Tumultuous Year in Books; the Future of Books

A Tumultuous Year in Books
The Atlantic
Whether you choose to read these or the scores of other quality books vying for our attention on a digital device or on the printed page, this has been an unusually exciting year for books and publishing, with the prospect of continued upheaval in ...

The Atlantic

Invitation to a Dialogue: The Future of Books
New York Times
To the Editor: During the holiday book-buying blitz, my spirits were lifted by the data presented in “E-Books, Shmee-Books: Readers Return to the Stores” (Arts pages, Dec. 13). As both an avid “Amazonian” and a patron of independent bookstores, ...

Straddling the divide: Michael Chabon has mixed feelings about granting e-book ...
Washington Post
A spokeswoman for HarperCollins, Tina Andreadis, said that the publisher does not “comment on our contracts with our authors.” Jane von Mehren, senior vice president and publisher of trade paperbacks at the Random House Publishing Group, ...

Holiday books: Mindy Kaling and Bill Clinton pick favorites
msnbc.com
and this morning the best books for your holiday list. we're pleased to have two avid readers and best-selling authors and they include former president bill clinton . he's the author of "back to work, why we need smart government for a strong economy" ...

2011's Naughty & Nice in Canadian books
Vancouver Sun
The publishing house is now the largest independent publisher in Canada, with 50 employees, three offices across the country and three imprints: Douglas & McIntyre, Greystone Books and New Society Publishers. They produce more than 100 books a year, ...

Best Christmas books to read to your child
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Reading Christmas books to my children is a great holiday tradition. It enhances their beautiful memories of Christmas, as they are snuggled up close and warm, feeling secure and loved. Reading Christmas books add to that certain magic only a child's ...

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Health books that get your blood pumping
MarketWatch
A handful of books published this year seek to challenge or explain how our standards of medical care in the US have emerged. One provides a snapshot of what it's like to provide care for young people who don't have a refrigerator to maintain their ...

Are eBooks Too Cheap?: Indie Authors Question 99 Cent Price
Huffington Post
By Melissa Foster for IndieReader There's a lot of controversy circulating throughout the publishingindustry about the pricing of ebooks, and it's a significant topic that warrants discussion. Independent authors are rallying around the controversial ...

Are electronic children's books as good as 'old-school' books?
Washington Post (blog)
“This is our first attempt to get organized around a children's books strategy,” Jeff Belle, the vice president for Amazon Publishing, said in an interview with the New York Times earlier this month. He was announcing Amazon's acquisition of Marshall ...

Local books: reviving democracy and Western cross-dressing
The Seattle Times
The Seattle-based authors of 2007's "The True Patriot" return with a prescription for reviving American politics, government and democracy, using the garden as a metaphor. Liu is an author and educator; Hanauer is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist ...

Books aimed at history buffs
The Newark Advocate
The Granville Historical Society just started publishing a series of "pocket histories" -- small booksthat can literally fit in someone's pocket -- or Christmas stocking. The first book now available -- titled "The Founding of Granville, ...

SciFi Books For People Who Hate SciFi - A Holiday Guide
Forbes
It's getting ever closer to Christmas, and for the procrastinators among us, it's time to panic because we haven't gotten anyone anything. Fortunately, the rise of e-reading has made it easy. With one quick click online, we can send a book to our mom's ...

Forbes

Volunteers race to save rare Egypt books
News24
The volunteers, ranging from academic experts to appalled citizens, have spent the past two days trying to salvage what's left of some 192 000 books, journals and writings, casualties of Egypt's latest bout of violence. Institute d'Egypte, a research ...

Books on healthier living make perfect gifts
Kansas.com
A food diary and nutrition guide in one, including 10 health goals that the authors say will help you change the way you think about food. Includes calorie guide for restaurant foods. 2. “Eat Right When Time is Tight” Patricia Bannan. ...

Futurist Jack Uldrich Releases List of 10 Most Influential Books of 2011
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Best-selling author, renowned global futurist and popular keynote speaker Jack Uldrich has released his list for the 10 best books on future trends for 2011 as well as his list of the ten best books on change management. Jack Uldrich, the author of ...

The Authors Guild: Zlotchew's Book on Great Spanish Literary Realist, Benito ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
He has had 17 books published, consisting of translations from Spanish of short stories and poetry by Nobel Laureates; interviews with Borges and 10 other Latin-American writers; literary criticism of Spanish and Latin-American authors and books ...

Publishing Insider Tipped Law Firms About E-Book Price Fixing Conspiracy
paidContent.org
The decision by major publishers to strike a pricing deal with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has been the source of speculation and several antitrust investigations. Now, a new court filing suggests someone inside the industry was leaking the publishers' pricing ...

A Children's Story Series: Will a Game Help Books?
New York Times
The series will be written by a team of six authors, beginning with Mr. Dashner, who is well known for “The 13th Reality” series as well as his “Maze Runner” books. Scholastic has also signed theauthors Carrie Ryan, Lisa McMann, Matt de la Peña, ...

'Unusual' Jewish books
The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A.
Inspired by this valiant quest, the British trade magazine, The Bookseller has beenpublishing annual lists of the contenders and winners of the Diagram Prize for the Oddest Title of the Year. Some titles receiving this dubious distinction include: How ...

The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A.

Top 10 Readers' Choice for Free eBooks 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
Free-eBooks offers readers additional perks, including formats for all eReaders, tablets and smartphones; quick previews, reader ratings and an active blog used by both readers and authors. It has welcomed and been enjoyed by about eight million ...

Spineless Classics Turns Whole Books Into Graphic Art
Wired News (blog)
By Katie Scott Everyone has a favorite book, and now it's possible to show your appreciation by displaying the whole tome on your wall. Created by the aptly named Carl Pappenheim, Spineless Classics takes the full texts of classic novels and arranges ...

Wired News (blog)

Austen letters and family books made digital in Hampshire
BBC News
A collection of letters by Jane Austen and books enjoyed by her family have been made digital for the first time for the general public to research. Original material previously only available to scholars can now be freely viewed on computers at the ...

BBC News

Last minute gift ideas: Memorable theater books
Los Angeles Times
This year has been a particularly bountiful one for theater books. There's something for that playwright, actor, director, composer and even (good heavens!) critic in your life. Theater-loving civilians will appreciate these gifts as well, ...
 
Los Angeles Times

Highlights of 2011: The Year In Book Publishing, By The Numbers ...
By Laura Hazard Owen
It's estimated that e-books made up 6.4 percent of the trade book market in 2010, and though we don't yet have an overall figure for 2011, we know many publishers saw triple-digit e-book growth this year thanks to the increased availability of ...
paidContent

Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 7 Books Every Intelligent Person on Earth ...
By Jason Boog
Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 7 Books Every Intelligent Person on Earth Should Read. ... The First Word On the Book Publishing Industry · Publishing · Deals ... “Which books should be read by every single intelligent person on planet? ...
GalleyCat

Canadian Booksellers Association teams up with Google Books ...
By Paul Biba
From Good E-reader Blog: Google Books officially hit Canada last month and finally allows us to purchase best sellers and millions of free books. This really. ... Follow us on. Connect. TeleRead - News and views on ebooks, libraries, publishing and related topics · HOME| · AROUND THE WORLD| · EREADERS| · LIBRARY| · COPYRIGHT| · PUBLISHING ... Authors Guild files for class action status against Google Books · Google to move for dismissal in Google Books lawsuits ...
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Bangarang Books of 2011 « Books are my Boyfriends
By Books are my Boyfriends
They help me put books on hold at the library and figure out what to watch on Netflix Instant Viewing. Reading end of the year lists is the tops. Making them is… what's ninety-seven notches below the tops? It's that. I feel like I'm a junior in high ...
Books are my Boyfriends

Free diet books | Fit City
By By Pam LeBlanc
Austin, Texas guide to the local recreation scene, including cycling, running and swimming offerings, as well as listings for area parks, golf courses and more.
Fit City

Web Pop Up Warns You to Stop Shopping at Amazon | Publishing ...
By Edward Nawotka
Sure, you might save a couple of bucks on this order, but what's that compared to supporting local businesses, maintaining a local tax base, and buying your books from somebody who actually cares about books? Come to a real bookstore ...
Publishing Perspectives

Books for the holidays: for bigger kiddos — whip up
By kath_red
In our house books are an incredibly important part of our lives. We all read books and we havebooks shelves full of books, but we also love to have family novel time, where we read aloud to each other.
whip up

Jan Morrison: Tuesday Challenge - the books we keep close
By Jan Morrison
You probably have a good dictionary, Fowler's Modern English Usage and Strunk & White's Elements of Style. Perhaps you have a thesaurus and maybe even a rhyming dictionary. But I bet you have some other books too. Magical books that ...
Jan Morrison

favorite nonfiction books of the year
By shauna
I have a nightstand problem. Sadly, the nightstand by my side of the bed is rarely as neat as this stack of books is. I like to splay open my books to save my place (even though my eyes always.
Gluten Free Girl and the Chef

Do Some Damage: Best Books and Beers 2011
By Dave White
It's one of the top 5 books I've ever read. A stunning, sprawling "realistic" fantasy novel (as if those two words make sense in conjunction with one another)... it is the story of American immigration... and what if those immigrants all brought their ...
Do Some Damage

Art books for under the tree - The Art Newspaper
A Tour of the English Lakes with Thomas Gray and Joseph Farington RA, John R. Murray, Frances Lincoln, £25 (hb) When John Murray, scion of the Enlightenment publishing house, inherited the manuscript notebooks of the poet Thomas ...
RSS - The Art Newspaper

Bill Clinton's Five Favorite Dense History Books - Entertainment ...
By Ray Gustini
Today in books and publishing: Bill Clinton's five favorite books are heavy reading, Michael Chabon says publishers are getting an unfair share of e-book profits, and The New York Times assembles "a North Korea reading list." ... That split might have been acceptable for print books when you factor in the costs of binding and shipping, but Chabon, along with countless authors and agents, believe the writer needs a bigger piece of the pie when it comes to e-books. For his early novel ...
The Atlantic Wire

Favorite Books from 2011 : The New Yorker
Online version of the weekly magazine, with current articles, cartoons, blogs, audio, video, slide shows, an archive of articles and abstracts back to 1925.
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