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'Harry Potter' e-books: game-changers for the digital world?
Christian Science Monitor
In a major departure from industry standards, the Potter e-books aren't locked with encryption, allowing consumers to share and read the books on multiple devices. In other words unlike a typical e-book, the same Potter e-book downloaded from ...

Christian Science Monitor

Harry Potter breaks e-book lockdown
SiliconValley.com
If "Pottermore," JK Rowling's new Web store, proves a success, it could provide a model for other authors and publishers and undermine the clout of Amazon.com, which dominates e-booksales. "I think it's a very large crack in a dam that's going to ...

Amazon, B&N Make Concessions for 'Potter' e-Books
Fox Business
Amazon.com Inc and Barnes & Noble Inc unveiled Harry Potter e-books on Tuesday in deals that suggest the companies made big concessions with author JK Rowling for electronic access to the hit series. Amazon said it struck a distribution deal with JK ...

JK Rowling's E-Book Wizardry
Portfolio.com
The author of the best-selling Harry Potter series unveils a new, cryptic website that hints at more from the boy wizard. But what exactly does she have in store? If you're a top-level manager in line to inherit the mantle of CEO one day, ...

Portfolio.com

Harry Potter breaks e-book lockdown
Kansas City Star
By PETER SVENSSON AP Technology Writer FILE - This Aug. 1, 2006 file photo shows best-selling author JK Rowling reading from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince during "An Evening With Harry, Carrie & Garp," at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

Kansas City Star

Utah author & officer releases new book for kids
Main Street Business Journal
GEORGE, UTAH - Utah columnist and author TS Romney released his new book in February for kids ages 9 to 12 with a topic that nearly every child can relate to: bullying. In his book, “The Legend of the Bully Slayer: The Dishonor Roll,” Romney takes a ...

Harry Potter, Now in eBook Format, Gets No Love from Apple
Mobile Marketing Watch
Available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google, and Sony, author JK Rowling's “Pottermore” website unveiled its bookstore feature on Tuesday, with all seven titles now ready for purchase. Apparently, Rowling and “Pottermore” are still in talks with ...

Mobile Marketing Watch

Harry Potter and the Portable E-books: Rowling's website breaks with book ...
Newser
1, 2006 file photo shows best-selling author JK Rowling reading from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince during "An Evening With Harry, Carrie & Garp," at Radio City Music Hall... (Associated Press) FILE -- In this Friday, July 15, 2005 file photo ...

Book Review: Kathryn Leigh Scott's 'Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood'
Examiner.com
Actress and author Kathryn Leigh Scott, with collaborator Jim Pierson, has written a new book, “Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood.” The book chronicles five decades of the “Dark Shadows,” the classic Gothic horror soap opera that made sympathetic ...

How to Self-Publish Your Own Book
LifeGoesStrong
Learning how to produce volumes through print-on-demand solutions isn't just a viable and lucrative solution for today's author. It's also often a better approach to business, letting you break into the market overnight, enjoy higher profits and save...

Life

Mickelson, KPMG team up to bring books to kids
USA TODAY
Off the golf course, Mickelson is about to turn hats into books. The four-time major champion is pairing up with KPMG LLP to launch this week Blue for Books, a nationwide charitable initiative designed to put thousands of books into the hands of ...

USA TODAY

Harry Potter e-books available at JK Rowling's Pottermore store
CBS News
The site announced Tuesday that it was the only place to buy all seven English versions of the Harry Potter e-books. Amazon and Barnes & Noble are both promoting the e-book, but you'll be redirected to Pottermore to make your purchase.

CBS News

Harry Potter soars into ebook era
Tampabay.com
Although Rowling's books have sold a staggering 450 million copies worldwide in print since the first was published 15 years ago, they have never before been available in ebook format — by far the fastest-growing segment of the book market. The ebooks ...

This Week's Cover: 'The Hunger Games' and 'Fifty Shades of Grey' are both ...
Entertainment Weekly
by EW staff The Hunger Games and Fifty Shades of Grey: two literary sensations that have whipped readers into a frothy frenzy. The librarians of the world must be (very quietly) ecstatic. Last weekend the first film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' ...

Summary Box: Harry Potter in e-book form
Atlanta Journal Constitution
AP BEYOND PRINT: Harry Potter novels are available for sale as e-books and audio books. FILE This Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007 file photo shows author JK Rowling signing a copy of her book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in New Orleans.

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Dwyane Wade writes book
ESPN
The book talks in part about Wade's struggles growing up in Chicago and how he's incorporating some of the lessons he learned into raising his own family. "For me, it was therapeutic to do this," Wade told The Associated Press.

Harry Potter ebooks now available through Pottermore
Geek
It's the books that garner the most interest though, and JK Rowling decided to take a different approach to releasing them in digital form. Rather than just releasing them as ebooks through a range of online stores, it was announced last year that the ...

Geek

Self-Publishing a Full-Color Book for Children Just Got Easier
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Denver, CO (PRWEB) March 28, 2012 Outskirts Press, the fastest growing self-publishing andbook marketing company, announced today its new "One-Click" publishing package for authorsof children's books. The publisher has created a simple one-click ...

Five questions with author Judith Viorst
Kansas City Star
By NANCY CHIPMAN POWERS Judith Viorst, 81, is the author of eight collections of poems for adults, five nonfiction books and nearly 20 books for children. She also wrote a column for Redbook magazine for more than 25 years. Viorst may be best known for ...

Amazon, B&N make concessions for Potter ebooks
Reuters
By Alistair Barr (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc and Barnes & Noble Inc unveiled Harry Potter e-books on Tuesday in deals that suggest the companies made big concessions with author JK Rowling for electronic access to the hit series.

All-Star turning author: Heat star Dwyane Wade writing book on fatherhood
Washington Post
MIAMI — Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat is becoming an author. William Morrow announced plans Wednesday to publish “A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger than Basketball,” to be released in September. The book talks in part about Wade's struggles ...

Summary Box: Harry Potter breaks e-book lockdown
Atlanta Journal Constitution
AP WHAT'S DIFFERENT: The Harry Potter books that went on sale in electronic form aren't locked down by encryption. FILE - This Aug. 1, 2006 file photo shows best-selling author JK Rowling reading from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince during "An ...

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Mets' R.A. Dickey reveals details of child-sex abuse in new book
Boston Herald
The Mets pitcher's new book, “Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball,” hits shelves Thursday. And it arrives with the surprising and tragic revelation that Dickey was abused by two people — first a female baby ...

How Pottermore cast an ebook spell over Amazon
The Guardian (blog)
Take a look at Amazon's ebook site and do a search for Harry Potter books and you will see something genuinely marvellous. Something that will warm the cockles of every publisher in the land, and perhaps even a few booksellers too. Well, for a start, ...

The Guardian (blog)

Controversial Author Clifford Irving Publishes 12 Rare Books on Kindle & Nook
MarketWatch (press release)
ASPEN, Colo., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Best-selling author Clifford Irving, once the most newsworthy writer in America, announced that a dozen of his books, including the notorious Autobiography of Howard Hughes, and Jailing, ...

Harry Potter ebooks available at Pottermore
Gant Daily
NYC, NY, United States (AHN) – Thanks to the magical and wonderful world of technology, the heavy Harry Potter tomes are now available in ebook form. The ebooks can be downloaded on the Pottermore website. Prices range from $7.99 to $9.99.

'Harry Potter' e-books go on sale online
College Times
The books by JK Rowling can be purchased on Pottermore.com for $7.99 for the first threebooks, $9.99 for the last four installments, or $57.54 for the series. “Today is a great day for 'Harry Potter' fans and e-book readers alike,” said Charlie ...

Summary Box: Harry Potter tales on sale as e-books
Boston.com
LONDON—NOW IN E-BOOK: At last, Harry Potter's adventures are available electronically. JK Rowling's seven novels about the boy wizard are available as e-books and digital audio bookson the author's Pottermore website. WHAT'S AVAILABLE: The first ...

'Harry Potter' e-books go on sale
Bend Bulletin
By Salvador Rodriguez / Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — The “Harry Potter” series, which has conquered media from hardcover books to movies, is finally available in electronic bookformat. The books by JK Rowling can be purchased on Pottermore.com for ...

Harry Potter Books Skip iBookstore, Come to iPad
The Mac Observer
JK Rowling's popular Harry Potter book series is finally available as iPad-compatible ebooks, but the titles aren't available through Apple's iBookstore. Instead, Ms. Rowling is maintaining control over the ebook distribution process.

Haney book, Tiger videogame hit stores
Yahoo! Sports
A new tell-all book by former Tiger Woods swing coach Hank Haney arrived in stores on Tuesday, the same day the golf star's new videogame hit the shelves. The well-timed product releases come two days after Woods ended a 2 1/2-year win drought in PGA ...

Yahoo! Sports

Author Naomi Ragen ordered to pay damages in plagiarism case
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israeli author Naomi Ragen, convicted of plagiarism, was ordered by a Jerusalem court to pay nearly $63000 in damages to author Sarah Shapiro. The Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday ordered Ragen to compensate Shapiro, of Jerusalem, ...

Summary Box: Harry Potter and the Portable E-books _ breaking with book ...
Washington Post
WHAT'S DIFFERENT: The Harry Potter books that went on sale in electronic form aren't locked down by encryption. WHAT THAT MEANS: Consumers can move them between devices and read them anywhere they like. E-books from major publishers are typically sold ...

Meredith Vieira Productions Partners With Author Solutions to Source New Ideas ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Working with Author Solutions and having access to their catalog of more than 175000 books provides us an excellent opportunity to source great new ideas and fresh content," said Vieira, who currently heads MVP with producing partner Amy Rapp, ...

New Books Celebrate the Color of Spring
New York Times
Two luxuriant new picture books beautifully capture this sense of awe. “Green,” by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (“First the Egg,” “One Boy”), is one of those deceptively simple picture books that to the casual bookstore browser can seem to be about nothing ...

New York Times

Harry Potter e-book reaction roundup | TeleRead: News and views ...
By Chris Meadows
The major e-book sellers referring their users to buy e-books elsewhere like this is something that's never happened before (even if, as Mike Shatzkin points out, both booksellers are certainly getting a cut of each sale they refer over). ... Rowling has struck deals with major ebook stores to funnel people into her website, meaning if you pull up a Harry Potter title somewhere like the Kindle Store, you are asked to click through and set up a separate Pottermore account, then go through ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...

Harry Potter Series Arrives In E-Book Format To The Delight Of ...
By Mary Beth Quirk
It's not just Harry Potter, either — while e-readers are getting cheaper, e-book prices have been rising. That price discrepancy has led to the Justice Department investigating book publishers for reportedly scheming to keep prices high across ...
The Consumerist

Excerpts From Dickey's New Book - NYTimes.com
By By KEN BELSON
Excerpts From Dickey's New Book. By KEN BELSON. The New York Mets. R.A. Dickey's new memoir, “Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball,” written with the Daily News reporter Wayne Coffey, is a ...
Bats

JK Rowling's Pottermore Breaks eBook Lockdown, Might Change ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
NEW YORK — When the Harry Potter books finally went on sale in electronic form on Tuesday, it was as if Harry himself had cast the "Alohomora" spell on them – the one that unlocks doors. ... If "Pottermore," J.K. Rowling's new Web store, proves a success, it could provide a model for otherauthors and publishers and undermine the clout of Amazon.com Inc., which dominates e-booksales. .... Harry Potter Author JK Rowling To Publish First Adult Novel, Blair Partnership Announces ...
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Steve Kettmann: Book Review: The Google Way to be Calmer ...
By Steve Kettmann
Longtime Google engineer Chade-Meng Tan's new book Search Inside Yourself, with the subtitle, "The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (And World Peace)," is based on a program of the same name the author helped ...
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Harry Potter E-Books Finally Available - Mac Rumors
By Jordan Golson
The Harry Potter books have been made available as e-books for the first time, nearly 5 years after the release of the final book in the series. The books are available directly from author J.K. Rowling's Pottermore website. The complete ...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...

'Harry Potter' Books Finally Available In E-Book And Audio Formats ...
By THE DEADLINE TEAM
Just ahead of the planned early April launch of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's full Pottermore site for all things Hogwarts, e-book and audio book versions of all seven Harry Potter bookswere made available today on the site. This is the first ...
Deadline.com

Top 20 Free eBook Apps Of The Week - eBookNewser
By Dianna Dilworth
Explore these 20 free apps and find out what kind of literary apps succeed in this crowded marketplace. We spotlight the top grossing book apps, the top paid Android books apps and the most popular free apps every week. Below, we've listed ...
eBookNewser

Review: The Book of Blood and Shadow « A Chair, A Fireplace & A ...
By Liz B
A Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc. 2012. Reviewed from ARC from NetGalley. The Plot: It started simply enough: a senior year independent study at the ...
A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy

Do we really need tablets and eBook readers? - Pocket-lint
By Chris Hall
Responses came back as "ebooks are utterly pointless" or that they "feel antiquated". The opinion of many is that the tablet, ... I'm not talking about comic books or textbooks, I'm talking about biographies, novels, literature, the best sellers, the Man Booker winners, the Orange Prize for Fiction nominees, the Richard and Judy Book Club selection, that surprise debut hit, that novel you read those years ago that's been made into a Hollywood blockbuster. If you haven't picked up a book to ...
Pocket-lint : Latest News

US-born author to pay plagiarism damages in Israel - Yahoo! News
Publish your own activity and retain full control. ... reproduced material from Shapiro's autobiographical book, "Growing with my Children," for her own novel " Sotah." Ragen, who moved to Israel in the 1970s, is known for books focusing on ...
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