Google removes pirated books from Android Market

Pirated books show up in Android Market, Google quickly removes them
Android Community
Google promptly removed the books after being alerted, but not before thousands of illicit copies were downloaded. The apps were free from a publisher calling itself “UKER”, and presumably hoped to make money off of advertising. ...

Android Community

Harry Potter magic helps Bloomsbury Publishing to bumper Christmas
The Guardian
Bloomsbury Publishing has reported a bumper Christmas with sales of ebooks up 38%, thanks to bestsellers such as Heston at Home and the Harry Potter box set. Bloomsbury said it had a "strong" fourth quarter to 31 December with ebook sales up 38% ...

The Guardian

Omaha Publishing Company Views Ebooks as the Savior of Publishing, Finds ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"No longer are authors cut out of the loop once a book is purchased the first time. They have the potential of a more consistent stream of revenue. Ebooks are not sold on the secondary market to stores that buy books from consumers for pennies on the ...

Local books: new birding tales from the Montlake Fill
The Seattle Times
"Hunts Point" by Michael Luis (Fairweather Publishing, $19.95). A short history, with photos, of the Eastside community that evolved from a small community of summer cabins to one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the state and nation. ...

Holcim Books $811 Million Charge on Africa, Weaker Markets
BusinessWeek
By Richard Weiss Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Holcim Ltd., the world's second- largest cement maker, said it will book a 775 million-franc ($811 million) charge after writing off South African investments and revaluing assets in sluggish markets from Spain ...

Meet the new kid-lit ambassador
The Seattle Times
Kids' books: Walter Dean Myers is the third National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, an honorary post designed to highlight the importance of reading and books in children's lives. By KAREN MACPHERSON No comments have been posted to this ...

Travel books: Not-For-Parents series
New Zealand Herald
By Alex Tully by Michael Dubois, Katri Hilden and Jane Price Lonely Planet, $30 Lonely Planet has a new series of Not-For-Parents travel books out now. Photo / Richard Robinson I confess I disobeyed the instructions in the new Not-For-Parents travel ...

Books for Dudes: Six Novels That Will Keep You Up Past Your Bedtime; Plus, Dog ...
Library Journal
Well, I'm pissed off about other stuff, too—namely six authors named Donatich, Grossman, Long, Golden, Parks, and Rollins. Each and every one of them robbed me of precious sleep these past 30 days with writing so compelling that it forced me to stay ...

Library Journal

Manna between the covers: Rare, signed or well-used cookbooks are both kitchen ...
Kansas City Star
But the real pride of place in my collection - the heart of hearts, if you will - belongs to a set of signed first editions of the first books by the authors who have meant the most to me. First books are special things. By definition, they're written ...

Jerome Rubin, futurist who foresaw e-books, dies at 86
Los Angeles Times
At a 1989 gathering of publishing giants, Jerome Rubin made an unpopular forecast: Technology would render the book obsolete. He argued that the expansion of computerized databases would decrease the need for printed books, a pronouncement based on ...

Books and more books
The Hindu
And each aisle has stalls with a mindboggling collection of books and stationery. On any evening, the fair attracts a large crowd with hordes of children eagerly browsing through the books. While there are the usual favourites like Amar Chitra Katha, ...

The Hindu

Library starts 1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Fond du Lac Reporter
For more information about 1000 Books Before Kindergarten, visit www.fdlpl.org or contact the Children's Desk at (920) 929-7080, ext. 127. The Fond du Lac Public Library's new early literacy program titled 1000 Books Before Kindergarten encourages ...

A world without books
The Hill (blog)
Years ago I worked in a publishing house, a temple, really, of small books saved; books saved from annihilation and reprinted such as The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ, published in 1908. There were so many lost and unheard tales and unseen and ...

Buddhism ebooks: the next big thing
Patheos (blog)
The smell, feel, and physical geography of non-digital books will ensure that my bookshelves are always full and growing. But as a fan of the hopefully increasing democratization of knowledge and information and the greater opportunities that brings to ...

12 books you can't miss in 2012
Houston Chronicle (blog)
(February) When I Was a Child I Read Books, by Marilynne Robinson: A collection of essays from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gilead, Home and Housekeeping. (March) Wild, by Cheryl Strayed: A memoir from the author of Torch about her solo hike ...

Houston Chronicle (blog)

Douglas F Millington, CPA Gets First Book Deal
MarketWatch (press release)
Skyhorse with its four imprints (Arcade Publishing, Allworth Publishing, Sports Publishing, and Sky Pony Press) now boasts a backlist of 1500 books. Since its founding, Skyhorse has published an eclectic and maverick list that includes books on history ...

Two new books try to figure out what makes Elizabeth II tick.
Newsweek
Many of the same anecdotes appear in both books, as the authors describe the queen's privileged and idyllic childhood, her marriage to Prince Philip, her relationships with a succession of older, wily prime ministers, and the time she has spent on ...

Newsweek

NIYOGI BOOKS releases new title “Jaipur Quilts”
India Education Diary
The dedicated, experienced and professional team members of Niyogi Books are sincerely involved in every stage of the publishing process—be it the selection, sourcing, research and commissioning of subjects and authors; the evaluation, ...

India Education Diary

YA novel readers clash with publishing establishment
The Guardian
A literary punch-up that had been brewing for a while finally erupted between a bunch of readers, authors and agents on Goodreads – the vast online site where millions of members discuss the world's books. In the same week that award-winning children's ...

The Guardian

A book for Eli! Children's books that are filled with kids and creatures of ...
New York Daily News (blog)
But as the piles grew in tandem with my belly, I started to notice that most of those books were filled brown bears, yellow ducks … and white children. Given that my kid, Eli, (photo below) would become one of the many mixed-race toddlers lurching ...

DigitalPal: New Social Network for Movies, Music, Books, and Games
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Dutch-based IT company DigitalPal is pleased to announce the launch of its websitewww.digitalpal.com, a new social network focusing on movies, music, books, and games. The vision of movie enthusiasts who gathered around this project was to create a ...

Illegal Books Available For Free On Google's Android Market ...
By Robert Andrews
Dozens of commercial book collections, including the entire Harry Potter series, have been downloaded for free from Google's official Android Market after being uploaded by an unauthorised publisher. The books were posted to the store this ...
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Amazon One Step Closer to Brazilian E-book Launch | Publishing ...
By Roberta Campassi
In February, Amazon is expected to make an official presentation to Brazilian publishers and begin negotiations with each one — initially, only to sell e-books. Widman's challenge will be to sign publishers to deals, something he has ...
Publishing Perspectives

Five Books I'd Read - Arts Desk
By Justin Moyer
"Yeah, but don't most books?" 5. The Tender Hour of Twilight: Paris in the '50s, New York in the '60s: A Memoir of Publishing's Golden Age, by Richard Seaver "Do you remember that time?" "Which time?" "The time before now, that was better ...
Arts Desk

The Green Apple Core: The Best Books We Read 2011...One Old ...
By npb
In my last post The Best Books We Read 2011 I mentioned a lot of books that could have been my favorite of the year. I decided that two deserved special mention. The Land Breakers, a novel written by John Ehle in 1964 that remains- sadly- ...
The Green Apple Core

Tucson Unified School District Bans Books « A Bookish Beemer
By Brittany-Ann
“Students said the banned books were seized from their classrooms and out of their hands, after Tucson schools banned Mexican American Studies, including a book of photos of Mexico. Crying, students said it was like Nazi Germany, and ...
A Bookish Beemer

Buddhism ebooks: the next big thing | American Buddhist Perspective
By Justin Whitaker
Following up on my friend Danny's recent post announcing Charles Prebish and Damien Keown's new ebook offerings, I'd like to expand a bit and discuss ebooks more broadly. A few years ago, I bought my first ebook, Revisioning Karma, which compiled papers from the ... The smell, feel, and physical geography of non-digital books will ensure that my bookshelves are always full and growing. But as a fan of the hopefully increasing democratization of knowledge and information and ...
American Buddhist Perspective

The Independent Publishing Magazine: 10 Common Self-Publishing ...
By noreply@blogger.com (Mick Rooney)
... aware of the kinds of scams they run. Here are some of the most common scams that happen in self-publishing, a list that anyone even considering self-publication should read before entering into any kind of agreement or paying any fees associated with self-publishing. ... He has been writing fiction for nearly thirty years and has published nine books. His first book, Arcadia, was published ....Document Declares Self-Publishing ... Google Will Move to Dismiss Authors Guild Suit | P.. ...
The Independent Publishing Magazine

Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Two Books from New Pulp Press
By Bill Crider
Two Books from New Pulp Press. I just read these two books back-to-back. ... Talk about booksstarting one way and then springing something on you. Here's a ... Both these books are fast, dirty reads. ..... Raymond Chandler on Self-Publishing ...
Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine

Mysteries and My Musings: Self publishing, What do you think?
By A.F. Heart
I found the Self-Publishing Hall of Fame which lists the multitude of successful self-published books which I have taken some highlights from and listed below. I bet some of these will surprise you and perhaps .... In this day and age of ebooks and print-on-demand technology self publishing is more accessible than ever. What do you think about this? Do you shy away from ... This is a new blog for mystery lovers and fellow aspiring authors. Monday's: musings on the mystery genre and ...
Mysteries and My Musings

Nano Patents and Innovations: 10 Common Self-Publishing Scams ...
By Alton Parrish
Vanity publishing. Many self-publishers are what are referred to as "vanity publishers." They offer authors a chance to get their books in print for a fee and often advertise that they "need" moreauthors. Any legitimate company will never "need" ...
Nano Patents and Innovations

A Few More New Books « So Many Books
By Stefanie
I have no idea what this book is about but it is by Bolaño and slim which seemed like a nice change from his really fat books, especially the monster that is 2666, so I couldn't pass it by. ... Select Category, Adrienne Rich (2), Ancient Greece (63), Art (5), Auden Nugget (2), Audio Books (7), Author Reading (1), Authors (1), Blogging (29), Blogroll (1), Book Lists (47), Books (937), Challenges (54), Charles Dickens (2), Classics Circuit (6), Diaries (1), ebooks (24), Eighteenth Century (2) ...
So Many Books

Omaha Publishing Company Views Ebooks as the Savior of ...
By Concierge Marketing
“No longer are authors cut out of the loop once a book is purchased the first time. They have the potential of a more consistent stream of revenue. Ebooks are not sold on the secondary market to stores that buy books from consumers for ...
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