World Book Night celebrates reading

World Book Night celebrates reading with paperback handouts
USA TODAY
There may not be anything that says, 'I care about someone else, friend or stranger,' more than handing them a book that you personally love and want to share. Maybe food, but that's quickly gone." Even in a digital age, when e-books get much of the ...

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World Book Night: Stephen Fry joins million giveaway
The Guardian
Fear not, if approached by a fervent-eyed reader brandishing a bundle of books in your general direction. It's World Book Night, and 1 million books are set to be given away in the UK by 20000 book lovers to mark the occasion on Monday 23 April.

The Guardian

World Book Night: coming your way, but no room for Amazon
Christian Science Monitor
On World Book Night thousands of volunteers in the US and Europe will hand outbooks, hoping to pass along their own love of reading. By Husna Haq / April 23, 2012 Twenty thousand volunteers will hand out 1 million books in Britain for World BookNight ...

Christian Science Monitor

Millions of books to be donated Monday night
CBS News
Thousands of towns and cities around the country and beyond are participating in the second annual World Book Night, when some 2.5 million free books are expected to be donated, whether at a children's shelter in Texas or a crisis center in Tampa, Fla.

Critics of E-Books Lawsuit Miss the Mark, Experts Say
Wall Street Journal
By THOMAS CATAN WASHINGTON—The US Justice Department has come under criticism since filing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc. and five publishers, accusing them of colluding to fix e-book prices. The Justice Department says publishing CEOs met at ...

Several authors form Rock*It Reads brand for self-pubbed romance
USA TODAY
By Joyce Lamb, USA TODAY Several romance authors have gotten together to launch a brand designed to help readers find "high-quality self-published works." This brand is called Rock*It Reads, and you'll be able to identify Rock*It Reads books by the ...

USA TODAY

Non-readers are the winners on World Book Night
NorthJersey.com
BY SACHI FUJIMORI Bill Skees, owner of Well Read in Hawthorne, with boxes ofbooks to be passed out on World Book Night. For World Book Night tonight some 25000 volunteers, including a handful in North Jersey, will be handing out free books.

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World Book Night, Simon Cowell biography, LA book festival
USA TODAY
By Lindsay Deutsch, USA TODAY --World Book Night: Today, 25000 volunteers will distribute 500000 free books in the USA as part of World Book Night, an effort to spread the word, literally, to those in need. "We believe that reading begets reading," ...

USA TODAY

Book: GOP freshman class turned into 'a monster' for Boehner, other House leaders
Washington Post
according to Draper's book. The importance of the freshmen has subsided as the House and Senate have scaled back their agendas heading into the fall elections, but the group is poised to play a pivotal role in a lame-duck session in which Congress must ...

Festival of Books: Grahame-Smith explains why we need zombies
Los Angeles Times (blog)
According to Seth Grahame-Smith, author of three insanely popular historical-fiction-meets-genre-thriller novels, zombies are good at two things: separating us from our delicious cranial tissue, and serving as a metaphor for whatever a culture fears.

World Book Night in Athens
Patch.com
Athens Patch caught up with three of those who are giving away books tonight, to find out why they are involved in this massive undertaking. Here's what they had to say. World Book Night means giving back, changing lives. As a child reading wasn't ...

Rhoda! Valerie Harper has book deal
Sacramento Bee
AP Valerie Harper, the actress who played one of television's most beloved sidekicks, is working on a memoir called "I Rhoda Book." (Yes, meaning "I wrote a book"). Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Monday that the memoir is ...

Focal Press Launches New Books Featuring Photoshop CS6 Tips, Tutorials
MarketWatch (press release)
WALTHAM, Mass., Apr 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Focal Press, a leading publisher of media technology books, today announced the availability of several new photography titles that include tutorials and how-tos to help photographers and designers ...

Festival of Books: History's dark corners make good crime, spy novels
Los Angeles Times
The rest of the “Crime Fiction: Listening In” panel at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on Sunday was almost an afterthought compared with that stranger-than-his-own-fiction anecdote from the author of the Bernie Gunther spy novels.

"Rhoda's" Valerie Harper has a book deal
CBS News
(Credit: Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Kinetic Content) (CBS/AP) Valerie Harper, who played Rhoda on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," is working on a memoir called "I Rhoda Book." The memoir is scheduled for January 2013, Gallery Books, an imprint of...

CBS News

World Book Night: Spreading reading habit
The News-Press
Cassandra Early, the owner of Cypress Paperback Exchange, shows the book she picked, “Bel Canto” by Ann Patchett, to give out for World Book Night. The World Book Night campaign volunteers give books to light or non-readers for free to promote reading.

Milwaukeeans join thousands for World Book Night giveaway
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
By Jim Higgins of the Journal Sentinel Milwaukeeans are joining thousands of volunteers in the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and Germany today in handing out free paperbacks as part of World Book Night. The event is designed to get booksin the ...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)

Young Author Peirce Stern Sells 670 Copies in 3 Days
MarketWatch (press release)
LOS ANGELES, CA, Apr 23, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Over its three-day free promotional period, a new investment book titled "Reins of Hysteria," sold 670 copies. The 23-year-old first time author woke up Friday morning to find the eBook's Amazon ...

Festival of Books: Steve Lopez, healthcare panelists on end-of-life struggles
Los Angeles Times (blog)
The panel, one of the last at this year's Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, was about the uncomfortable subject of death –- and, even so, it drew a lively and clearly appreciative crowd of several hundred to a USC conference room Sunday.

Amazon's Fight Against Content Middlemen: Books, TV, Movies, Games
Xconomy
The publishing industry was rocked last year when Amazon.com, long the most important retailer inbooks, got serious about becoming a publisher. No longer content to control a few niche imprints, Amazon took aim at the big publishing houses' cash cows ...

Book reveals hidden horror of N.Korean labor camps
Reuters
"This book is a good way of understanding North Korea as a totalitarian state and redressing a real failure in Western diplomacy to make these camps and that hideous cruelty part of any conversation with the country," he added. "It's not a policy book, ...

Authors in LA this week: Gustavo Arellano, Ken Caillat and more
Los Angeles Times (blog)
Food for the gut and for the ears: Gustavo Arellano explores the popularity of Mexican cuisine in his latest book "Taco USA" while Ken Caillat gives readers a glimpse into the studio when Fleetwood Mac recorded the classic 1977 album "Rumours.

Book giveaway set for Lincoln area
Lincoln Journal Star
People interested in giving out books on World Book Night 2013 are encouraged to visit the website (www.worldbooknight.org) or follow the organization on Facebook (www.facebook.com/worldbooknightusa). Don't be wary if a stranger walks up to you Monday ...

The north embraces World Book Night
The Guardian (blog)
It's World Book Night and an indie punk band will be playing in a Manchester library as part of the series of events in the north. The north west city's response to the international event is to host a gig by Manchester band, Violet Youth.

The Guardian (blog)

Author Pavlich: Fast and Furious Worse Than Watergate, Iran-Contra
NewsMax.com
By Henry J. Reske and John Bachman The Fast and Furious gunrunning scandal is far worse for President Barack Obama than the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals that beset Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, respectively, author and journalist ...

Get ready for World Book Night
Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota author Leif Enger is one of the people giving away books tonight, and his book "Peace Like A River" is one of the 30 books that will be offered up for free across the country. How will people react to a guy on the sidewalk handing out ...

They're sharing a few good (free) books
Peninsula Daily
Phil Lusk of Agnew is among the more than 50 “givers” to offer free books at local shelters, youth centers and other locations during World Book Night this Monday. By Diane Urbani de la Paz PORT ANGELES — They're called “givers,” and they're part of ...

Judge: Ex-Edwards aide must turn over book drafts
San Francisco Chronicle
(04-23) 00:29 PDT Greensboro, NC (AP) -- The judge overseeing John Edwards' criminal trial has ordered a former speech writer for the two-time presidential candidate to turn over any drafts of books or articles involving him and other key players in ...

Hollywood loves books
Washington Post (blog)
By Joel Achenbach When you hear the words “Los Angeles,” you immediately think “books.” It's abook town. They have this huge book festival every year, sponsored by the LA Times, which is staffed by book lovers who emcee book awards and moderate panel ...

Atlas Exclusive: Robert Spencer on His New Book, Did Muhammad ...
By Pamela Geller
When I mention the title of my new book Did Muhammad Exist? An Inquiry Into Islam's Obscure Origins, many are startled, as they had no idea that there was any question that such a larger-than-life character might be legendary rather than ...
Atlas Shrugs

Book: GOP Freshman Class Turned Into 'A Monster' For Boehner ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Book: GOP Freshman Class Turned Into 'A Monster' For Boehner, Other House Leaders. Posted: 04/22/2012 5:29 pm. reddit stumble · Share on Google+. Get Politics Alerts: Sign Up. React: Important Funny Typical Scary Outrageous Amazing ...
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Consumers still 'upset and confused' over e-book pricing | TeleRead ...
By Chris Meadows
TeleRead - News and views on ebooks, libraries, publishing and related topics ... The perception and reality of e-book prices have been a matter of strong consumer opinions ever since Amazon first hit it big with its $9.99 bestseller titles and then publishers implemented agency pricing over the “devaluing” of e-books. ... (I already mentioned Kristine Kathryn Rusch's disdain for Penguin global digital director Molly Barton's claim that the largest part of the expense is author payment.) ...
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Best Green Books: The Top 10 Environmental Reads For Earth Day ...
By Jessica Leader
Some studies suggest that children's books are shying away from nature themes, and as Marc Levinson quotes a disgruntled editor in a recent Wall Street Journal article, “the only way to sell abook on the environment is to get readers ...
Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Birch + Bird Vintage Home Interiors » Blog Archive » Book Cover Art
By Birch + Bird
Book Cover Art. Posted in Art. One of the many benefits of daily trips to the pool is that I get to spend time reading while the girls are practicing their cannonballs and mermaid tail kicks. In one month, I've gone through 3 books and a stack of ...
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Festival of Books: Betty White on her love of animals and zoos ...
By maryforgione
Betty White blew kisses to a cheering audience as she took the stage with Karen Grigsby Bates on Sunday at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. ... Jacket Copy. Books, authors and all things bookish. « Previous | Jacket Copy Home ...
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Authors Of New Book Trace History Of Prominent Philadelphia ...
By TimothyJMcL
gloriousenterprise Authors Of New Book Trace History Of Prominent Philadelphia Museum. AuthorsRobert M. Peck and Patricia Tyson Stroud. (Credit: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University). Co-author Robert Peck (along with ...
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FDL Book Salon Welcomes Martin Cohen and Andrew McKillop ...
By Gregg Levine
FDL Book Salon Welcomes Martin Cohen and Andrew McKillop, The Doomsday Machine: The High Price of Nuclear Energy, the World's Most Dangerous Fuel. Author: Gregg Levine Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:55 pm Pacific time. Welcome ... In what the authors term an alliance of “Baptists and Bootleggers,” strange bedfellows have found common cause to attack fossil fuels, demand that their use be curtailed to lessen carbon emissions, and then declare that nuclear energy is the only ...
Book Salon

Expo Line misses book festival - LA ...
By Kevin Roderick
LA Observed logo. Los Angeles media, politics, news and place. Erika Schickel. erika-schickel-head.jpg These are good days to be a pothead. Festival of Books. bill+boyarsky+latfob-thumb.jpg Meet LA Observed authors at USC · Home · LA ...
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Jen's Book Thoughts: World Book Night 2012
By Jen
Give books as gifts. When you give someone a book as a gift, you're saying to them, I think this is special and I want you to have it. Wrap your books in the prettiest papers you can find. Embellish them with ribbons and bows. For a friend's baby .... PRINT BOOKS THE LAND OF DECORATION (Grace McCleen) THE BLIND SPY (Alex Dryden) AUDIOBOOKS A TRICK OF THE LIGHT (Louise Penny) THE CUT (George Pelecanos) E-BOOKS Q: AWAKENING (G.M. Lawrence) CALL ME ...
Jen's Book Thoughts

People, Etc.: LAT Book Prizes Name Shakar's Luminarium Best ...
By Sarah Weinman
In the Guardian, Ion Trewin writes a remembrance of former publisher Nick Webb, who died at 63 earlier this month of a pulmonary embolism following a stroke. The LAT Book Prizes were awarded Friday night to: Novel: Alex Shakar ...
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Flavorwire » 10 Great Books About Young Women
By Judy Berman
10 Great Books To Read Aloud ... 10 Beautiful Literary Box Sets ... Michelle Tea is one of our favorite writers of all time — and she's written so much about her youth that we had to kick off this list by cheating and sticking in an extra book. Passionate Mistakes, a classic for feminists and counterculture weirdos in general, is an autobiographical novel that takes us from the author'steenage days as a working-class goth from the Boston suburbs across the country to San Francisco, learning ...
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20 Free E-books For Web Designers | Creative Nerds
By TimothyBlake
E-books are great way to learn more about web design. E-books can truly provide you a fountain of knowledge of information and there's a lot to be learnt. The beauty of ebooks is that there short and insightful not as a long as a book but not as ...
Creative Nerds

Southern US author Doris Betts dies at 79 of lung cancer - Yahoo ...
Publish your own activity and retain full control. ... Betts's seventh novel, "Souls Raised from the Dead," won the Southern Book ... Betts was a contemporary of honoured North Carolina authorsincluding Lee .... Loved her Hairy Potter books.
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New ebook creation program, Abulafia, now available for the Mac ...
By Paul Biba
It generates ebooks that are compatible with all major ebook readers, including the Amazon Kindle (with the addition of a free tool from Amazon), the Barnes & Noble Nook, and Apple's iBooks. Abulafia includes a basic editor, or the writer can use an external editor of his or her choice and simply paste the text into Abulafia for formatting and building the ebook. Abulafia uses standard, non-proprietary HTML for its working files (no format lock-in or conversion issues). Mac App Store link : ...
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Now everyone can publish
Malaysia Star
Making the whole process even easier and faster are e-book distributing services such as Amazon.com's Kindle Direct Publishing, Smashwords.com, and Barnes andNoble's PubIt. Three months ago, New Zealand-based Malaysian author John Ling, 28, ...

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