Authors dubious that economic growth leads to happiness The Seattle Times authors John de Graaf and David Batker argue that Americans should abandon their preoccupation with economic growth as an end in itself — instead, how well does the economy promote happiness? The authors discuss their book Tuesday at Town Hall Seattle ... | ||
Christmas books, with a difference Montreal Gazette Two are mysteries by a Canadian authors, and the other is a compilation of things that will make you smile with recognition. A Killer's Christmas in Wales (Minotaur Books, 274 pages, $28.99) is Canadian author Elizabeth J. Duncan's third in a series of ... | ||
Apple, Publishing Houses Face Antitrust Probe NPR NEARY: Well, of course, Sarah, as all things in publishing these days, in order to talk about this story, we have to talk about Amazon. And this story certainly goes back to the way Amazon pricedeBooks when it first introduced the Kindle, ... | ||
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Give books to gardening novices San Antonio Express Both Welch and Grant are accomplished authors and horticulturists; Grant is a former Bexar County extension agent for horticulture. Capitalizing on their access to gardens and their knowledge of plant material across the South, the authors offer advice ... | ||
Book Report: Books make great gifts, put these on your list Farmington Independent We'll start with some books from the region, then move on to books published in New York City, (some of them from authors in our region): Gift giving time has once again rolled around and today we'll talk about some notable books I've read and reviewed ... | ||
Gift books combine education and beauty Vancouver Sun There is something for everyone on this list of coffee-table books. From The Beatles to Vancouver's history to unique mosaic art to stunning nature photography, it's all here. These books range in price from $35 to $65, and they're all big, ... | ||
Whither Paper Books? Daily Star Online Many systems for making books have come and gone. First there were the prehistoric tablets of clay, found in Sumerian civilisation. Then came papyrus scrolls, tree barks, the codex, and various Chinese books. These all suffered from one major drawback: ... | ||
Amazon introduces $6 million Select program for exclusive Kindle authors tuaw.com KDP Select provides a strong incentive to pull books from Apple's store, particularly books from independent authors. In some ways, it's like iAds for ebooks, providing a revenue stream for material that is otherwise free to access. ... | ||
Digital Publishing Executives Share Discoverability Advice for Writers mediabistro.com By Jason Boog on December 9, 2011 12:29 PM At the Publishing App Expo yesterday, two digital publishing executives shared advice for helping readers find your digital books in a sea of digital content. Disney Publishing Worldwide digital media VP Lyle ... | ||
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Amazon sets up $6M fund to get more books for Prime users TechFlash Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) authors or publishers will be eligible to receive royalty payments from the fund if they agree to make their books available exclusively at the Kindle Store for 90 days. Royalties from the KDP Select fund are on ... | ||
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'Pacific Standard Time' books make colorful gifts OCRegister Fine art books make great gifts because when your cherished reader gets bogged down with the written word, the pictures can liven up things and save the day. Looking for a gift to give to an art lover? Consider one of the many "Pacific Standard Time" ... | ||
Lee Duran: Books can make dangerous, terrible gifts Joplin Globe “I love to read so of course I like to give books as holiday gifts. But I don't know what my brother-in-law or cousin or niece has read. Advice? “ My advice to this question, which appeared in the Wall Street Journal: Give aftershave or fuzzy scarves. ... | ||
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Noteworthy books for music fans Montreal Gazette Finding connections like that – ranging across styles and cultures and eras with only enthusiasm as your guide – is part of the reward of being a music lover, and this year's crop of Christmas-ready music books offers as many entry points as anyone ... | ||
2011's top 10 books: A year's worth of great reads Vancouver Sun By TRACY SHERLOCK, Vancouver Sun December 9, 2011 11:04 AM It's not an easy task to choose a mere 10 of the hundreds of worthy books that have made waves this year. What follows is a completely subjective list of 2010's top books, presented in no ... | ||
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BOOKS: PD James writes Jane Austen sequel Macomb Daily By Hephzibah Anderson By PD James LONDON — Jane Austen famously refused to acknowledge the Napoleonic Wars in her books. The detective novelist PD James rectifies that in the first chapter of "Death Comes to Pemberley," her follow-up to "Pride and ... | ||
Science and math books explain how the world works Montreal Gazette The authors, Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham, write that they “have been mixing entertainment with mathematics for most of out lives.” A mastery of card-shuffling tricks and trampoline aerobatics led each to study mathematics and to understand how it ... | ||
Books We Buy and Books We Read, A Little Something About Bestsellers St. Augustine Record (blog) "Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all." One of the underlying assumptions of selling books, and particularly in selling antiquarian books, is that books have value, something worth keeping. ... | ||
2011's books on Traditional Irish Music Irish Central I am not sure what made 2011 such a prolific and significant year for books being published on Irish traditional music, but there have been several more that I thought were worthy of recommending to those with a serious bent on the music. ... | ||
Transmedia: Opportunity for Authors and Publishers | Publishing ... By Guest Contributor I have been reading all sorts of articles, blogs, studies and books in relation to this concept for several months. Although there are today more questions than answers on how transmedia will impact the book publishing sector, the objective of ... Publishing Perspectives | ||
Shakespeare's Plays As Kids' Books By The Huffington Post News Editors If you want to teach Shakespeare to kids, you can be a lot more creative than just taking out the violence and the iambic pentameter. These covers reimagine Shakespeare's plays as popular children's books. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com | ||
Web Publishing's Next Level By Jon Mitchell We're not out of the woods yet, but Web publishing is starting to hit its stride. Product offerings are getting smarter, prices are getting better and, most importantly, the content is getting more interesting. We might not even be half way to the ... ReadWriteWeb | ||
Books I Did Not Read This Year: an Ebook — Crooked Timber By Kieran Healy So over lunch today I took advantage of John MacFarlane's amazingly useful Pandoc, which can make EUPB format ebooks out of markdown files, selected thirteen posts from the Archives and made a little anthology called Books I Did Not ... Crooked Timber | ||
Cryptomundo » The Top Cryptozoology Books for 2005 to 2011 By Loren Coleman Cryptomundo » The Top Cryptozoology Books for 2005 to 2011. Cryptomundo | ||
'Tis the season: Coffee table books for the holidays | Palm Beach ... By Scott Eyman Despite the rapidly changing publishing landscape, each year the industry offers a profusion of booksthat do credit to their technical standards as well as their showmanship. Here's the 10 best of the breed for 2011. Look, I Made A Hat, ... Palm Beach Entertainment: Events,... | ||
This Week In Photography Books By A Photo Editor As you might imagine, I take a big stack of books from photo-eye each time I visit, and make my selections later on, at home. Sifting, I noticed the link. Two books, sharing half a name. “Half Life,” By Michael Ackerman, and “The Half-Life of ... A Photo Editor | ||
National Bestselling Author Zane Talks Books, Business and TV ... By rcampbell What was the process of self-publishing those early books like and how does the process differ from publishing a book through a mainstream publisher? Zane: When you self-publish, you wear all hats and perform all duties. Authors at a ... Madame Noire | Black Women's... | ||
Newt Gingrich Sells Books And Films While Campaigning For ... By The Huffington Post News Editors ... as a presidential hopeful and as a for-profit author. As he seeks the GOP nomination, the former House speaker has combined the traditional political campaigning with the frequent sales job for hisbooks and films that have earned him millions. ... Keep in mind that the articles here are penned by young authors, so please keep criticism respectful, and help us to keep this a safe and supportive place for writers of all ages to contribute. Post Comment Preview Comment. To reply to a ... The Huffington Post | Full News Feed | ||
Tea & Books … | Fleur Fisher in her world By FleurFisher I nearly passed by the Tea & Books Reading Challenge. Because I am not a lover of the traditional English cup of tea. Horrible stuff. But when the weather turns cold I do turn to fruit teas. Those I understand. And I do like books. I used to read a ... Fleur Fisher in her world | ||
Retrosi – recommended coaching books — Gymnastics Coaching.com By coach Rick Retrosi – recommended coaching books. December 9th, 2011 | books & manuals. Championship Gymnastics. Gerald George. Modern Women's Gymnastics. Bill Sands. Gymnastics- How to Create Champions. Leonid Arkaiv, Nikolai Schilin. ... Gymnastics Coaching.com | ||
Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: New e-books by Michael O ... By Carl Olson Here are a number of new e-books now available from Ignatius Press: By Michael O'Brien: • Eclipse of the Sun • Plague Journal • Strangers and Sojourners By Fr. Hans Urs von Balthasar: • Does Jesus Know Us? Do We Know Him? • Explorations in Theology, Vol. 1—Word Made Flesh... ... Opinions expressed on the Insight Scoop weblog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the positions of Ignatius Press. Links on this weblog to articles do not necessarily imply ... Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog | ||
Best Science Books 2011: New Statesman, National Book Award ... Another bunch of lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets... Confessions of a Science Librarian | ||
5 Powerful Eco-Friendly Children's Books | Care2 Healthy Living By Dominique Browning Our children will inherit this planet, so providing them with age-appropriate information about pollution gives our children a powerful edge for the future. Care2 Healthy Living | ||
Best books of 2011: Bossypants, The Pale King, A Dance With ... 1861: The Civil War Awakening, by Adam Goodheart The most brilliant passage I read this year was about beards. Specifically, about the beards that American ... www.slate.com/.../best_books_of_2011_bossypants_the_pale_... | ||
Transfer Google eBooks to Nook™ - Books Help These instructions are for transferring the files of Google eBooks you have purchased. For details on working with free ebooks please see these articles. Before ... support.google.com/books/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer... |
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