Publishers Make 'Good Progress' on Google Books Talks, Get More Time PC Magazine By Chloe Albanesius Publishing groups suing Google over its effort to digitize millions of books said this week that the two sides have made "good progress" in reaching a settlement. At a status hearing on the case, meanwhile, a judge gave them more ... | ||
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The Children's Authors Who Broke the Rules New York Times Yet these three authors — who each have a new book coming out this month in what can only be described as a Seussian coincidence (“But, see! We are as good as you. Look! Now we have newbooks, too!”) — challenged the conception of what a children's ... | ||
Man donates Vietnam War books to N. Idaho college Houston Chronicle That quest to learn everything he could about the war's history led to an obsession with collecting the finest, rare first-edition and out-of-print books on the war. Recently, Rudy decided to give the best of his collection to the Lewis-Clark State ... | ||
No Authors Have Been Harmed in the Making of This Library EFF We've been puzzling over the Author's Guild's decision to sue several university libraries for participating in the digitization and storage of millions of works (largely in connection with the GoogleBooks project) and making scans of some of those ... | ||
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Borders Books in Fort Worth is finally closed Pegasus News I was a little stunned to see this sign in the window of the Borders Books in Fort Worth last night. I thought I had one more day to pick through the liquidators salvage, but alas it wasn't to be. I honestly was a bit saddened to realize one of Fort ... | ||
On the Books Sept. 16: Harlan Ellison sues to stop 'In Time' starring Justin ... Entertainment Weekly (blog) ++ Digital self-publishing phenoms have been making headlines lately, but hotel concierge Amber C. Johnson is a different kind of scrappy author. Her book, New York, Phew York, is a scratch-and-sniff guide to New York featuring 20 smells, ... | ||
Three Books For The Truly Fearless Frequent Flier NPR Here are three books I actually read while five miles off the ground that featured the worst that can happen in the sky. Even though they forced me to face my fears, I loved every moment I spent with them. by William Langewiesche Journalist William ... | ||
Banned Books Read Out Launched Online Publishers Weekly ALA publishes a Top Ten Banned Books list annually. The authors of challenged books are also participating in the read-out. Videos of frequently censored authors Judy Blume and Lauren Myracle have recently been posted. Other highly acclaimed and/or ... | ||
Kids do read books in Everett! HeraldNet (blog) by Emily, Everett Public Library staff Out in the adult world, when people learn that I work with children and teens in a public library, they often ask: Do kids still read books? They do in Everett! During our annual two-month long summer reading ... | ||
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Every Sale of New philosophy Product to Provide New Books for Kids in Need MarketWatch (press release) 100% of philosophy's net proceeds from the sale of this new gel goes directly to First Book, a nonprofit organization that provides new books to children from low-income families. "Our friends at philosophy are stepping up to make a real difference in ... | ||
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Starting them off young Cabinet.com By AMY SOLOMON The Friends of the Merrimack Library believe literacy is so important that the group encourages new parents to read books to their babies. This encouragement comes in the form a gift bag from the Merrimack Public Library, courtesy of the ... | ||
Last week in September celebrates banned books Our Colorado News No matter how racy a story may be, Banned Books Week celebrates an individual's right to read it. The list of banned or challenged books in the United States is lengthy, and some of the included titles can be surprising. Date of publication doesn't ... | ||
D & M publisher's story is a real page-turner Vancouver Sun The publishing house was launched in 1971, and today the company has three imprints: Douglas & McIntyre, Greystone Books and New Society Publishers. Between them, they produce well over 100books a year — in both print and e-formats — ranging in ... | ||
Pulled up for publishing unlicenced paper Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper Under the “requirement of a licence to publish books and newspapers,” in the Act, section 96 states that no person shall print or publish, or assist in the printing or publishing of, any newspaper in Bhutan, except in accordance with a valid licence, ... | ||
Books: Star-spangled 'events' usher in the fall Buffalo News But neither of those is going to be what makes the world of books so authentically exciting this fall. Whether one's favored chosen publishing conveyance is digital or Gutenberg's magical self-propelled paper machine between covers, we are going to see ... | ||
Political books: Party colours The Guardian Politics has its traditions, one of them being that – despite the digital revolution – politicians still like to make speeches and write books to set out their case. Next week, at the Liberal Democrat conference in Birmingham, the speeches begin, ... | ||
Books in Spanish donated to Lawrence Public Librar Eagle Tribune She said it is hard to order books in Spanish because it had to be done through publishing companies in Spain or Mexico. The books would either be on back order, took too long to get or never arrived. Tejada said he has been collecting the books since ... | ||
Community's needy children to get 150000 books — free Stockton Record But for children from low socioeconomic backgrounds, access to books often is extremely limited. Providing a free book to a needy child can make a big difference in his or her life. Giving 150000books to needy children? That might be a game-changer. ... | ||
We Give Books to Help At-Risk Students Support Jumpstart's Read for the Record DigitalJournal.com (press release) Millions of children in low-income neighborhoods don't have books in their homes, missing out on the chance to develop crucial early literacy skills that affect their success in the classroom and in life. We Give Books, a digital reading initiative ... | ||
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Brumback Library now offers downloadable audiobooks, ebooks, music and video Times Bulletin The Brumback Library has expanded its services to include eBooks, audiobooks, digital music and digital video. The Library's new digital media content is available to download at any time from the Library's website via the Ohio eBook Project. ... | ||
Italy's 40K Books: No Paper, No Attention ... - Publishing Perspectives By Rachel Aydt MILAN: E-book publishing house 40K Books (the “K” stands for Key, not the abbreviation for thousand) is a company based in Milan that has planted itself firmly into the global digital marketplace. They've shaped their business around two constants: no paper, and no attention ... Our essays are, by definition, original works, because we ask our authors for hot, entertaining storytelling with a strong focus. Novelettes and novellas sometimes are previously published in print, mostly in ... Publishing Perspectives | ||
Is It Time to Rethink E-Books? By Jacob Gube It seems that even though e-readers are everywhere, the publishing industry, editors, and writers seem to have forgotten that they're working with an entirely new, quite powerful medium. ....Cinematic E-Books. The move toward a more cinematic electronic book is also being explored. The Atavist, a new long-form article platform, recently made a great trailer for one of its authors' pieces. Following that trend, there's even an app that attaches sound effects and soundtracks to whatever ... Six Revisions | ||
Publishing Information Right Here! | Rachelle Gardner By Rachelle Gardner Publishing Information Right Here! home title Posted on ... Want to check out Mary DeMuth's e-books on writing book proposals? You can find ... My passion is partnering with authors to bring worthwhile books to publication. I started this blog ... Rachelle Gardner | ||
Pubslush Is Like Kickstarter For Books - GalleyCat By Dianna Dilworth Pubslush Is Like Kickstarter For Books. ... The First Word On the Book Publishing Industry ·Publishing · Deals · Bookselling · Writer ... Authors can participate by submitting ten pages and a summary of their book on the site. It's a good idea to ... GalleyCat | ||
Starbucks, Apple expanding giveaways to books, TV shows ... By Todd Bishop The partnership has now expanded to books, with this week's giveaway of an extended book sample from Erin Morgenstern's “The Night Circus,” and AllThingsD says TV shows could soon be added to the mix, as well. Previously: How I just ... GeekWire | ||
Books Set Free - The Rumpus.net By Lisa Dusenbery The Guardian will unleash 15000 books on the Brits in a Book Swap to kick off their six-week autumn books season. Readers and writers can also give away their favorites with an embedded message for the finder. If you are in the UK, keep ... The Rumpus.net | ||
From the Authors Guild Blog: University of Michigan Suspends ... By Gary D. Price In the past few days, the Authors Guild, its members, and those commenting on this blog have identified or found leads, many quite strong, to the owners of the literary property rights to 50 of thebooks that Michigan planned to start releasing for ... INFOdocket | ||
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Statistics - Most Cited Authors in Computer Science Most Cited Computer Science Authors generated from documents in the CiteSeer x database as of September 14, 2010. An entry may correspond to multiple ... citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/stats/authors?all=true |
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