The Guardian
The British bought 12.7m ebooks in the first half of 2011, double the amount for the same period last year, according to the Publishers Association. By common consent, January will be a record month for digital books. But regulators, both in Europe and ...
The Guardian
5 great gift books for performing-arts fans
The Seattle Times
Seattle Times arts and theater critic Misha Berson suggests gift books for movie and performing arts fans, focusing on such fascinating figures as Jane Fonda, Pauline Kael and Rin Tin Tin. By Misha Berson The lavishly illustrated "Harry Potter Page to ...
Kids' books that stand out from others on the shelf
The Seattle Times
As a book reviewer, I receive as many as 2000 children's and teen books each year from publishers. Of those books, I can read carefully only a fraction — maybe a couple of hundred titles annually. But I skim many more, and, of course, I try to keep up ...
Sales jump for books written by Hitchens
BusinessWeek
Fans of Christopher Hitchens are doing more than mourning his death: They're buying his books. "Arguably," an essay collection released in September, and "God is Not Great," his 2007 best-seller, were both in the top 100 on Amazon.com as of Friday ...
Gingrich 2.0: The man of books and bombast emerges in 2012 as kinder, gentler ...
Washington Post (blog)
A young man finishing up his Ph.D. and looking for his first teaching job ditched the standard resume-and-cover-letter approach and instead wrote about his travels abroad, what it meant to grow up as the son of an Army colonel, the 100-plus books he'd ...
Prize-winning authors deliver fabulous books for preteens
NOLA.com
They are too old for picture books, yet many young adult chapter books include situations and subjects unsuitable for 9-to-12-year-olds. Happily, this holiday season there are two wonderfully appealing books for this age group. ...
NOLA.com
Good books make welcome gifts
The Patriot Ledger
Andrews McMeel Publishing's pocket posh line has an array of attractive mini books that make great stocking stuffers. Kid titles include mazes, sudoku, jumble, crosswords and hangman; For parents: travel tips and a wine guide. ...
How Apple iPad 2 raised cost of Kindle Fire and Nook e-books
newjerseynewsroom.com
According to gigaom.com, Market Partners International publishing insider Lorraine Shanley says that high prices for e-books could turn more readers to self-published novels from authors using the Kindle, because many are priced at $5 or lower.
Five seasonal books to warm cold winter nights
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
By Star-Ledger Entertainment Desk Max and Jenny are heavy-hearted. Business reversals, infertility issues and family discord bode ill for a merry Christmas. They'd nearly forgotten the application they'd made months ago to host a child from the local...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Galley Girl: Eric Weiner's 'Ikea God' and a Pack of Publishing Old-Timers
TIME
Friedman has gone the whole nine yards digitally; the company has been publishinge-books since 2009 and has published some 150 authors, new and backlist. The day prior, Financial Times had run an admiring story about Friedman and her forward-looking ...
TIME
Cookery Books: Recipes for those who know their onions – and their limits
The Independent
It's an oft-reported fact that while we feast our eyes on more and more television shows about cookery, and devour the books, we're doing far less actual cooking. So perhaps they should be renamed? Not so much cookbooks as lookbooks. ...
On the Money / Books worth reading
Pioneer Press
The theme running through many books released recently has been: How did the United States get so far off track, and how do we get it right? Individuals, too, are looking for a fresh start after losing money in the stock market and on homes. ...
New from North Coast authors
Times-Standard
He has three novels due out in 2012: “Scout's Oaf” (Cedar Grove Books), “Third Rate Romance” (Whispers Publishing) and “Culvert at Little Bitch Creek” (Whispers Publishing). He has completed nine screenplays, co-authored a TV reality show titled “Homes ...
Authors participate in library fundraiser
Opelousas Daily World
Five local authors gave presentations Dec. 10 at the Washington Public Library as part of a fundraiser for the library. Each author donated 20 percent of the proceeds from any books sold at the event. Authors included John Sitting Bear Mayeux, ...
Reading kids' Christmas books great way to spend cold night
Columbus Telegram
Now that “the weather outside is frightful and the fire is so delightful,” this time of year is perfect for snuggling up with the kids, sipping yummy hot coco, and reading great holiday books. And because the Columbus Public Library knows that you want ...
Sherlock Holmes movie isn't much like the books
Minot Daily News (blog)
Moriarty, a college mathematics professor who is secretly the "Napoleon of crime" in both the booksand the movies, reminded me a bit in the movie of a Nazi concentration camp commandant in one scene where he sings German opera as he tortures Holmes ...
The next chapter for ebooks
The Province
"I was very much looking for what is the next phase of book publishing," said Batchelor, who produced and codirected the app. Instead, he found himself in different territory. "It's more like, what's the next stage of storytelling? And where are books ...
Our Top 10 books for 2011
Inquirer.net
“Ambition Destiny Victory: Stories from a Presidential Election” by Chay F. Hofileña and Miriam Grace A. Go (Cacho Publishing House) If you want to know the many secret stories behind the poll-to-poll combat that was the 2010 presidential elections,...
Inquirer.net
On Books: Zombies take center stage
Palm Beach Post
By Scott Eyman | Arts and Culture, Books | December 18, 2011 In the monster pantheon, the momentum seems to have swung away from vampires and toward zombies, and not a moment too soon. The only problem with zombies is that they're not very interesting ...
Palm Beach Post
5 best movies based on John le Carré books
The Seattle Times
I've spent much of my reading life trying to figure it out: What is it about the work of John le Carré that draws me back to his books again and again? Le Carré (real name, David Cornwell), a former British spy turned best-selling novelist, ...
Our Authors: Fahl mixes passion for quilting, cats
Journal Times
I had wonderful success with the first two books from C&T, and I was sure a book about cat quilts would do even better. Jacquie came on board, and when she found a quilt that she liked, she'd add it to the storyline. Following another round of ...
East Lansing librarian: Books can be a great gift
Lansing State Journal
Too many books, too little time! It only gets worse during the holidays with the release of so many wonderful books. As a librarian, I'm compelled to give books as gifts, I just can't help myself. The dilemma is how to choose the perfect book; ...
History: Books for Boulder history buffs
Daily Camera
The History Press, a company formed in 2004 devoted to publishing local history experts, is headquartered in South Carolina, with a satellite office in Broomfield. They approached Dyni about compiling 14 years of columns she had written about Niwot for ...
Books explore managing innovation, managing up
Hartford Business
“Behind the Executive Door: Unexpected Lessons for Managing Your Boss and Career” by Karol Wasylysyn, (Springer, $24.95). By adapting your style to fit that of the boss, you get to play 'climb the ladder' in ways that capitalize on and showcase your ...
Great gift books for Kansans
Kansas.com
By Lisa McLendon Each year I do a best-books column at the end of December, but in looking through the books I read this year, I noticed a theme and thought I'd change the concept a little. The theme: Most of the books I would have put on a best-of ...
Picking the best books of the past year
Austin American-Statesman
As 2011 comes to a close, we look at the piles of books, we reflect on the past 11 months and a few weeks and try to select the best, and it is impossible. Mercifully, wonderfully impossible. Some people don't think so — there are a lot of "best books ...
Austin American-Statesman
Writing, publishing alive and well at HBHS
Telegraph Neighbors
Courtesy photo Hollis/Brookline High School senior Alyssa Mercedes Williams is shown at a poetry slam. A young woman, slight and rather timid looking, stands by a display of specialty tea. She leans toward her audience as they sit crowded around little ...
Checking in with former prison inmate Randy Kearse, who sells his motivational ...
New York Daily News
I was lost in my newspaper when a man selling books for $10 walked onto the subway and asked for everyone's attention. Who pays attention to subway hawkers and entertainers? But Kearse's pitch was different from anything I'd heard before. ...
New York Daily News
21st-century publishing builds on a healthy radical tradition
The Guardian
From the yoking together of these two ideas – online pledging in the music business, and old-fashioned subscription publishing – Unbound Books was born. The site, launched last May, acts as a forum for authors to pitch books directly to readers, who,...
The Guardian
Read 10 books, get N50, 000 – LG boss challenges students
Ikot Ekpene - Mr Tiebiet Joshua, Chairman, Obot Akara Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom, has offered a N50,000 reward for any student in the area who could read 10 books in one month. According to him, to earn the money, the student ...
Vanguard News
Self-Publishing And Ebook Predictions For 2012 | The Creative Penn
By joanna@TheCreativePenn.com (Joanna Penn)
It seems that every week brings a new development in the world of digital publishing and indieauthors have varied opinions on what's happening with ebooks, KDP Select and more. In this interview I discuss some of the latest events and also debate what 2012 holds ... It's basically a way for self-publishers to put their book into the Kindle Prime lending program where members can borrowbooks. Amazon has put $500000 in a pot and that is shared pro-rata depending on how many ...
The Creative Penn
Cool Mom Picks - 11 of our families' favorite holiday books - with a ...
We asked our editors and contributors to name their family's favorite holiday books and we're delighted to share all 11 of them with you.
Cool Mom Picks
The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement - The Rumpus.net
By Seth Fischer
Sunday the day to catch up with Rumpus Books. What Part Are You Now? — Martin Bartels reviews Jim Harrison's latest poetry collection, Songs of Unreason. Against An Ethical Machine — Matt McGregor reviews Sigizmund Krhizhanovsky's ...
The Rumpus.net
Marrying Libraries, Disposing of Books « Library Marginalia
By annewelsh
It feels like a much bigger step than the actual Moving In together, and certainly a greater commitment, to shuffle books along the shelves and make space for his books, and, ultimately, this morning, to take one box and seven bags containing ...
Library Marginalia
WORD for Teens: Debut December: Upcoming Books (4) & Brave ...
By Nicole
Debut December: Upcoming Books (4) & Brave New Worlds. Welcome to Brave New Worlds week! I know, you're confused. You thought this month was about the Apocalypsies! The super awesome debut authors and their shiny new books! ...
WORD for Teens
Surrounded by Authors! - It's All About Books
By Suey
Today we had an awesome event at the library.... a last minute author signing before Christmas for all those who really wanted to give away a signed book! The difference for me this time, instead of just stalking the authors, I actually got to work ...
It's All About Books
Mystery Fanfare: Christmas Mysteries, Authors I-N
By Janet Rudolph
News,Events,Books,Thoughts from Janet Rudolph ... Here's the Third installment of Crime for the Holidays: Christmas Crime Fiction Authors I-N. ... Be sure and go back on Mystery Fanfare for Christmas Crime Authors A-D and Authors E-H. ...
Mystery Fanfare
PowerHouse Books announces Here We Are by Panos Kokkinias
PowerHouse Books announces Here We Are by Panos Kokkinias. The monograph consists of four sections, each representing different bodies of work linked by a common theme: Kokkinias' personal, ongoing obsession with existential ...
Recent News on Artdaily.org
Between the Covers: TC Tidbits: Famous Authors' Harshest ...
By hungry reader
Welcome to The Tattered Cover Book Store Blog. This is a forum for our staff & select friends of the TC to write about and recommend books, update you on coming bookstore events, share favorite links, and spread our love of the written word ...
Between the Covers
The Book Depository--Free shipping worldwide on all our books Powell's Books Book Depository Google ebookstore Barnes&Noble Deal of the Day
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Washington Post (blog)
A young man finishing up his Ph.D. and looking for his first teaching job ditched the standard resume-and-cover-letter approach and instead wrote about his travels abroad, what it meant to grow up as the son of an Army colonel, the 100-plus books he'd ...
Prize-winning authors deliver fabulous books for preteens
NOLA.com
They are too old for picture books, yet many young adult chapter books include situations and subjects unsuitable for 9-to-12-year-olds. Happily, this holiday season there are two wonderfully appealing books for this age group. ...
NOLA.com
Good books make welcome gifts
The Patriot Ledger
Andrews McMeel Publishing's pocket posh line has an array of attractive mini books that make great stocking stuffers. Kid titles include mazes, sudoku, jumble, crosswords and hangman; For parents: travel tips and a wine guide. ...
How Apple iPad 2 raised cost of Kindle Fire and Nook e-books
newjerseynewsroom.com
According to gigaom.com, Market Partners International publishing insider Lorraine Shanley says that high prices for e-books could turn more readers to self-published novels from authors using the Kindle, because many are priced at $5 or lower.
Five seasonal books to warm cold winter nights
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
By Star-Ledger Entertainment Desk Max and Jenny are heavy-hearted. Business reversals, infertility issues and family discord bode ill for a merry Christmas. They'd nearly forgotten the application they'd made months ago to host a child from the local...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Galley Girl: Eric Weiner's 'Ikea God' and a Pack of Publishing Old-Timers
TIME
Friedman has gone the whole nine yards digitally; the company has been publishinge-books since 2009 and has published some 150 authors, new and backlist. The day prior, Financial Times had run an admiring story about Friedman and her forward-looking ...
TIME
Cookery Books: Recipes for those who know their onions – and their limits
The Independent
It's an oft-reported fact that while we feast our eyes on more and more television shows about cookery, and devour the books, we're doing far less actual cooking. So perhaps they should be renamed? Not so much cookbooks as lookbooks. ...
On the Money / Books worth reading
Pioneer Press
The theme running through many books released recently has been: How did the United States get so far off track, and how do we get it right? Individuals, too, are looking for a fresh start after losing money in the stock market and on homes. ...
New from North Coast authors
Times-Standard
He has three novels due out in 2012: “Scout's Oaf” (Cedar Grove Books), “Third Rate Romance” (Whispers Publishing) and “Culvert at Little Bitch Creek” (Whispers Publishing). He has completed nine screenplays, co-authored a TV reality show titled “Homes ...
Authors participate in library fundraiser
Opelousas Daily World
Five local authors gave presentations Dec. 10 at the Washington Public Library as part of a fundraiser for the library. Each author donated 20 percent of the proceeds from any books sold at the event. Authors included John Sitting Bear Mayeux, ...
Reading kids' Christmas books great way to spend cold night
Columbus Telegram
Now that “the weather outside is frightful and the fire is so delightful,” this time of year is perfect for snuggling up with the kids, sipping yummy hot coco, and reading great holiday books. And because the Columbus Public Library knows that you want ...
Sherlock Holmes movie isn't much like the books
Minot Daily News (blog)
Moriarty, a college mathematics professor who is secretly the "Napoleon of crime" in both the booksand the movies, reminded me a bit in the movie of a Nazi concentration camp commandant in one scene where he sings German opera as he tortures Holmes ...
The next chapter for ebooks
The Province
"I was very much looking for what is the next phase of book publishing," said Batchelor, who produced and codirected the app. Instead, he found himself in different territory. "It's more like, what's the next stage of storytelling? And where are books ...
Our Top 10 books for 2011
Inquirer.net
“Ambition Destiny Victory: Stories from a Presidential Election” by Chay F. Hofileña and Miriam Grace A. Go (Cacho Publishing House) If you want to know the many secret stories behind the poll-to-poll combat that was the 2010 presidential elections,...
Inquirer.net
On Books: Zombies take center stage
Palm Beach Post
By Scott Eyman | Arts and Culture, Books | December 18, 2011 In the monster pantheon, the momentum seems to have swung away from vampires and toward zombies, and not a moment too soon. The only problem with zombies is that they're not very interesting ...
Palm Beach Post
5 best movies based on John le Carré books
The Seattle Times
I've spent much of my reading life trying to figure it out: What is it about the work of John le Carré that draws me back to his books again and again? Le Carré (real name, David Cornwell), a former British spy turned best-selling novelist, ...
Our Authors: Fahl mixes passion for quilting, cats
Journal Times
I had wonderful success with the first two books from C&T, and I was sure a book about cat quilts would do even better. Jacquie came on board, and when she found a quilt that she liked, she'd add it to the storyline. Following another round of ...
East Lansing librarian: Books can be a great gift
Lansing State Journal
Too many books, too little time! It only gets worse during the holidays with the release of so many wonderful books. As a librarian, I'm compelled to give books as gifts, I just can't help myself. The dilemma is how to choose the perfect book; ...
History: Books for Boulder history buffs
Daily Camera
The History Press, a company formed in 2004 devoted to publishing local history experts, is headquartered in South Carolina, with a satellite office in Broomfield. They approached Dyni about compiling 14 years of columns she had written about Niwot for ...
Books explore managing innovation, managing up
Hartford Business
“Behind the Executive Door: Unexpected Lessons for Managing Your Boss and Career” by Karol Wasylysyn, (Springer, $24.95). By adapting your style to fit that of the boss, you get to play 'climb the ladder' in ways that capitalize on and showcase your ...
Great gift books for Kansans
Kansas.com
By Lisa McLendon Each year I do a best-books column at the end of December, but in looking through the books I read this year, I noticed a theme and thought I'd change the concept a little. The theme: Most of the books I would have put on a best-of ...
Picking the best books of the past year
Austin American-Statesman
As 2011 comes to a close, we look at the piles of books, we reflect on the past 11 months and a few weeks and try to select the best, and it is impossible. Mercifully, wonderfully impossible. Some people don't think so — there are a lot of "best books ...
Austin American-Statesman
Writing, publishing alive and well at HBHS
Telegraph Neighbors
Courtesy photo Hollis/Brookline High School senior Alyssa Mercedes Williams is shown at a poetry slam. A young woman, slight and rather timid looking, stands by a display of specialty tea. She leans toward her audience as they sit crowded around little ...
Checking in with former prison inmate Randy Kearse, who sells his motivational ...
New York Daily News
I was lost in my newspaper when a man selling books for $10 walked onto the subway and asked for everyone's attention. Who pays attention to subway hawkers and entertainers? But Kearse's pitch was different from anything I'd heard before. ...
New York Daily News
21st-century publishing builds on a healthy radical tradition
The Guardian
From the yoking together of these two ideas – online pledging in the music business, and old-fashioned subscription publishing – Unbound Books was born. The site, launched last May, acts as a forum for authors to pitch books directly to readers, who,...
The Guardian
Read 10 books, get N50, 000 – LG boss challenges students
Ikot Ekpene - Mr Tiebiet Joshua, Chairman, Obot Akara Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom, has offered a N50,000 reward for any student in the area who could read 10 books in one month. According to him, to earn the money, the student ...
Vanguard News
Self-Publishing And Ebook Predictions For 2012 | The Creative Penn
By joanna@TheCreativePenn.com (Joanna Penn)
It seems that every week brings a new development in the world of digital publishing and indieauthors have varied opinions on what's happening with ebooks, KDP Select and more. In this interview I discuss some of the latest events and also debate what 2012 holds ... It's basically a way for self-publishers to put their book into the Kindle Prime lending program where members can borrowbooks. Amazon has put $500000 in a pot and that is shared pro-rata depending on how many ...
The Creative Penn
Cool Mom Picks - 11 of our families' favorite holiday books - with a ...
We asked our editors and contributors to name their family's favorite holiday books and we're delighted to share all 11 of them with you.
Cool Mom Picks
The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement - The Rumpus.net
By Seth Fischer
Sunday the day to catch up with Rumpus Books. What Part Are You Now? — Martin Bartels reviews Jim Harrison's latest poetry collection, Songs of Unreason. Against An Ethical Machine — Matt McGregor reviews Sigizmund Krhizhanovsky's ...
The Rumpus.net
Marrying Libraries, Disposing of Books « Library Marginalia
By annewelsh
It feels like a much bigger step than the actual Moving In together, and certainly a greater commitment, to shuffle books along the shelves and make space for his books, and, ultimately, this morning, to take one box and seven bags containing ...
Library Marginalia
WORD for Teens: Debut December: Upcoming Books (4) & Brave ...
By Nicole
Debut December: Upcoming Books (4) & Brave New Worlds. Welcome to Brave New Worlds week! I know, you're confused. You thought this month was about the Apocalypsies! The super awesome debut authors and their shiny new books! ...
WORD for Teens
1st BOOKS: Stories of How Writers Get Started » Blog Archive » The ...
By me
The Twelve Books of Christmas. December 17th, 2011 by me. On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… 12 Painted Drums. 11 Piper Donovan Mysteries. 10 Lords-of-the-Flies-a-Leaping. 9 Dragons Dancing. 8 Maids (Bridal ...
1st BOOKS: Stories of How Writers...
By me
The Twelve Books of Christmas. December 17th, 2011 by me. On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… 12 Painted Drums. 11 Piper Donovan Mysteries. 10 Lords-of-the-Flies-a-Leaping. 9 Dragons Dancing. 8 Maids (Bridal ...
1st BOOKS: Stories of How Writers...
Surrounded by Authors! - It's All About Books
By Suey
Today we had an awesome event at the library.... a last minute author signing before Christmas for all those who really wanted to give away a signed book! The difference for me this time, instead of just stalking the authors, I actually got to work ...
It's All About Books
Mystery Fanfare: Christmas Mysteries, Authors I-N
By Janet Rudolph
News,Events,Books,Thoughts from Janet Rudolph ... Here's the Third installment of Crime for the Holidays: Christmas Crime Fiction Authors I-N. ... Be sure and go back on Mystery Fanfare for Christmas Crime Authors A-D and Authors E-H. ...
Mystery Fanfare
PowerHouse Books announces Here We Are by Panos Kokkinias
PowerHouse Books announces Here We Are by Panos Kokkinias. The monograph consists of four sections, each representing different bodies of work linked by a common theme: Kokkinias' personal, ongoing obsession with existential ...
Recent News on Artdaily.org
Between the Covers: TC Tidbits: Famous Authors' Harshest ...
By hungry reader
Welcome to The Tattered Cover Book Store Blog. This is a forum for our staff & select friends of the TC to write about and recommend books, update you on coming bookstore events, share favorite links, and spread our love of the written word ...
Between the Covers
The Book Depository--Free shipping worldwide on all our books Powell's Books Book Depository Google ebookstore Barnes&Noble Deal of the Day
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