Dolls, books give glimpse of historic New Orleans Forbes By CHEVEL JOHNSON , 09.19.11, 03:11 PM EDT NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans' rich melting-pot history has always been a big draw for authors. But telling it through the eyes of two antebellum 9-year-old girls - one black, one white - offers unusual ... | ||
George RR Martin joins Kindle million-seller club Los Angeles Times Series have helped propel many of the authors who have already sold a million Kindle ebooks, including James Patterson, Charlaine Harris, Stieg Larsson, Lee Child, Suzanne Collins, Michael Connelly and Janet Evanovich. Nora Roberts' popular romance ... | ||
Christian books in a post-Borders world Louisville Courier-Journal (blog) Sitting in a nearby reading chair was a man, ignoring the cathedral of books around him, who was zoned in entirely on his smartphone for an hour and a half. As Yogi Berra might have said, if people don't want to read books, how are you going to stop ... | ||
In E-Books, Publishers Have Rivals: News Sites New York Times The Huffington Post, which began publishing e-books this month, is not paying its authors advances for their work, but will share profits from the sales. Some publishers are trying a different approach — one that requires even fewer reporting and ... | ||
Authors Guild Is “Party of 'No'” on Public Access to Literary Works Beyond Chron But to what end on either front if the Authors Guild continues to project such an incoherent vision? “After [Freelance and Google Books] were both rejected in the same year, [Authors Guild] might have looked for an exit strategy. ... | ||
Readers who love books, bargains, help Henderson County Library BlueRidgeNow.com “I'm a former children's book publisher, so it's coming back full circle from 20 years ago,” said Shelton, who specializes in historical biographies, particularly books about presidents and first ladies. “I've worked in educational publishing for ... | ||
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Knight: Banned Books Week promotes, protects freedom Pekin Daily Times A list of banned books includes not just trendy teen titles about vampires or coming-of-age tales. Titles that have been forced off the shelves include classics and respected authors: “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Great Gatsby”; “Brave New World” ... | ||
Local Women Authors and Publishers Find Their Voices at Madison Meeting Patch.com ... drawing nearly 60 writers of poetry and prose for workshops and critiques by authors and professional editors representing three publishing houses in Manhattan. Marietta B. Zacker, an agent specializing in books for young readers with the Nancy ... | ||
$13.5 Million in Incentives Lures a Publishing Company New York Times (blog) By PATRICK MCGEEHAN What does it cost to persuade a publishing company to move several hundred jobs into the city that calls itself the media capital of the world? The answer Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is expected to give on Monday is at least $13.5 ... | ||
E-books coming to libraries St. Clair Times by Elsie Hodnett E-book readers are becoming more popular, and local libraries are looking into expanding their services to include e-books for their patrons. The Pell City Public Library has launched a new service offering e-books to its patrons. ... | ||
Fight against censorship during Banned Books Week Sacramento Bee Reader comments on Sacbee.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Sacramento Bee. If you see an objectionable comment, click the flag icon below it. We will delete comments containing inappropriate links, obscenities, hate speech, and personal ... | ||
Information about authors Granholm and Mulhern San Jose Mercury News By AP Jennifer Granholm and Dan Mulhern, Michigan's former First Couple, have three children and currently are living in California. Here's more information on them. EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in political science, University of California, Berkeley, ... | ||
Republic school board to consider book ban changes Kansas City Star After a decision to ban two books drew national attention, a southwest Missouri school district will discuss revising its book policy. The governing board of the Republic school district will meet Monday to discuss the policy that led to pulling ... | ||
Scholastic Inks Deal to Offer Sourcebooks' Children's Titles as e-Books on New ... Sacramento Bee 19, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced a partnership agreement with Sourcebooks, a leading independent publisher, to offer their children's titles through ... | ||
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Top Ten PR Books for Israeli and Jewish Leaders Algemeiner Therefore, I composed a list of must-read public relations books, concerned with Israel's case in the media: I. The Torah: The Jewish Bible is the bedrock of the entirety of Judaism's legal and ethical tests. The Torah encompasses the Five Books of ... | ||
Fight against censorship during Banned Books Week News & Observer During Banned Books Week, Sept. 24-Oct. 1, thousands of people from around the world and best-selling authors will participate in a virtual Read Out on YouTube via a dedicated channel athttp://www.youtube.com/bannedbooksweek Yes, it's true that we're ... | ||
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Nature Publishing Group announces open access options for Japanese titles - 19 ... Knowledgespeak Authors publishing in these journals can choose to make their article open access on payment of an article processing charge (APC). Authors of open access articles will have a choice of two non-commercial Creative Commons (CC) licenses. ... | ||
One in Six Americans Now Use e-Reader with One in Six Likely to Purchase in ... MarketWatch (press release) Just under one in five readers (18%) read self-help books, while 13% read true crime, 12% read current affairs, 11% read political books and 10% read business books. E-Readers are definitely here to stay and this means the publishing world needs to ... | ||
Today's recommended reading: Jonathan Raban, Neal Stephenson The Seattle Times Two very different authors, Jonathan Raban and Neal Stephenson, both have new books out this month: Jonathan Raban's velvet prose is on display in a new collection of his essays. Raban's travel writing is without peer (at least among living writers): ... | ||
New Study Reveals Life-Altering Impact of Crucial Conversations on ... MarketWatch (press release) PROVO, UT, Sep 19, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- According to a study from the four-time New York Times best-selling authors of Crucial Conversations, the person people most struggle to hold difficult and life-changing conversations with is their ... | ||
Purchase Featured Books NPR A humanities professor describes the impact had by the translation of the last remaining manuscript of On the Nature of Things by Roman philosopher Lucretius, which fueled the Renaissance and inspired artists, great thinkers and scientists. ... | ||
Marin library supporters sound alarm over book donation business Marin Independent-Journal By Richard Halstead A large blue box overflows with books in front of the Safeway store in Red Hill shopping center in San Anselmo. Frankie Frost (IJ photo/Frankie Frost) Library support groups in Marin are successfully chasing away a private business ... | ||
Why Gamification is Key to Publishing's Future | Publishing ... By Daniel Kalder Gabe Zicherman explains that most people don't buy books for a love of reading, but to be transported to another reality -- something gamification can deliver. Publishing Perspectives | ||
Karen Dionne: Foreign Rights: How Authors Tap a Rich Vein of ... By Karen Dionne Frustrated by the slow, conservative pace of traditional publishing, writers are abandoning their agent search in droves to stride out into the Brave New Publishing World. ... While the resulting books and products can bring a great deal of money and visibility, this vein of gold is generally available only to traditionally published authors because foreign rights sales necessitate either a publisher with a foreign rights department, or a foreign rights agent who has detailed and specialized ... The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com | ||
The Secret to Classic Children's Books By Miss Cellania Yes, they all wrote bestselling children's stories and they all have new books coming out soon, but the secret to their success is that their writing was once considered inappropriate for children! Once upon a more staid time, the purpose of ... Neatorama | ||
Scholastic Adds Children's eBooks from Sourcebooks' to its Reading ... By Nate Hoffelder Scholastic will be carrying the eBooks on its new digital reading app, which is due to launch this fall. Picture books, elementary series, middle grade chapter books and young adult novels will all be available for download onto the new app ... eBookNewser | ||
Connecting Readers And Authors: 16th Annual Baltimore Book ... By Kelly 23, at noon, the free festival kicks off at Monument and Charles Streets and runs until Sunday at 7 p.m. More than 100 nationally renowned, celebrity and local authors will be featured according to the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts ... Roland Martin, author of “The First: President Barack Obama's Road to the White House,” Travis Smiley, “Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure,” and Marcela Valladolid, “Mexican Made Easy,” will also be presenting their books. ... CBS Baltimore | ||
Publishing Technology PLC Picked to Design Academic Publishing ... By Angela Guess Semantic technology firm Publishing Technology has been chosen to design GSE Research's academic publishing platform. semanticweb.com | ||
On Authors, Lack of Stamina | Ilona Andrews By Ilona I think that will be one of the aspects of self-publishing that's often overlooked – the ability to try experimental things. .... Nr. 1 in Kindle-Shop > eBooks > Fremdsprachige eBooks > Englisch > Fantasy & Science Fiction > Science Fiction. Nr. 1 in ... Ilona Andrews | ||
The Authors Guild - Authors Guild, Australian Society of Authors ... Authors Guild, Australian Society of Authors, Quebec Writers Union Sue Five U.S. Universities. Suit seeks impoundment of unauthorized scans of 7 million books ... www.authorsguild.org/advocacy/articles/authors-3.html |
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