent There will be a “ton” of books to give away in Glade Spring on Saturday. Local organizations and schools are helping Imagination Library of Bristol/Washington County, Va., host an event for families of young ...
Authors Bag Deal After Amazon eBook Success
Wall Street Daily
Louise Voss and Mark Edwards from London are discussing their third book after securing a six-figure publishing deal. Their success is thanks to the popularity of electronic books. Traditional publishers rejected their first two novels – Killing Cupid ...
Vishv Book draws attention of young readers
India PRwire (press release)
In this scenario niche publishing is gaining ground and one sector that's seeing tremendous growth is the children books section. Catch them young is the new mantra for publishing success and hundreds of new titles are published in this genre every ...
Zaner-Bloser Publishes Voices Leveled Library to Enrich Literacy Instruction
PR Newswire (press release)
30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Zaner-Bloser has published Voices Leveled Library, an extensive collection of books for Grade K-6 developed to meet students at any reading level. The library's 648 titles are flexible enough to be used in any literacy ...
The 10 Best Books for Freelancers about Social Media ...
By Lexirodrigo
Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business, by Ann Handley and C.C. Chapman. Social media is all about content, and this book shows you ...
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How to Avoid Nasty Surprises in Your Publishing Workflow ...
By Guest Contributor
A description of workflow basics you need to bear in mind no matter what type of publishing you're working in, no matter where you are in the world. ... Author Guidelines: Create easy-to-read, brief author guidelines outlining the entire publishing process and send these to the authors with their contracts and a cover pages summarizing the highlights. Stress what he or she will need to do, when, and in what ... In other words, will this help you sell more books? I remember a Director of ...
Publishing Perspectives
A Manual to Publishing Your Books | Sisyliacandra
By admin
These days, lots of authors are truly having a increasing number of books sold thru self-publishing. There are currently diverse books published on the topic “how to publish a book” both in the true book kind or just an eBook. These include ...
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