By Kari Howard
The prize-winning writer Carlos Fuentes, modern Mexico's greatest novelist and indefatigableauthor of screenplays, stories and often-scolding commentaries, died Tuesday at a hospital in Mexico City. He was 83.
World Now
Appreciating Mexican author Carlos Fuentes
San Francisco Chronicle
(05-16) 06:48 PDT MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) -- Whatever they may have thought of his politics, anyone lucky enough to have conversed with author Carlos Fuentes couldn't help but be taken by his patrician good looks and his love affair with language.
Carlos Fuentes, Mexican Author With Global Fans, Dies at 83
Bloomberg
The recipient of awards including the Miguel de Cervantes Prize and Mexico's National Prize in Literature, Fuentes had a following among Latin Americanauthors surpassed only by Colombia's Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Peru's Mario Vargas Llosa though ...
Bloomberg
San Francisco Chronicle
(05-16) 06:48 PDT MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) -- Whatever they may have thought of his politics, anyone lucky enough to have conversed with author Carlos Fuentes couldn't help but be taken by his patrician good looks and his love affair with language.
Carlos Fuentes, Mexican Author With Global Fans, Dies at 83
Bloomberg
The recipient of awards including the Miguel de Cervantes Prize and Mexico's National Prize in Literature, Fuentes had a following among Latin Americanauthors surpassed only by Colombia's Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Peru's Mario Vargas Llosa though ...
Bloomberg
Mexican author Carlos Fuentes dies
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff Author Carlos Fuentes in 2008. Fuentes was known for political commentary as well as literary works. Mexico City (CNN) -- Mexican author Carlos Fuentes, a prolific writer known for his novels and political commentary, died Tuesday ...
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff Author Carlos Fuentes in 2008. Fuentes was known for political commentary as well as literary works. Mexico City (CNN) -- Mexican author Carlos Fuentes, a prolific writer known for his novels and political commentary, died Tuesday ...
Author claims huge coverup in Zodiac Killer investigation
Los Angeles Times
The author of a new book about the Zodiac Killer, who struck Northern California four decades ago, claims there was a massive law enforcement coverup that prevented the killer from being caught. "The Zodiac Killer Cover Up" is a new book written by a ...
NY judge: Apple statements damage lawsuit position
CBS News
According to the lawsuit, the publishers were concerned that Amazon's e-bookprice was too far below the price of hardcover books and Apple was concerned because it was preparing to launch the iPad. By 2010, Amazon was responsible for 90 percent of ...
CBS News
E-book publishers lose bid to kill antitrust suit
San Francisco Chronicle
E-BOOKS Publishers lose bid to dismiss antitrust suit Apple and five book publishers lost their bid to have a private antitrust suit over electronic book pricing dismissed. US District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan denied on Tuesday a request by the ...
Judge Comes Down Hard on Publishers, Apple in E-book Case
TIME
Citing ongoing state, federal and international antitrust investigations, Cote turned down arguments that Apple and the publishers had acted independently when they changed the pricing model for e-books. (For more details on the case, see “Everything ...
TIME
Judge: Apple at Heart of Ebook Price Fixing Conspiracy
The Mac Observer
US District Court Judge Denise Cote denied a request from Apple and ebookpublishers to dismiss a class action lawsuit accusing them of price fixing, and at the same time said that Apple and Steve Jobs were in the middle of the conspiracy.
The Mac Observer
Apple E-Book Lawsuit: Steve Jobs Swayed Publisher, Complaint Alleges
PCWorld
By John P. Mello Jr., PCWorld May 15, 2012 10:05 AM Apple cofounder Steve Jobs got directly involved in an alleged conspiracy to fix e-book prices after a publisher balked at participating in the scheme, according to a court document filed by 31 states ...
Jobs Involved In Alleged E-book Price Fixing; Judge Denies Request To Dismiss Case
RedOrbit
According to CNET's Charles Cooper, the lawsuit “alleges that Apple acted as the ringleader of a coordinated attempt by the five publishers to push prices higher one-books,” and that the government's complaint against the six companies, ...
RedOrbit
Apple, Publishers Lose Bid to Dismiss E-Book Class Action
Bloomberg
US District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan today denied a request by the defendants to throw out the complaint by plaintiffs seeking to represent a nationwide class of consumers who boughte-books from the defendants.
Judge Allows Class-Action Lawsuit on E-Book Pricing to Go Ahead
New York Times (blog)
By JULIE BOSMAN A federal judge on Tuesday denied Apple and several major book publishers' motions to dismiss a class-action lawsuit that accuses the companies of conspiring to control the price of e-books. In denying the request, Judge Denise Cote of ...
Apple, publishers must face consumers' e-book suit
Reuters
By Grant McCool | NEW YORK May 15 (Reuters) - Apple Inc and five major book publishers have failed to persuade a US judge to throw out a lawsuit by consumers accusing them of conspiring to raise electronic book prices two years ago.
E-book class-action lawsuit to move forward
The Seattle Times
(May 15, 2012, by nearorfar) MORE A federal judge in New York has rejected an effort by Apple and five major publishers to throw out a class-action lawsuit accusing them of illegally working together to raise e-book prices. Tuesday's decision by US ...
New E-Book Publisher Aims To Be "World's Greenest Press"
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Bitingduck Press, of Altadena, California, wants e-books to help save the environment as well as to serve local businesses. Specializing in electronic formatting of complex content and in quirky fiction, the press represents over seventy authors ...
Publishing thrown for e-book loop
Canada.com
There's a revolution in reading filled with innovative and exciting possibilities underway, but whether the book industry will be able to sustain itself remains to be seen. E-books have transformed the experience of reading - everything from ...
Judge denies Apple, publishers' motion to dismiss e-book civil suit
Apple Insider
By Mikey Campbell A federal judge on Tuesday denied petitions by both Apple and a group of five major publishing houses to dismiss a class-action lawsuit accusing the companies of collusion in e-book price fixing. Judge Denis Cote of the US District ...
Review: 'I Suck at Girls' a bland account of youthful dalliances by 'S--- My ...
Washington Post
“I Suck at Girls” (It Books), by Justin Halpern: With a title like “I Suck at Girls,” from the best-selling author of “S--- My Dad Says,” in a thin volume that would be much thinner if all the profanity were expunged, I'm not sure exactly what I was ...
Great books: Fred Astaire, French actresses and film noir
MiamiHerald.com
Heck, somebody's even written a book about movie stars on bikes. But is that a bad thing? Of course not. For the serious film addict, watching movies is never enough. We crave more information, more insight, more dirt. So here are three compelling, ...
Apple loses motion to dismiss ebook antitrust suit
Los Angeles Times
In addition to the class action suit, the Justice Department sued Apple and five major bookpublishers in April, alleging Steve Jobs and the top executives at the publishing firms conspired to raise the price of ebooks. [Updated 11:45 am May 15: An ...
CORRECTING AND REPLACING: Judge Rules in Favor of E-Book Consumers in Price ...
MarketWatch (press release)
9, 2011, and seeks to represent purchasers of e-books who the complaint says were forced to pay tens of millions of dollars more for their favorite titles because of a price-fixing scheme organized by the e-book publishers and Apple.
Wimpy author a hero to his primary fans
The Australian
American children's author Jeff Kinney, creator of the mega-selling Diary of Wimp Kid series, is king of the kids, his books a near obsession with the five- to 10-year-old set. Since unleashing the Wimpy Kid in 2007, Kinney has sold about 60 million ...
Judge OKs Class-Action eBook Price-Fixing Suit
Tom's Guide
And the lawsuits just keep piling on as Apple and six eBook publishers are accused of price fixing. The suit was filed back in August 2011 and is separate from the suit filed by the Department of Justice last month which made similar accusations.
Midwest Book Awards Has Big Wave Surfing as Finalist in Two Categories ...
MarketWatch (press release)
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- With nine business bookawards in 2011 - Big Wave Surfing, Extreme Technology, Development, Marketing and Investing, authored by Kenneth Thurber, could rightly lay claim to winning the most ...
Go-ahead given to consumers' e-book lawsuit against Apple, publishers
CNET
Last month, the US Justice Department announced settlements with three publishers: Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group and Harper Collins. Apple, Macmillan and Penguin intend to fight the allegations in court. (Simon & Schuster is owned by CNET's ...
Judge refuses request to dismiss ebook class action suit | TUAW ...
By Megan Lavey-Heaton
Cote scoffed at the idea that Apple and the publishers acted independently in coming up with what's known as agency pricing, their defense to the charges that they were price-fixing ebooks. Not only that, she accused Steve Jobs at being at ...
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
How A Book Is Born: INFOGRAPHIC - GalleyCat
By Dianna Dilworth
We've embedded the whole infographic below–all book professionals can learn from this image which shows how a book is conceptualized, pitched, picked up, written, edited and who gets drunk along the way. Check it out: “Here's the heartwarming, only slightly messy, and roughly 74 percent accurate story of how an idea churns through the publishing process just like—as apublisher we once knew put it—a rat travels through an anaconda. Don't think too much about that analogy.
GalleyCat
Judge denies Apple, publisher motions to dismiss class-action price ...
By Chris Meadows
Hot on the heels of the filing I mentioned yesterday, the judge in the publisher/Apple price-fixing class action has issued a 56-page ruling (PDF). ... TeleRead - News and views on ebooks, libraries, publishing and related topics ... There's also some stuff about Steve Jobs's role in things, including full consideration of Jobs's cryptic remark, a few days before the Macmillan/Amazon agency kerfuffle, that e-books would cost $12.99 to $14.99 from Apple, but “the prices will be the same” as ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...
Books Devoured: Bout of Books Challenge: Re-Title It
By Shannon@BooksDevoured
Bout of Books Read-a-Thon. Today is the third day of the Bout of Books Readathon and I hope that you are all getting lots of reading done towards your goals! I am so happy to be hosting a challenge for the Bout of Books Participants! I hope that this ... You can leave a comment on this post with the original title and author and the new title and synopsis or quick blurb if you want. The Prize: Book of your choice up to $15.00 from Amazon (US) or The Book Depository (Intl). Have fun with ...
Books Devoured
'Who Was Steve Jobs' Children's book hits store shelves | 9to5Mac ...
By 9to5 Staff
'Who Was Steve Jobs' Children's book hits store shelves http://9to5mac.com/2012/05/16/who-was-steve-jobs-childrens-book-hits-store-shelves/. May 16, 2012 at 6:54 am . This looks great (via theLoop). The “Who was” books aim to teach kids ...
9to5Mac
PandoDaily's First Ebook Is Out Now! Your Definitive Guide to ...
By Sarah Lacy
It's our first ever eBook “Buy This Book Before You Buy Facebook: A PandoDaily Expert Guide to the Internet's Biggest IPO,” available on Amazon Kindle right now, and on other platforms very soon. True to PandoDaily's audacious style of ...
PandoDaily
books and business cycles « orgtheory.net
By fabiorojas
Guest blogging for Megan McArdle at the Atlantic, Garrett Jones summarizes a new paper in the American Economic Review showing that books sales predict business cycles: She [Michelle Alexopoulous] found that books really do predict ...
orgtheory.net
Wikipedia author confronts Ed Wegman « Statistical Modeling ...
By Andrew
The original author got a check for $500 but, unfortunately, no free subscription to “Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Statistics” (a $1400-$2800 value). P.S. To those who think I'm being mean to Wegman: I haven't yet heard that ...
Statistical Modeling, Causal...
McGraw-Hill Announces E-Book Program With University of ...
By By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
McGraw-Hill announced a new e-book program with the University of Minnesota bookstore. ...The textbook publisher McGraw-Hill Higher Education announced a pilot program with University of Minnesota bookstores last week that may eventually make early semester lines and sold-out core texts as obsolete as the diskette. McGraw-Hill will offer its ... The program comes after another that began this year and that was designed to lower the cost of e-books by buying them in bulk .
The Choice
Flavorwire » Photo Gallery: JR's 'Women Are Heroes' Book
It's the latter tribute that's the focus of his new book – Women Are Heroes: A Global Project. By pairing JR's original portraits with brief interviews with each of his ...
flavorwire.com/.../photo-gallery-jrs-women-are-heroes-book?...
Israeli author Aharon Appelfeld oldest to receive British fiction prize ...
Israeli author Aharon Appelfeld became the oldest person to win the coveted ... The author of more than 40 books, Appelfeld said the book was "a work of fiction ...
www.jta.org/.../israeli-author-appelfeld-oldest-to-receive-britis...
'New York Review of Books' calls it 'apartheid' and prepares ...
As a promoter of Peter Beinart's new book The Crisis of Zionism (albeit with major ... David Shulman's review of the book in the new New York Review of Books.
mondoweiss.net/.../new-york-review-of-books-calls-it-aparthei...
5 Tuesday Evening Free Kindle Books | Pixel of Ink
Then here are 5 Free Kindle Books you will want to checkout tonight! >> Did you see all of the great Kindle ebook deals today? Make sure ... If you see a price for “ Prime Members” or “read for free”, then the book is NOT free any longer. .... as always, this site does a great job of giving us a nice selection of authors and books.
www.pixelofink.com/5-tuesday-evening-free-kindle-books/
Authors
Authors. my favorite authors. Photo of Holly Thompson Holly Thompson. 515 followers, 8 pins. Comment · Repin Like. Arthur C. Clarke. 5 repins. google.com ...
pinterest.com/HollyAnissa/authors/
When Book Piracy Is Good For Authors
BuzzFeed
But Clay Johnson, author of The Information Diet, says he's fine with it. posted about 17 hours ago If one file sharing site is to be believed, Clay Johnson's book has been pirated a minimum of 14994 times. But he isn't mad. In fact, he seems a little ...
The Clash of Generations
Jutia Group
John Mauldin, best-selling author and recognized financial expert, is also editor of the free Thoughts from the Frontline and Outside the Box e-letters that go to over 1 million readers each week. For more information on John or his FREE weekly ...
Fifty shades of red
Daily Freeman Journal
Here's the story: I had a lot of free time this weekend, I was stuck at a Barnes & Noble, it just happened to be the first thing I saw in the store and there was barely anything else on the shelves (not true.) Actually, curiosity killed this cat and I ...
By fabiorojas
Guest blogging for Megan McArdle at the Atlantic, Garrett Jones summarizes a new paper in the American Economic Review showing that books sales predict business cycles: She [Michelle Alexopoulous] found that books really do predict ...
orgtheory.net
Wikipedia author confronts Ed Wegman « Statistical Modeling ...
By Andrew
The original author got a check for $500 but, unfortunately, no free subscription to “Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Statistics” (a $1400-$2800 value). P.S. To those who think I'm being mean to Wegman: I haven't yet heard that ...
Statistical Modeling, Causal...
McGraw-Hill Announces E-Book Program With University of ...
By By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
McGraw-Hill announced a new e-book program with the University of Minnesota bookstore. ...The textbook publisher McGraw-Hill Higher Education announced a pilot program with University of Minnesota bookstores last week that may eventually make early semester lines and sold-out core texts as obsolete as the diskette. McGraw-Hill will offer its ... The program comes after another that began this year and that was designed to lower the cost of e-books by buying them in bulk .
The Choice
Flavorwire » Photo Gallery: JR's 'Women Are Heroes' Book
It's the latter tribute that's the focus of his new book – Women Are Heroes: A Global Project. By pairing JR's original portraits with brief interviews with each of his ...
flavorwire.com/.../photo-gallery-jrs-women-are-heroes-book?...
Israeli author Aharon Appelfeld oldest to receive British fiction prize ...
Israeli author Aharon Appelfeld became the oldest person to win the coveted ... The author of more than 40 books, Appelfeld said the book was "a work of fiction ...
www.jta.org/.../israeli-author-appelfeld-oldest-to-receive-britis...
'New York Review of Books' calls it 'apartheid' and prepares ...
As a promoter of Peter Beinart's new book The Crisis of Zionism (albeit with major ... David Shulman's review of the book in the new New York Review of Books.
mondoweiss.net/.../new-york-review-of-books-calls-it-aparthei...
5 Tuesday Evening Free Kindle Books | Pixel of Ink
Then here are 5 Free Kindle Books you will want to checkout tonight! >> Did you see all of the great Kindle ebook deals today? Make sure ... If you see a price for “ Prime Members” or “read for free”, then the book is NOT free any longer. .... as always, this site does a great job of giving us a nice selection of authors and books.
www.pixelofink.com/5-tuesday-evening-free-kindle-books/
Authors
Authors. my favorite authors. Photo of Holly Thompson Holly Thompson. 515 followers, 8 pins. Comment · Repin Like. Arthur C. Clarke. 5 repins. google.com ...
pinterest.com/HollyAnissa/authors/
When Book Piracy Is Good For Authors
BuzzFeed
But Clay Johnson, author of The Information Diet, says he's fine with it. posted about 17 hours ago If one file sharing site is to be believed, Clay Johnson's book has been pirated a minimum of 14994 times. But he isn't mad. In fact, he seems a little ...
The Clash of Generations
Jutia Group
John Mauldin, best-selling author and recognized financial expert, is also editor of the free Thoughts from the Frontline and Outside the Box e-letters that go to over 1 million readers each week. For more information on John or his FREE weekly ...
Fifty shades of red
Daily Freeman Journal
Here's the story: I had a lot of free time this weekend, I was stuck at a Barnes & Noble, it just happened to be the first thing I saw in the store and there was barely anything else on the shelves (not true.) Actually, curiosity killed this cat and I ...
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