So how much is a fair price to pay for an e-book? Amazon Pulls 5000 Books From Kindle Store; And more on JK Rowling and her "novel for adults"

So how much is a fair price to pay for an e-book?
CNET
Apple's CEO wanted to make sure that iPad owners would have an alternative to buying e-booksthrough Amazon and in 2010 he offered an intriguing idea that he said would benefit the book publishing industry. The specter of an increasingly powerful ... 

Amazon Pulls 5000 Books From Kindle Store
TIME
By Jill Priluck | February 24, 2012 | + In a move that signifies Amazon's determination to tighten its reign over the high stakes e-book market, the retailer removed a staggering 5000 titles from its Kindle store because a Chicago distributor would not ...

J.K. Rowling has deal for new book for adults
Chicago Sun-Times
The author of the mega-selling "Harry Potter" series said Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 she has an agreement with Little, Brown in the United States and Britain to publish her first adult novel. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan) NEW YORK — Adult fans of JK Rowling can ...

JK Rowling's new book: the 'Harry Potter' characters react
Washington Post (blog)
By Maura Judkis After the news broke that “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling would be writing another book, this time for adults, fans took to Twitter to share their excitement. They weren't the only ones. JK Rowling during the launch of online Web site ...

What Is JK Rowling's New Book About? Here's What She's Tweeting
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Christopher John Farley Yesterday, “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling announced that she was writing a new book, this time for adults. But one thing she didn't do is give up very many details–like the title, the plot, or even when the book would come ...

JK Rowling has deal for new novel for adults
Wall Street Journal
"My word yes." Her seventh and final Potter story came out in 2007, and in recent years the Britishauthor has said that she was working on an adult book and on a Potter encyclopedia. Rowling's Potter books, which broke sales records around the world, ...

Quick Takes: JK Rowling will publish her first book for adults
Los Angeles Times
"Harry Potter" creator JK Rowling will publish her first book for adults, it was announced Thursday. Publisher Little, Brown will bring the book to shelves simultaneously in the United States and Britain at an unannounced date.

The Harry Potter author JK Rowling and the publisher's dream
The Independent
JK Rowling is about to venture beyond the boundaries of Hogwarts and into the world of novels for grown-ups – with a new book out later in the year. The title, subject matter and release date remain a closely guarded secret. The publisher would only ...

JK Rowling's new book: clues suggest a turn to crime fiction
The Guardian (blog)
But yesterday's (detail-free) announcement about her new book for adults gives a vital clue that she's been writing a crime novel. It has the fingerprints all over it of the hugely respected editor David Shelley, a man who counts Dennis Lehane, ...

The Guardian (blog)

JK Rowling and the dangerous leap: Harry Potter author hopes to be just as ...
Daily Mail
By Liz Thomas Millions of children have been bewitched by her literary magic – now JK Rowling is to write her first book for grown-ups. However the Harry Potterauthor, who is worth more than £530million, is keeping her fans guessing about the ...

Daily Mail

JK Rowling puts Harry Potter behind her – but can children's authors make the ...
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
JK Rowling has opted for the challenge, and her first novel for adults will be published later this year - published by Little, Brown, rather than Bloomsbury, which brought out all the Harry Potterbooks. She is taking a risk, of course – rather like a ...

JK Rowling Working on a New Novel – Not for Kids
People Magazine
By Liz Raftery In typical Rowling fashion however, additional details of the book, including its title, release date and subject matter, are not being disclosed. "Although I've enjoyed writing it every bit as much, my next book will be very different ...

'Harry Potter' author JK Rowling writing adult novel
The Express Tribune
By Reuters The new novel, whose title has not been revealed yet, would be 'very different' to the Harry Potter books. PHOTO: FILE/AFP NEW YORK: JK Rowling, whose “Harry Potter” fantasy book series became a global publishingphenomenon, is writing her ...

The Express Tribune

Ask Lorna: books for a boy who loves Harry Potter
Telegraph.co.uk
By Lorna Bradbury, Deputy Literary Editor Q My almost eight-year-old son has become engrossed in the Harry Potter books and has just finished Goblet of Fire. I am a little worried that the books are becoming a bit too grown up for him and wondered if ...

Telegraph.co.uk

JK Rowling writes novel for adults
Telegraph.co.uk
She spoke of floods of tears and a “sense of bereavement” when writing the last Harry Potter book, but JK Rowling is now ready to move on. By James Hall, Consumer Affairs Editor The author has signed a publishing deal to release her first ever novel ...

Telegraph.co.uk

JK Rowling's next book geared to adults
Newsday
Books Newsday > Entertainment > Books JK Rowling's next book geared to adults Published: February 23, 2012 7:51 PM By TOM BEER tom.beer@newsday.com The wait is over. Five years after JK Rowling concluded her beloved, bestselling "Harry Potter" series, ...

Newsday

JK Rowling Plots a Novel for Grown-Ups
Wall Street Journal
By JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling has left behind the world of magic and Muggles and written an adult novel. Publisher Little, Brown startled the book world Thursday by saying it would publish the book, Ms. Rowling's first ...
 
Wall Street Journal

The Man Who Made Publishing a High-Wire Act
New York Times
In the mostly tweedy, genteel world of book publishing in the 1960s and '70s, Barney Rosset, who died on Tuesday at 89, was a bit of an outlaw: a raffish, unconventional figure who loved breaking the rules and challenging the conventions.

New York Times

JK Rowling to write grown up book
The Periscope Post
Fans of the gazillion-selling Harry Potter novels by JK Rowling can rejoice – the sainted author is going to produce another book. Which will certainly add to her current estimated fortune of £530 million. Will there be wizards aplenty? Nobody knows.

The Periscope Post

A new book from JK Rowling – like "a followup to the Bible"?
Christian Science Monitor
JK Rowling's next book – a novel for adults – will be released published by Little, Brown, which is keeping kept mum as to the book's title, genre, and release date. By Husna Haq / February 23, 2012 JK Rowling rocked the publishing world with her Harry ...

Christian Science Monitor

Rowling finally ready to cast a new literary spell
Sydney Morning Herald
Photo: Reuters SHE spoke of floods of tears and a ''sense of bereavement'' when writing the last Harry Potter book, but JK Rowling is now ready to move on. Theauthor has signed a publishing deal to release her first novel for adults, in what is one of ...

Sydney Morning Herald
"Harry Potter" author JK Rowling writing adult novel
Reuters
Publisher Little, Brown and Company, part of the Hachette Book Group, acquired the rights topublish the book, whose title and publication date will be announced later this year. It is Rowling's first major novel in several years after the last "Harry ...

J.K. Rowling has deal for new novel for adults
Daily Herald
The kids will have to wait and see. The author of the mega-selling "Harry Potter" series said Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 she has an agreement with Little, Brown in the United States and Britain to publish her first adult novel. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan) NEW ...

“Harry Potter” author JK Rowling writing adult novel
Vancouverite
NEW YORK – British author JK Rowling's best selling “Harry Potter” fantasy book series inspired box-office film hits, made her a household name and turned her into a billionaire. Now she is writing her first adult novel. But its title and plot are a ...

JK Rowling Harry Potter author announces new book for adults
Examiner.com
JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, will release a new book for adults later this year. Although she is not revealing the plot or characters of this new book written for adults, it is estimated that the book deal is worth over £5million- ...

JK Rowling writes adult novel
Hindustan Times
JK Rowling, whose “Harry Potter” fantasy book series became a global publishingphenomenon, is writing her first novel for adults, but the title and plot are still a closely-guarded secret. The British writer, 46, whose teenage boy wizard tales became ...

Hindustan Times

4000 E-books Vanish in Amazon Price Spat
HispanicBusiness.com
Amazon.com, flexing its muscles as a distributor of e-books, pulled more than 4000 titles from its sites when an independent publishing group balked at its terms. Amazon.com removed more than 4000 e-books from its site this week after it had tried and ...

HispanicBusiness.com

Rosset pushed boundaries in world of publishing
Bend Bulletin
By Douglas Martin / New York Times News Service Barney Rosset, the flamboyant, provocativepublisher who helped change the course of publishing in the United States, bringing masters like Samuel Beckett to Americans' attention under his Grove Press ...

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By Richard MacManus
Last month Apple announced iBooks 2, the next generation of its e-book app for iPhone and iPad. iBooks 2 was notable for the launch of a new breed of interactive digital textbooks, designed for the iPad. The books feature videos, photos, ...
ReadWriteWeb
J.K. Rowling Publishing Book for Adults | Harry Potter, JK Rowling ...
By Just Jared
“Although I've enjoyed writing it every bit as much, my next book will be very different to the Harry Potter series, which has been published so brilliantly by Bloomsbury and my other publishers around the world,” Jo said in a statement. “The freedom to explore new territory is a gift that Harry's success has brought me, and with that new territory it seemed a logical progression to have a new publisher. I am delighted ... British writer J.K. Rowling, author of the "Harry Potter"books, poses .
Just Jared

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By John Biggs
Clone Wars: Author Discovers Bots Competing To Sell His Book. John Biggs. posted yesterday. Comments. View Staff Page. Biggs is the editor of TechCrunch Gadgets. Biggs has written for the New York Times, InSync, USA Weekend, ...
TechCrunch

Penn Jillette's Next Book | Friendly Atheist
By Hemant Mehta
NYT bestselling author of GOD, NO! and larger half of magic act Penn & Teller, Penn Jillette's EVERY DAY IS AN ATHEIST HOLIDAY, a new collection of spiritual rants and humorous ravings, spanning the hidden horrors of Christmas carols, ...
Friendly Atheist

The American Spectator : The Spectacle Blog : Brock Book Admits ...
By Jeffrey Lord
That this much-ballyhooed book from David Brock and his leftist Media Matters scribblers is such a grade-school style cut-and-paste leaves the distinct impression. Boy those Media Matters guys were going to really show Fox News. One reads ...
The American Spectator and The...

School prevents student from publishing editorial about atheism ...
By Andrew Beaujon
Standing for journalism, strengthening democracy | Journalism training, media news & how to's.
Poynter.

New Online Australian Ebook Author Directory and Community ...
By Paul Biba
MELBOURNE, Australia (February 23rd, 2012) / Global digital publishing company eBooksInternational announces the official launch of their community dedicated specifically to the advancement and promotion of Australian eBook Authors.
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...

Melville House Books » Reaction to Amazon retribution against IPG ...
By Dennis Johnson
The news that Amazon.com has removed thousands of ebooks from the Independent Publishers Group (IPG) — the distributor for hundreds of small presses — in retribution after IPG refused to give Amazon as big a discount as they demanded ... at this use of power and monopoly and I am afraid they will try to do the same here too,” says Alessandro Gallenzi, managing director of Alma Books, in a Bookseller report headlined, “UK publishers' 'concern' over Amazon e-book removals.” ...
Melville House Books

In Book, Rubio Reveals Brief Mormon Past - NYTimes.com
By By JONATHAN WEISMAN
Mr. Rubio's coming book, “An American Son,” will detail his brief conversion, when he was about 8, to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his return to Catholicism at 12. Hispublisher, Sentinel, a conservative imprint of Penguin ...
The Caucus

The Secret to Schmooze Book Marketing by Marcia Degelman ...
By Joel Friedlander
The Secret to Schmooze Book Marketing by Marcia Degelman describes the author's publishing and marketing journey. ... Marcia is one of the authors I've met at the monthly meetings of the Bay Area Independent Publishers Group. She impressed me with her ... Soon after I attended my first BAIPA meeting, and Vickie Weiland was very kind to me, and helped me get my San Francisco business license and my tax resale certificate, so I could be a legitimate small publisher. I decided to ...
The Book Designer

J.K. Rowling has deal for new novel for adults - Yahoo! Movies
In this Thursday, July 7, 2011 photo, British author JK Rowling arrives in ... in Little, Brown, and apublishing team that will be a great partner in this new phase of my writing life. ... on e-bookswith the Pottermore website," the publisher said in a statement. ... Meyer herself wrote an adultbook, "The Host," a best-seller in 2008.
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