New York Daily News
By Lindsay Goldwert / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Children in the UK are finding vouchers for “Mudpuddle Farm” books in their Happy Meals next to the McNuggets and fries, reports the Telegraph. The fast-food giant has “given away” 9 million copies of the...
New York Daily News
Apple books the Guggenheim for a Jan. 19 education event
Fortune
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt January 11, 2012: 1:31 PM ET Eddy Cue, Apple's (AAPL) senior vice president for Internet software and services, is reported to be in charge of the much-touted special event scheduled for the morning of Jan. 19 in New York City. ...
Packt Publishing's Microsoft Dynamics Books are now available in PacktLib
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Packt Publishing now offers readers the opportunity to subscribe to the Microsoft Dynamics Library in PacktLib, Packt's online digital library. At present, there are 16 books focused on this computer technology that allows administrators, ...
Authors share their joy of healthful cooking
Alexandria Town Talk
Author Rocco DiSpirito serves up his braised chicken with mushroom and mustard, which is low in fat and calories, but rich with delicious flavor. / The AP By ROCCO DiSPIRITO For The Associated Press Let's have a quick show of hands among the ...
Seattle librarian takes her lust books to Amazon
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
The Seattle librarian who made the term “book lust” a common phrase is re-releasing her favorite out-of-print books via Amazon Publishing. Nancy Pearl, famous for her “Book Lust” recommendation series and librarian action figure, will start releasing ...
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When his wife, Felicity, is named a trustee of one of England's distinguished estates, Yorkshire cop Charlie Peace discovers an ugly family rivalry linked to the estate and the discovery of a body in a nearby lake. ...
Toronto shop's 'Joy of Books' viral video stars e-books to steal your paper ...
New York Daily News (blog)
But even as the Kindle catches fire and Nooks replace more books, there are those of us who stand up for the pleasures of paper. Sean Ohlenkamp, creator of the vibrant and lovely stop-motion short film “The Joy of Books,” is one such literary soldier. ...
Martin Luther King Jr. books missing from Burlington City library
phillyBurbs.com
BURLINGTON CITY — The Library Company of Burlington is bereft of its signature Martin Luther King Jr. display because several books about the civil rights leader have gone missing. Library director Sharon Vincz is asking anyone with information about ...
Talented Georgia authors coming to Smyrna-Vinings
Patch.com
Special No books will be sold at the discussion held in the Smyrna Meeting room, but Hite will autograph books for anyone that brings them. A Georgia native, Hite's first book is one of 10 finalists for the Townsend Prize for Fiction, which is awarded ...
BC authors only on Taylor Prize short list
Globe and Mail
The literary gravity of Canada shifted sharply to the left Tuesday when jurors for the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction released a short list made up exclusively of books from British Columbia writers. Showing a similar tilt away from ...
Globe and Mail
The Business of (Early) Printed Books
Boston.com
In The Book in the Renaissance, Andrew Pettegree, a historian at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, argues that the printed book only became a success because printers figured out how to make money selling popular books -- most of which are now ...
'Not just books, but hope'
Sun.Star
“This is not just a ship with many books, not just an international traveling community. We bring good news,” Walser added. MV Logos Hope is a floating book fair with over 45 different nationalities represented on board. ...
School library offers eBooks
Flathead Publishing Group
On a kindle, it's hard to tell how thick a book is, Sherman said, kids are more likely to read booksthey wouldn't normally read. As long as there's a demand, Sherman said she will continue to purchase eBooks.
Amazon should give self-publishers more data
Forbes
If we are to approach self-publishing as a business proposition, we need to understand not just the market for ebooks but also the performance of our own works within that market. Just as a web publisher needs to understand traffic stats, ...
Forbes
Next Chapter to host 5 authors Saturday
Hometownlife.com
“It's a nice opportunity for people to talk to authors,” Caine said. “It's just interesting to have access and chat with authors.” That's especially true for aspiring authors, she said, with those who've published books happy to share their experiences ...
Astrology books are bestsellers in Bahrain
gulfnews.com
By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Manama: Astrology books have topped the list of bestsellers in Bahrain over the last week of December and first week of the new year. "The rush to buy astrologybooks is amazing," a bookseller in the trendy Seef Mall ...
Publisher of Canadian literary icons swallowed by media giant
Toronto Star
By Greg Quill Entertainment Reporter McClelland & Stewart, one of Canada's most reveredpublishing houses, with a roster that has included such Canadian literary luminaries as Margaret Atwood, Leonard Cohen, Rohinton Mistry, Mordecai Richler, ...
Tod Caviness: Authors blossom at Blue Flower Arts, Charlaine Harris at Sleuthfest
Orlando Sentinel
Check the website for registration info - single-day admission starts at $85, and there are luncheons with speeches from both authors at $50 each. Man Booker What? Pulitzer Who? It's time for the far more fun but no less literary Tournament of Books ...
Books Planet is expanding into Nepalgunj, Pokhara, Butwal & B'nagar
Republica
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: Come April and demand for academic books is so high that book traders are selling more text books than any other genre. But, other times of the year is a different tale when sale of non-academic books rise. Thinking to cash in on the ...
Lulu.com Book Proceeds to Support V Foundation for Cancer Research
MarketWatch (press release)
They offer their service for free and authors keep up to 90 percent of the profits when their works sell. Lulu provides anyone with the ability to publish books, eBooks, mini-books, photo books, calendars, cookbooks, and travel books. ... "They need an experience or a personal tie to a product and companies need to be bigger than what they're selling to build meaningful, lasting customer relationships."
Cookbook authors share healthy ideas for nutritious meals
USA TODAY
By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY Cooking healthful foods is often no picnic for people who are used to whipping up high-fat fare, but there are some strategies that make it easier. Jack Bishop, the Editorial Director of America's Test Kitchen, center, ...
USA TODAY
A tour of Amazon's touch-based Kindle Store for the iPad
CNET
by Lance Whitney January 11, 2012 7:12 AM PST Follow @lancewhit Apple iPad users shopping for Kindle books now have their own dedicated Web site that lets you touch and swipe through the online store. A tour of the new Kindle iPad-optimized site ...
Study Finds e-readers Equal Print for Children's Reading Comprehension
MarketWatch (press release)
11, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A recent study indicates that children who read books on digital e-readers such as the Kindle comprehend what they've read as well as children who read paper books. The report "Student Comprehension of Books in ...
Awesome Authors contest seeks Ottawa's best young writers
Your Ottawa Region
Ottawa's aspiring authors are invited once again to submit their best pieces of unpublished work to the Ottawa Public Library's annual Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest. The 17th annual city-wide contest will accept short story and poetry entries ...
Professor's work deemed as one of '100 Best' business books
The Daily News Journal
MURFREESBORO—Doug Tatum, holder of the Wright Chair of Entrepreneurship at MTSU, is included in the recently updated edition of “The 100 Best Business Books of All Time.” Written by Jack Covert and Todd Sattersten, the new November 2011 paperback ...
Here Comes the Rooster - The Morning News
By themorningnews.org
“And the award for the best novel published between September of 2010 and October of 2011 (exempting the month of August 2011, when everyone in publishing was in the Hamptons reading books that will be released in late 2013) is…” Then again, we're not much better. Today we're announcing the shortlist for the 2012 ... Rooster books sponsor, and you should consider buying all your ToB books from them. Last year the field was evenly split between male and female authors. ...
The Morning News - Features
Ebooks as commodities? Redux | TeleRead: News and views on e ...
By Rich Adin
TeleRead - News and views on ebooks, libraries, publishing and related topics · HOME| · AROUND THE WORLD| · EREADERS| · LIBRARY| · COPYRIGHT| ... Followers of An American Editor read the previous post, eBooks: Has Amazon Turned eBooks into Commodities?, and probably groaned at my sacrilegious point of view while frantically shaking their heads “no, neither ebooks nor books are commodities.” The argument regarding the commoditization of books is an “old” one for ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...
Repurposing Blogs as Books for Immediacy | Publishing Perspectives
By Olivia Snaije
New publisher Just World Books uses POD technology to publish blogs as books, focusing on the latest, most pertinent international issues. ... POD publishing enables her to give readers “immediacy” on pertinent international themes. “Blogs have an ephemeral quality to them yet some of the best writing is ... Most authors are happy to see their work reincarnated and forego an advance; Cobban said she helps here and there when necessary for translation work. Just World has so far ...
Publishing Perspectives
Will Dance for Readers: Paper Books Have Life in Them Yet | Adweek
By Tim Nudd
With everyone now reading on Kindles and Nooks and iPads and whatever else, non-virtual bookshave lots of time to perfect their dance moves. That's according to this video, made by Sean Ohlenkamp, associate creative director at Lowe ...
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WE BOOKS. - BLEUBIRD VINTAGE OFFICIAL BLOG
By "miss" james
it's been awhile since i have shared some of the books that we love. these six discovery board books are no exception. they are "the game of" series by phaidon and herve tullet. we love them because of their simplicity, their bright and colorful ...
BLEUBIRD VINTAGE OFFICIAL BLOG
Apple books the Guggenheim for a Jan. 19 education event - Apple ...
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Returns to the venue where Rupert Murdoch launched The Daily on the iPad Eddy Cue, Apple's (AAPL) senior vice president for Internet software and services, is reported to be in charge of the much-touted special event scheduled for the ...
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Authors Behaving Badly - Flunking Sainthood
By Jana Riess
I can only imagine how humiliated his publishing house must feel, especially his publicist, who successfully booked him on one of the nation's most thoughtful forums for discussion and then must have cringed as Jarvis bit the hands that fed him, .... Books · What Would Buffy Do? Mormonism for Dummies · The Writer's Market Guide to Getting Published · Selections from the Book of Mormon Annotated and Explained · American Pilgrimage · The Spiritual Traveler · God Is in the Manger ...
Flunking Sainthood
The Joy of Books: This Video Will Make You Wonder Why You Own ...
By Jamie Condliffe
Books are wonderful, wonderful things. I love my Kindle, I really do. But this video makes me realise just how much I love the hard copy: the crack of a spine, the smell of the paper, the turn of the page. My Kindle doesn't do those things: it just ...
Gizmodo
The Joy of Books | Open Culture
By Dan Colman
This year, they took things to the next level, spending “sleepless nights moving, stacking, and animating books at Type bookstore in Toronto.” The rest speaks for itself. Don't miss other videos for book lovers right below: Related Content: ...
Open Culture
Conan's New Coffee Table Books Are Ridiculous (VIDEO)
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Click here to leave a comment. HuffPost High School welcomes a lively, thoughtful debate in the comment section. Keep in mind that the articles here are penned by young authors, so please keep criticism respectful, and help us to keep this a ...
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THR's 5 Books of the Week: YA Romances, a Spy Thriller, and White ...
By Andy Lewis
A YA romance from fan favorite John Green, a thriller from the creator of "Homeland," and Jodi Kantor's White House expose are the week's most important reads.
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Eco-Libris blog: Kids prefer ebooks on print books - should we ...
By Raz Godelnik
I just saw an update on eBookNewser about a new report from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop that found that kids prefer to eBooks to print books. "The Center observed 24 families with ... To achieve these goals Eco-Libris is working with book readers, publishers, authors, bookstores and others in the book industry worldwide. So far Eco-Libris balanced out over 179500 ....Latest updates on the future of publishing. ► Nov 12 (1). Catalog Choice is launching a ...
Eco-Libris blog
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