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Serendipity Books, RIP
New York Times (blog)
Downloading ebooks was nothing like this. Serendipity was a refuge and an education. And sometimes a pain. Mr. Howard could be a difficult man. “He always had an instant answer he would throw in your face in the manner of some biblical prophet,” the ...
Huffington Post Starts Publishing E-Books
paidContent.org
Huffington also told Poynter that the publishing initiative is “as much about expanding the distribution platform for authors as it is about monetization,” but whether we see many more Huffington Post books may still ultimately depend on how well these ...
Product News: Adobe Digital Publishing Suite to Support iOS 5's Newsstand
The Mac Observer
Apple's iOS 5 will include a new magazine subscription manager called Newsstand, and Adobe plans to include support for the feature in its Digital Publishing Suite. Adobe's DPS is currently used by many publishers to handle digital magazine production ...
Sick Of Young Adult Lit? 3 Books For The Whiz Kid
NPR
7:00 pm ET If there's anything the writers I know share besides an unhealthy relationship to caffeine, it's a childhood spent immersed in books. All my young-adult favorites look more like accordions than novels, because they've been dropped into the ...
ESCONDIDO: City to sell off remaining books at closed library branch
North County Times
GARY WARTH | gwarth@nctimes.com Former patrons of the closed East Valley Branch Library in Escondido will have a last chance to pick a best-seller off the shelf this weekend when the city holds a sale to clear all books from the building. ...
From print to pixel: The future of Philippine publishing
GMANews.TV
"It's no longer an issue that some books are only available in certain countries. Or that the bookstore has sold out of copies. For authors, it means they don't have to compete with other titles for bookshelf space any longer," he said. Publishing in ...
Safari Books Online and DevelopIntelligence Expand Relationship
MarketWatch (press release)
Safari Books Online ( www.safaribooksonline.com ) is an on-demand digital library that delivers vetted content in both book and video form from the world's leading authors in technology and business. Technology professionals, software developers, ...
Scholastic and Ruckus Media Announce New Children's Transmedia Imprint
MarketWatch (press release)
The new Scholastic Ruckus imprint will publish top children's authors across all platforms, including print, e-books and enhanced e-books, with Ruckus Media publishing interactive story apps. With more than a dozen projects already in development, ...
Sony Introduces World's Lightest 6" eReader with Enhanced Touch Screen
PR Newswire (press release)
Pottermore, partnered with Sony, is a unique website which builds an exciting and immersive online experience around the Harry Potter books and is the exclusive retailer of the Harry Potter digitaleBooks. Reader Wi-Fi (model: PRS-T1) and Reader Wi-Fi ...
Robert Pattison & Kristen Stewart Name Their Favorite Books
BSCkids
MSN recently released a list of different celebrities and their favorite books. Of course, they provided our favorite vampires or at least the stars of Twilight favorites. Surprisingly Kristen Stewart has a John Steinbeck novel as her personal favorite ...
Experts Identify Chauvet's Creation Mural as Foundation for Holy Books!
EIN News (press release)
Possibly the first religious artifact (predating Noah's Ark and Ark of the Covenant), details still live throughout Traditional Lore and Holy Books…. www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/owpt14.htm *The Horse Cherub's front hoof (artfully ...
Radio Mirchi donates over 15000 books
Times of India
JAIPUR: FM channel Radio Mirchi has distributed over 15000 books collected from listeners under its campaign 'Book de ke dekho'. State women and child development minister Bina Kak distributed the books at Pink Square mall here on Tuesday. ...
Christopher Anspach Serves 10 Days In Iowa County Jail For Overdue Library Books
Huffington Post
Christopher Anspach is serving 10 days in jail for failing to return his overdue library books. "Crime and Punishment" just jumped to the top of Christopher Anspach's reading list. An Iowa court sentenced Anspach to 10 days in county jail for failing ...
Retired teacher continues to teach through books
Alexandria Echo Press
In addition to being an art teacher for 30 years and a successful artist, she is also a self-published writer and illustrator of three children's books. All three of Millie Garside's books were written and illustrated by her. ...
9/11 triggers cascade of books
TwoCircles.net
Besides new books, there is a glut of new editions of old books that now come appended with new prologues, their authors updating their account with new insights. Noam Chomsky, a radical intellectual-academic known for his critique of American foreign ...
Where(R) Launches First Airport Store
MarketWatch (press release)
In conjunction with Pacific Gateway Concessions, Where(R) opened Where Traveler Books + More on Sept. 1 in Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), one of the top 10 largest airports in the United States. "With our city-specific magazines, ...
E-books are not as good as you think
Korea Times
This is an extreme reaction, but Alexie is not the only person who is negative toward e-books. Both the National Writers Union and American Society of Journalists are in opposition to the notion of a digital library, which is the basic source of supply ...
Goodbye, Borders: requiem for a megastore
A.V. Club Chicago
I now make it a point to buy eBooks via the online storefronts that benefit one of our local retailers (here's to you, Women And Children First and The Book Cellar) rather than Amazon's Kindle store or iBooks whenever possible. ...
Books-A-Million closing Asheville store
Asheville Citizen-Times
ASHEVILLE - Books-A-Million is closing its local store after nearly 20 years at the Overlook Village shopping center on Tunnel Road. Signs posted on the door read “Store Closing, this location only” and “Everything must go.” Staff told customers the ...
ebrary Partners with James Bennett, Signs Australian Academic Press
MarketWatch (press release)
Libraries may now seamlessly integrate ebrary's e-books into their acquisition workflow by ordering titles directly through James Bennett Online (JBO). Additionally, ebrary has signed new publishing partner Australian Academic Press, a highly respected ...
Microsoft's Public Sector Chief Leaving For CEO Job In Publishing
CRN
By Rick Whiting, CRN The executive in charge of Microsoft's $8 billion public sector business is leaving to become president and CEO of education products and services company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Linda K. Zecher, who was named corporate vice ...
Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite to Support Newsstand for iOS 5 ...
By Eric Slivka
Adobe today announced that its Digital Publishing Suite will incorporate support for Apple's forthcoming Newsstand feature for iOS 5. Newsstand...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...
How Txtr Transformed into a Global Digital Distributor | Publishing ...
By Amanda DeMarco
Software and services, on the other hand, can be improved incrementally, so txtr shifted its focus to distributing e-books, with device-makers (former competitors) as its main customers. Basically, if you make an e-reading device, you probably ...
Publishing Perspectives
iClarified - Apple News - Adobe Digital Publishing Suite to Support ...
Adobe today announced that publishers will be able to use Adobe Digital Publishing Suite to create magazine and newspaper applications that appear in the Apple Newsstand.
iClarified - Apple News and Tutorials
Digital Publishing Suite to create iOS5 Newsstand applications ...
By Adobe Digital Publishing Suite Team
Delivering immersive experiences for books, magazines and newspapers.
Adobe Digital Publishing
Grow Books Compostable Children's Books and Toys Make ...
By Helen Morgan
Grow Books provide a eco friendly alternative to child stimulation by producing compostable booksand toys with a focus on teaching about current social issues.
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On Demand Books - The Rumpus.net
By Sam Riley
On Demand Books. Sam Riley bio ↓ · September 7th, 2011 · filed under books. Politics and Prose in D.C. is exemplifying the latest in indie bookstore innovation—they're introducing the printed-on-demand book. Apparently it takes six minutes ...
The Rumpus.net
Two New Books | Waq al-Waq | Big Think
By Gregory Johnsen
After a much need break from the internet, blogging, and twitter, I have returned to the US and Waq al-waq. I spent much of my break camping, fishing, and reading - all of which I highly recommend. Among the books I read over my break ...
Big Think

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