Novelist ditches publisher at book launch for 'condescending' treatment

Novelist ditches publisher at book launch for 'condescending' treatment The Guardian Polly Courtney drops HarperCollins in frustration at having her books presented as chick lit. . . . Three years of pent-up frustration' … "I'm not averse to the term chick lit," said Courtney, "but I don't think that's what my book is. The implication with chick lit is that it's about a girl wanting to meet the man of her dreams. [My books] are about social issues. . . .

Scottdale Public Library plans Authors Porch Connellsville Daily Courier From 6 to 9 pm on Friday, 1 to 9 pm on Saturday and 1 to 5 pm on Sunday, local authors will be taking turns sitting on the porch outside of the library to talk with anyone interested about their books, the writing process and the publishing process. ...

Goodreads launches Netflix-like book recommendation system USA Today Goodreads, with six million members and about 190 million books stored on its virtual shelves (the average member has 140 books on his or her shelf), uses 20 million data points to make suggestions to its users through the new feature. ...

Books make the ideal gift Independent Online Here are some of the latest books to turn it into a more innovative exercise: by Monica de Beer This is quite an unusual addition to the more obvious selection of craft books. It is about inspiring artists and crafters to show them how to make use of ...

Books in South Asia The Economist But a new annual festival in Srinagar, capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, has just been postponed indefinitely after threats of violence and a perverse campaign by some authors who argued that it was wrong to talk about books in a place where ...

Greek school books contain a harsh economic lesson The Guardian Blogs (blog) Children's faces were full of smiles but their schoolbags were empty, since the state didn't manage to distribute the school books. Instead, the government resorted to ludicrous measures, like producing millions of photocopies or distributing DVDs. ...

Around Reading Tablet Magazine And while the number of books I dealt with in the column doesn't qualify me as a budding Harold Bloom—who boasted, absurdly, that he was capable of reading up to 400 pages an hour—it does show that the publishing industry isn't a corpse but a firehose ...

Keeping hard copies in the age of books The Duquensne Duke 6, after four decades of making thousands of eBooks available to the public for free. At the time of his death, more than 36000 books were hosted on the site for anyone to download to their PC or mobile device. The birth of eBooks began on July 4, ...

Douglas Library to offer e-books Norwich Bulletin By KALA KACHMAR Douglas Library in Hebron is using leftover grant funds to purchase a two-year subscription to OverDrive, which will allow Hebron residents to download electronic books for free. Library Director Mary Ellen Beck said the service will be ...

KidLit: Putumayo Kids Releases Activity Books Technorati Putumayo now offers a collection of “World Culture Products,” activity books that introduce children to the cultures of other countries. These are Putumayo Kids' first new products other than CDs. The first six books have been released: Africa, Europe,...

Montclair author writes newest 'American Girl' books NorthJersey.com A series of six books has been published; the Marie-Grace books are by Sarah Master Buckley. The two authors will be reading from and signing copies of their books on Saturday night at St. Paul Baptist Church. (See infobox.) At the start of the project ...

In Support of September 19th Talk Like a Pirate Day Penelope the Purple Pirate ... MarketWatch (press release) Polka Dots Publishing and PicPocket Books will be offering Top 25 iTunes Book App Penelope the Purple Pirate at a discount in honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day from September 16th to September 20th. IRVINE, Calif., Sep 15, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Talk ...

Reading Rainbow to be Reinvented for iPad Geekosystem by Eric Limer | 12:59 pm, September 15th, 2011 As all you children of yore are bound to remember, Reading Rainbow was, by far, the best television series about books, hosted by a guy who was also on Star Trek: The Next Generation to ever be on public ...

India: The Booming Publishing Industry · Global Voices By Rezwan India: The Booming Publishing Industry. Posted 15 September 2011 11:30 GMT. Written byRezwan. Countries, India. Topics, Literature. Languages, English · India · Vaibhav Kathuria at 'Youth Ki Awaaz' says that “India has just witnessed a publishing boom”. ... Start the conversation. Authors, please log in ». Name (required). Email (will not be published) (required). Website. Subscribe to comments on this post via email ... Global Voices

Google Copyright Talks Continue With Publishers, Authors - Chad ... By Chad Bray In March, Denny Chin, now a U.S. Circuit Judge in Manhattan, rejected a revised $125 million deal to resolve separate lawsuits over scanning books for online distribution by Google via its Google Bookssite. In his decision, the judge found ... AllThingsD

Papercut turns ebooks into multimedia experiences By Martin Bryant While most tablet-based reading apps are designed to replicate traditional paper-based books on a screen, Papercut, new from Sweden and UK-based UsTwo, aims to enhance the experience with audio, video, images and animations that complement the text and help tell stories in new ways. Jonas Lennermo, Head of Publishing at UsTwo, says that Papercut is best thought of as a publishing platform, storefront and new genre in experimental storytelling. “We started with a simple ... The Next Web

Thursday Threads: Authors Guild Sues Hathi Trust, Libraries Learn ... By Peter Murray Thursday Threads: Authors Guild Sues Hathi Trust, Libraries Learn from Blockbuster, Publisher's View of Self-Publishing. Posted on ... “Maybe it doesn't seem like it to some, but writing books is an author's real-life work and livelihood. ... Disruptive Library Technology Jester

Bonnier Launches Hot Key Books, Hopes ... - Publishing Perspectives By Edward Nawotka Hot Key Books, which will be based in central London, is an addition to the Bonnier Publishingdivision, and will focus on children's fiction books for ages 9+. It plans to publish between 30-50 titles a year, starting from autumn ... Sarah was formerly Bloomsbury's group editor-in-chief of children's fiction, where she oversaw publication of the entire Harry Potter series and has published three Carnegie Medal winning authors. She will be recruiting a new team to work with her at Hot Key ... Publishing Perspectives

Library's e-books grow in popularity — Arlington Heights news ... By Michelle Stoffel “We're in sort of a whole new world for book publishing,” said Ming Heraty, manager of computer and advisory services at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library. E-books work similar to regular books at the library, except they can be checked out and ... But some materials are only available online, including self-published books and the early work of some noted authors, which is available for download. “Those are going to just continue growing,” Heraty said of e-books. “How people ... TribLocal - Arlington Heights

Instapundit » Blog Archive » IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BOOKS: Walt ... By Glenn Reynolds IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BOOKS: Walt Harrington: Dubya And Me. “As he talked, I even thought about an old Saturday Night Live skit in which an amiable, bumbling President Ronald Reagan, played by Phil Hartman, goes behind closed doors to ... Instapundit

Errol Morris, Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis: 5 Books I'd Read - Arts ... By Justin Moyer Five Books I'd Read. Posted by Justin Moyer on Sep. 15, 2011 at 2:40 pm. in which the author discusses five books he'd read, if time permitted. 1. Believing Is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography, by Errol Morris. Errol Morris ... Arts Desk

Google Books Settlement Pretrial Schedule Set - GalleyCat By Jason Boog Google Books Settlement Pretrial Schedule Set. ... The First Word On the Book Publishing Industry · Publishing · Deals · Bookselling · Writer Resources · GalleyCat Reviews · Jobs · Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is looking for a Managing ... GalleyCat Judge extends time for Google digital books talks Baltimore Sun The Authors Guild said the University of Michigan will soon allow downloads of "orphan books" --books whose authors cannot be found. Paul Courant, the dean of libraries at the University of Michigan, said the school does have scanned books but is not ... Anschutz to buy Oklahoma Publishing, Broadmoor Denver Post (Andy Cross, The Denver Post) The Anschutz Corp of Denver will purchase the assets of The Oklahoma Publishing Co., which include The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. The publishing company, owned for 108 years by the Gaylord and Dickinson families, ... Little picture books: nostalgia in palms Xinhua Another attributing factor is the way the books are published. According to Jiang, different publishing houses were required to stick to specific series and topics during the golden age of China's xiaorenshu. "Only the Shanghai People's Fine Arts ... Page Turners: Charge up your video cameras for Banned Books Week Danbury News Times The Hickory Stick Bookshop in Washington Depot will kick off the occasion Friday at 7 pm, when authors, artists, teachers and others will gather at the shop to read passages from banned or challenged books. The event is free, and will include ... Guardian launches national Book Swap with 15000-volume giveaway The Guardian From fiction to design, and children's books to science, the Guardian has gathered thousands of books from publishers and authors and is distributing them around the country for free. Books will be left in public places where readers are liable to ... Islam prejudice rampant in Europe's school books: study AFP BERLIN — European school books present a distorted image of Islam and Muslims, using stereotypes that breed mistrust of the faith and its people, a five-country study published Thursday showed. This slanted view reflects "cultural racism," concluded ... Iowa man lands in jail for overdue library books Chicago Tribune AP A Newton man who didn't return books to the public library for months has landed in jail. Police say Christopher Anspach was charged with third-degree theft after failing to return items worth $770. He checked out 11 books and six CDs, ... No fairy tale ending for Borders books Detroit Free Press The sales started in July with scant discounts such as 10% off on most books. But now, in the final days, what's left is just $1. The Pittsfield Township store's offerings included romance paperbacks, religion and anime titles, and a handful of Team ... On the Books Sept 15: 50 Cent vs. Chinua Achebe, new book about the Madoff ... Entertainment Weekly ++ The “amplified edition” of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is coming to the iPad. All you tech-savvy Objectivists will get all kinds of extras. ++ On its final day, the Borders store in the Time Warner Center became an island of misfit books. ... Is IKEA pushing printed books towards the brink of extinction? Mother Nature Network (blog) So please, no more talk about reading books and how they are on their way out.Ebooks, sure. That's OK. But a big beautiful book filled with eye popping pics? Now who could ever resist that! So there you have it. Borders may have gone the way of the... Newly Discounted Manual Shows Writers How to Sell Ebooks to Impulse Buyers SBWire (press release) “Ebooks are easy to write, but if you don't understand what the audience wants and how to get it out to them, you're doomed to fail.” The advice Valentine offers in “Creating E-books that are Impulse Buyer Magnets” is based on her own ebook publishing ... Google ebookstore      Powell's Books

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