Nancy Pearl Signs Publishing Deal With Amazon

Nancy Pearl Signs Publishing Deal With Amazon
KUOW NPR
The Seattle librarian and book guru Nancy Pearl has signed a deal with Amazon Publishing to re–issue a series of her favorite out–of–printbooks. She describes the deal as "a dream come true." But independent booksellers say they're surprised to see ...

KUOW NPR

For A Few Self-Published Authors, Kindle Exclusivity Pays
paidContent.org
The KDP Select authors in that group (and they are the vast majority of the authorswhose books are included) compete for a share of a monthly fund—$500000 in December. Customers borrowed KDP Select titles 295000 times last month. ...

Amazon: Time to start programming your e-books
CNET
And the Kindle Previewer lets authors see how their books will look on the wide variety of devices where Kindle books can be read. Older book formats will continue to work, Amazon added. Kindle Format 8 , or KF8 , uses Web technologies such as HTML and ...

CNET

Medieval library with chained books gets annual clean
BBC News
By Emma Kasprzak BBC News West Midlands It is like taking a step inside the restricted section of the Hogwarts' library - rows and rows of chained up books and manuscripts line the tall wooden shelves secured in place on thick metal rods. ...

BBC News

More "Captain Underpants" books due out
CBS News
The proliferation of iPads, Nooks, Kindle Fires and other color devices have made publishers and authors increasingly willing to put illustrated works in electronic format. Scholastic also announced that two new "Captain Underpants" books are arriving, ...

Apple confirms publishing event for next week
Telegraph.co.uk
Apple will hold a publishing-related event at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on January 19. By Shane Richmond, Head of Technology (Editorial) The company sent an invite which asked journalists to "join us for an education announcement in the Big ...

Telegraph.co.uk

APPS take e-books beyond reading
Morning Sentinel
“It's clearly a market waiting to be fed,” said Corinne Helman, vice president of digitalpublishing and business development for Harper Collins children's books. “This is still very, very early days.” “I think this is going to be a huge deal,” said ...

Elsevier and Leiden's Scaliger Institute Establish Fellowship Program for Rare ...
Sacramento Bee
The fellowship program builds on Elsevier's recent launch of the Elsevier Heritage Collection's online catalogue comprising over 2000 rare books with more than 1000 distinct titles published by the original Elzevier publishing house from 1580 to 1712. ...

MyReviewsNow is the Largest Reviews Selection for ebooks
Sacramento Bee
Users increasingly turn to electronic books because they can be easily updated byauthors to ensure the most accurate information and can be delivered immediately to readers, among other reasons. A virtual mall of services, products and publications ...

BOOKS: Retired FBI agent tells of going after Bulger
Morning Sentinel
By JEFF AYERS For AP By Robert Fitzpatrick with Jon Land Retired FBI agent Robert Fitzpatrick tells his compelling story of trying to bring Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger to justice in “Betrayal,” written with Jon Land. ...

Selling Self-Published Books: It Takes Money to Make Money
Business 2 Community
By Penelope Thompson, Published January 12, 2012 I was recently reading a few articles about breakout authors who have managed to sell millions of eBooks despite self-publishing. I noticed one

US publishers rush out books about Edwardian and wartime Britain to cash in on ...
Daily Mail
By Daniel Bates But now Downton Abbey is inspiring a resurgence inpublishing in America with a wave of releases to cash in on the trend. Dozens of 20th century novels about the British aristocracy are being promoted by New York-based publishers to ...

Daily Mail

McDonald's UK replaces Happy Meal toys with books
QSRweb.com
McDonald's UK's latest Happy Meal promotion features Mudpuddle Farm books instead of traditional plastic toys. The company plans to give out 9 million Mudpuddle Farm bookswithin the next four weeks, which, according to the Telegraph, will elevate ...

Reading on the run: Hitting the road to the cadence of great audio books makes ...
New York Daily News (blog)
Each step brings you closer to those authors' unrecoverable past. Purists will say that neither books nor music are appropriate for running, that one must concentrate on breathing and technique during a workout. Well, I am not a purist. ...

Johnson Publishing's next step before moving — digitizing massive archives
Crain's Chicago Business (blog)
When Johnson Publishing moves into its new Grant Park offices this summer, it will bring along a catalog of more than a million photographs and drawings in what's likely the world's largest collection of art documenting the black experience in America. ...

A Couple of Interesting Short Books
Forbes
However, when you think about it, these two short books have a lot in common. The first explains why we behave poorly as investors and the second highlights those who take advantage of our mistakes. Carl Richards, a financial planner in Park City, ...

Forbes

Awesome Authors contest looking for Ottawa's best young writers, Top entires ...
EMC Ottawa West
EMC news - 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 citywide contest will accept short story and poetry ...

I never read the books people write about me, says Michelle
Evening Standard
"I never read these books," she told CBS's Gayle King. In the book, Mrs Obama is said to have occasionally bristled at some of the demands and constraints of life in the White House. She said: "If there's any anxiety that I feel, it's because I want to ...

Evening Standard

eBooks hit Raymond Terrace
Newcastle Herald
Sunset Books and Music's website is run through ReadCloud, an Australian service that includes about 25000 books by authors including Jodi Picoult, Peter FitzSimons, Tim Flannery and Agatha Christie. Mr Field said that platform provided for Australian ...

FOWL hosting authors for fundraiser
Wetumpka Herald
In addition to dining with the authors, attendees will have the chance to buy books by the authors present and have them autographed. People may also bring their own copies of books to be signed. Tickets are available for purchase at the Wetumpka ...

BOOKS: 'The Hunter' a suspenseful thrill ride
Morning Sentinel
By JEFF AYERS For AP By John Lescroart San Francisco private investigator Wyatt Hunt returns in “The Hunter,” another fantastic thrill ride from author John Lescroart. Hunt, who was adopted, has never searched for his birthparents. ...

Fiction: 2011's good story
USA TODAY
Sales of Larsson's books more than tripled from November to December, when David Fincher's movie adaptation was released. James Patterson had another very good year, with seven books in the Top 100 — two solo, and five with co-authors. ...
 
USA TODAY

Artist Carves Vintage Books Into Astoundingly Intricate 3D ...
By Kimberley Mok
Like an anthropologist of written knowledge, artist Guy Laramée excavates beautiful landscapes and monuments from the pages of old books.
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The Joy of Books | TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries ...
By Paul Biba
TeleRead - News and views on ebooks, libraries, publishing and related topics · HOME| · AROUND THE WORLD| · EREADERS| · LIBRARY| ... my wife and I (Sean Ohlenkamp) decided to take it to the next level. We spent many sleepless nights moving, stacking, and animating books at Type bookstore in Toronto (883 Queen Street West, (416) 366-8973).... I've got both my favorite authors and favorite genres. If I find an author ..." Bruce H. Johnson on "Ebooks as commodities? Redux ...
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Beautiful Landscape Sculptures Made of Books by Kyle Kirkpatrick
By EDW Lynch
British artist Kyle Kirkpatrick transforms books into beautiful landscape sculptures, complete with miniature figurines. My practice is primarily concerned with the notion of the imagined landscape. I present man-made objects and natural ...
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2011 in books | VWXYNot?
By Cath@VWXYNot?
I will attempt to get over this block at some point in the future, but until then I think you should all buy both books and make up your own minds. I have both authors' second novels in my substantial “To Read” stack (actually now several stacks ...
VWXYNot?

Amazon Authors See 449% Royalty Growth From Library Lending ...
By Dianna Dilworth
F+W Media, Inc. is looking for a Associate Content Repurposer. next job BloomsburyPublishing Inc. is looking for a Associate Publicity Director. next job Macmillan is looking for a Associate Editor. next job Amazon is looking for a Senior Acquisitions Editor, ...Amazon reported today that the top ten KDP Select authors earned more than $70000 in the month of December for their participation in the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, which lets readers check out books for free. According ...
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McDonald's To Offer Books Instead Of Happy Meal Toys In The UK
By The Huffington Post News Editors
McDonald's is replacing Happy Meal toys for books in the UK, according to the National Literary Trust. ... Late Bloomers: 7 Authors Who Prove It's... Examining Iranian And North Korean Nuclear Threats. Comments; 356; Pending Comments; 1 ...
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McDonald's UK to Give Books Away in Happy Meals - Literacy Wire ...
By Raphael Brion
McDonald's in the UK is just hell-bent on making its iconic Happy Meal even less desirable for kids. The burger chain is planning on handing out nine million copies of Michael Morpurgo's Mudpuddle farm books over the period of a month. ...
Eater National

New 2012 publishing predictions – Stephen's Lighthouse
By admin
The questions are for these groups: The biggest publishers, Publishers bigger than small, but not Big Six, Smaller publishers, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Independent bookstores,Authors, Agents, Illustrated book publishers, The industry. ...
Stephen's Lighthouse

Free: The Guggenheim Puts 65 Modern Art Books Online | Open ...
By Dan Colman
4.) If you have any problems accessing these texts, you can find alternate versions on Archive.org, which lets you download books in multiple formats – ePUB, PDF and the rest. For more good reads, don't miss our collection of Free eBooks. ...
Open Culture

Jane Chafin: Artists and the Future of Books
By Jane Chafin
It will come as no surprise to anyone who reads this blog that I am a bibliophile. I lovebooks, I live surrounded by them and never thought I would live to see the current changes in technology that have many referring to them as obsolete.
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The Joy of Books - YouTube
After organizing our bookshelf almost a year ago (http://youtu.be/zhRT-PM7vpA), my wife and I ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKVcQnyEIT8

BBC News - The books that shaped history
How a 15th Century Bible and a 17th Century scientist's notebooks give a glorious insight into ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16399544

HowStuffWorks "The 21 Best-selling Books of All Time"
What are the best-selling books of all time? Read about the most popular books in history at HowStuffWorks.
entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/.../21-best-sellers.htm

More "Captain Underpants" books due out
The proliferation of iPads, Nooks, Kindle Fires and other color devices have made publishers and authors increasingly willing to put illustrated works in ...
www.cbsnews.com/.../more-captain-underpants-books-due-out...

Kindle owners borrowing more than 295000 books per month
What's really surprising is just how much KDP authors have the potential to make — especially as they don't have to deal with publishing companies. ...
www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/kindle-owners...more.../66916

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