| Hybrid Books: 'Illuminations' And The Future Of The E-Reader NPR (blog) It allows for self-published authors to rise along with those minted by major houses, and it frees customers to stock up on the genre fiction that they might have otherwise been embarrassed to bring up to the counter at an indie bookstore. ... | ||
| Amazon's @author Connects Readers to Authors on Twitter Mashable To find participating authors, search for the author's name in the Books category and click their linked name in the search results, or visit the Detail page for one of their books and click on their name next to the cover image. ... | ||
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| Words and music: should books have soundtracks? The Guardian (blog) Very interesting piece in The Atlantic about a company called Booktrack, which "creat[es] synchronized soundtracks for e-books that dramatically boost the reader's imagination and engagement". The company was founded by brothers Mark and Paul Cameron, ... | ||
| USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS ABC News "Dark Taste of Rapture" by Gena Showalter (Pocket Star Books) 36. "Blind Pursuit" by Michael Prescott (Self-published via Amazon Digital Services) 37. "Stealing Faces" by Michael Prescott (Self-published via Kindle Direct Publishing) 39. ... | ||
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| Quark Simplifies iPad Publishing with App Studio and QuarkXPress 9.1 MarketWatch (press release) Consumers are choosing the iPad to access all types of content, from newspapers, magazines, andbooks to financial reports, research papers, product guides, brochures, and more. With App Studio, designers, publishers, and organizations can reach those ... | ||
| ING DIRECT USA Kids Foundation Partners With Books for Kids to Foster Early ... MarketWatch (press release) 1, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A partnership between the ING DIRECT Kids Foundation andBooks for Kids, a national early childhood literacy non-profit, will enable children who may not have access to books or a public library to discover the ... | ||
| Lagardère Publishing Revenues Down 6%, eBook Sales Up mediabistro.com In the US, eBooks accounted for 20 percent of net sales in the trade segment. In the UK, eBooksaccounted for 8% of net sales in the trade segment. Both countries doubled their eBook net sales figures from last year. Lagardère Publishing revealed that ... | ||
| Janitor charged with stealing thousands of books from Lisle library Chicago Tribune By Brian Slodysko, Tribune reporter Security procedures at the Lisle Library will be evaluated after a Glen Ellyn man who worked as a late-night janitor was charged with carting off thousands of stolen library books and DVDs, officials said Wednesday. ... | ||
| Publishing goes high-tech BCLocalNews "Ninety-nine, point nine per cent of the books submitted don't get published, unless you are a known author or go through a literary agent." Yes, there was the so-called "vanity press" route where the author pays for the entire cost of publishing. ... | ||
| Dymocks to turn up the volumes Sydney Morning Herald DYMOCKS, the largest bookshop chain in Australia, is adding a publishing arm to its business. It plans to launch a web-based operation in October to entice local authors keen to see their books in print. D Publishing, will upload manuscripts to be ... | ||
| Be Smart: Save Money On Textbooks Forbes While you might find a deal, Allen is skeptical of ebooks, concerned that many expire and cost more than renting a hard copy. Also students who currently buy used books won't be able to do that digitally, and it can be much harder to share a book with ... | ||
| Cambria Estate Winery and First Book Team Up to Promote Literacy PR Newswire (press release) 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of September as National Literacy Month, Cambria Estate Winery is partnering with First Book, a nonprofit organization that provides new books to those in need. The Santa Barbara County winery is committed to raise at ... | ||
| Your guide to fall's coolest books USA Today And that includes books. What should you read this fall? We've done the heavy lifting for you, as we offer a guide to the season's most intriguing books and authors. Check out the season's notable books, from memoirs by top entertainers to fiction from ... | ||
| Longtime books editor Paul Pintarich dies; staffers share memories OregonLive.com (blog) By Therese Bottomly, The Oregonian Paul Pintarich, for years The Oregonian's books editor, died Wednesday of injuries from a fire. Rick Bella's obituary appeared in Thursday's paper. Online, former staffers share their memories of Pintarich. ... | ||
| Close encounters of the iPad kind Victoria Advocate COM "Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought." "A home without books is a body without soul." "Upon books the collective education of the race depends; ... | ||
| Gadgetbox - These e-books star your child By Suzanne Kantra Like most 3-year-olds, my son loves books and pictures of himself. So I knew that JibJab Jr. Gadgetbox | ||
| E-Books Get More Interactive With Amazon's New Author Q&A Feature By John Paul Titlow The company announced a new feature for its Kindle reading platform that lets readers ask authorsquestions about their books as they're reading. The new program, called @author, lets Kindle users highlight a passage and ... Amazon is "is charting a new course for the publishing industry" by "commodifying the charisma of the authors who sell material on its platforms," Nieman Lab's Megan Garber writes. Continues Garber: Already we're seeing new, largely tablet-driven publishing ... ReadWriteWeb | ||
| T.I. Inks Books Deal - Starpulse.com Embattled rapper T.I. has penned a fictional novel for teenagers. The "Live Your Life" hitmaker, real name Clifford Harris, Jr., walked free from an Arkansas correctional facility on Wednesday aft... Starpulse Entertainment News | ||
| Publishing company Pearson opens its API for developers - TNW ... By Paul Sawers The FT Press provides insights from books and original writings, in an electronic format, and the content is typically written by authors who are experts in their field. For example, The Truth About series sold more than 300000 copies, Jerry ... The Next Web | ||
| Hachette Results Fall On Meyer Comps, As eBooks Reach 20 ... By Michael Cader US ebook sales were 20 percent of revenues (and digital was 21 percent) and UK ebook sales comprised 8 percent of sales, with 5 percent of all Lagardere Publishing revenues (or 45 million euros) coming from ebooks. ... McSweeney's to Publish 4-Volumes of Work from 50 AuthorsCommissioned by Edinburgh International Book Festival 31 August 2011, 11:58 am ... Diesel BooksHas Lease On New Malibu Location, Aims for Mid-October Opening 31 August 2011, 11:35 am ... Publishers Lunch | ||
| How Publishers & Authors Can Use SoundCloud - GalleyCat By Dianna Dilworth The First Word On the Book Publishing Industry · Publishing · Deals · Bookselling · Writer Resources · GalleyCat Reviews · Jobs · Cambridge University Press is looking for a Editorial Assistant. next job Oxford Press University is looking for a Development Editor. next job SmithsonianBooks is looking for a Smithsonian Books Editorial Internship. next job Life Extension is looking for a Integrative Medicine: Text Book Editor in Chief. see all · Publicity, Web & Tech, Writer Resources ... GalleyCat | ||
| How to Publish an iBook « Self Publishing News For Self-Publishing ... By Outskirts Press Self Publishing News For Self-Publishing Authors · Home · Publish Your Book · Market Your Book · RSS ... You and the rest of the team members at Outskirts Press know all of the ins and outs involved in each step of the publishing process and that holds true for iBook publishing with Apple as well. You make it so easy to do business with you. All I have to do is make a decision as ... retail for $9.95 as an Apple e-book and still be in glorious full-color! It's great for black/white books, too. ... Self Publishing News For Self-Publish... | ||
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