By Tom Vanderbilt
Which raises the question: Is there any way of knowing which of today's books will last beyond a generation of readers, which will avoid being relegated to winsome curios or turgid pieces of historical sociology? .... writing in Critical Inquiry, noted that in a decade-long run of the taste-making journal Contemporary Literary Criticism, of the forty-eight significant American novelists cited, “at least thirty-one of these novelists published one book or more between 1960 and 1975 that was a ...
Culture Desk
Agent: 'OMG' diet book subject of 7-figure deal
Wall Street Journal
AP NEW YORK — The author of a self-published diet book that advocates skipping breakfast and taking cold baths has agreed to lucrative deals with British and US publishers. Grand Central Publishing announced Tuesday it has acquired Venice A. Fulton's ...
Publisher seeks relief from debt
Boston.com
The latest plan is intended to free up cash for investment into growing its overseas business and in digital book publishing, said Josef Blumenfeld, a company spokesman. “This is probably a regrettable thing to happen to them, but it is probably an ...
Bloomsbury profits boosted by e-book boom
Reuters
L) as the book industry continues its shift to digital, and the firm said it would look to academic titles for a larger part of future growth. Bloomsbury, the publisher of the "Harry Potter" series by authorJK Rowling, also said it was counting on a ...
Carol Burnett writing book her late daughter, Carrie Hamilton, who died of ...
Washington Post
NEW YORK — Carol Burnett's next book will likely inspire tears along with laughter. The beloved actress and comedienne has an agreement with Simon & Schuster for a memoir about her daughter, Carrie Hamilton, who died of cancer in 2002 at age 38.
Carol Burnett writing book about late daughter
Wall Street Journal
The publisher announced Tuesday that Burnett's book, 'Carrie and Me," is expected in April 2013. The memoir will be a "funny and moving" story of Burnett's relationship with her daughter, an actress and writer who appeared on stage in the musical ...
GetApp Publishes Free Ebook to Help Small Business Succeed with Project Management
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
GetApp announced today the release of its new free ebook Simple Project Management For Small Business: Six Easy Steps To Success. The ebook may be instantly downloaded atwww.getapp.com/blog/ebook-simple-project-management-small-business/ Barcelona, ...
Book Relates a Child's Interaction with Garden Creatures and Objects
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
by author Vanessa Jane Townsend takes young readers on a wonderful excursion to the garden where diverse creatures and objects are abound-giving them inspiration to explore and appreciate all life forms. New Zealand (PRWEB) May 22, 2012 The garden is a ...
New Book by Keith Willetts Gives No-Holds-Barred Look at Impact of Digital Economy
MarketWatch (press release)
DUBLIN, May 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- In a revealing new book "Unzipping the Digital World," launched today at TM Forum's flagship conference and Expo, Management World 2012, TM Forum's Founder and Chairman, Keith Willetts gives an eye-opening view ...
Garcelle Beauvais working on trilogy of children's books about identity issues
Washington Post
A statement released Monday says the “Franklin & Bash” star has an agreement with Stranger Comics for three books that will “address identity issues relevant to many children today.” The series will be called “I Am.” The first book, “I Am Mixed” with ...
One on One: Andrew Keen, Author of 'Digital Vertigo'
New York Times (blog)
By NICK BILTON | May 22, 2012, 8:01 am Comment Andrew Keen's new book, “Digital Vertigo: How Today's Online Social Revolution Is Dividing, Diminishing, and Disorienting Us,” warns that social networking could have adverse affects that have not have ...
Free Publishers Lunch e-book offers excerpts from hot fall titles ...
By Laura Hazard Owen
Book publishing industry newsletter and website Publishers Lunch is previewing hot fall titles -- byauthors like Junot Diaz, Dennis Lehane and Barbara Kingsolver -- in a free e-book, "BEA BuzzBooks," ahead of major publishing fair BookExpo America in June in New ... The trade edition includes “detailed publisher rights, publicity and promotion information and contacts for each title, and lets you know what kind of BEA promotion and giveaways (if any) are planned for each book.
paidContent
iBook Lessons: The long and short of ebook submission review ...
By Erica Sadun
Since then, Apple has made major internal changes that have sped up the approval process for both books and applications. Last week, Steve and I submitted Pitch Perfect, our new book about communicating with blogs. It was greenlit in ...
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Children's Book Cut-Out Art By Thomas Allen
By EDW Lynch
Children's Book Cut-Out Art By Thomas Allen. By EDW Lynch on May 21, 2012. Children's BookCut-Out Art by Thomas Allen. Artist Thomas Allen created these cut-out artworks that are inspired by children's books. The works are on display at ...
Laughing Squid
Authors in L.A. this week: Eli Broad, John Sandford, Sherlock ...
By Nick Owchar
The book itself is unconventional too. On the surface, it promises what many management books by enormously successful individuals promise: insights into leadership gleaned from a lifetime's worth of experiences. It definitely has that – there ...
Jacket Copy
Lee Hyori to meet fans as an author
By yksung
According to online bookstore Interpark Books, a “meet the author” event will be held at Seoul Welcome Theater on June 18th to honor the publication of Lee Hyori's first essay book 'Closer.' Lee Hyori will meet with 120 lucky Interpark readers ...
allkpop
Readlists Creates Ebooks from URLs
By Thorin Klosowski
Readlists Creates Ebooks from URLs The team behind Readability has released Readlists, a new webapp that can easily turn a set of articles into an Ebook and send it directly to Kindle, iPhone, iPad, or over email with just a few simple clicks.
Lifehacker
Summer Reading - Barnes & Noble
Father's Day GiftsHundreds of ways to delight Dad on his day. Bestselling books, ingenious electronics, movies, music, and more.Shop Now · NOOK Books ...
www.barnesandnoble.com/u/summer-reading/379003570/
eBooks - FierceBiotech
EBOOKS. The Library is currently filtered to only show Ebooks. ... This FierceBiotech eBookprovides expert analysis and industry insights to guide biopharma ...
www.fiercebiotech.com/library/ebooks
Feminist Ryan Gosling, The Book - The Frisky
Book deals that result from blogs usually suck, right? But the exception to that rule will have to be Feminist Ryan Gosling: Feminist Theory From Your Favorite.
www.thefrisky.com/2012-05.../feminist-ryan-gosling-the-boo...
Ten Food Books That Changed My Life - Amateur Gourmet
The first food book that I ever read (and the first food book that changed my life) was Calvin Trillin's Feeding A Yen. I don't recall what led me to i.
www.amateurgourmet.com/.../ten-food-books-that-changed-m...
Poetry Book Club News - The Rumpus.net
(NewsPoet has featured Rumpus Poetry Book Club poet and recent Pulitzer Prize ... And if you'd like to become a member of the Poetry Book Club–we're talking ...
therumpus.net/2012/05/poetry-book-club-news/
Smashwords — The Little Book of Success: Turn Your Dreams into ...
While writing her first book about an encounter with a psychopath, Barbara discovered ... She wrote 'The Little Book of Success' to share her discoveries. ... Authors/Publishers. How to publish on Smashwords ... How to format ebooks ... Robert Dugoni, New York Times Bestselling Author ...Available ebook reading formats ...
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/164710
Wall Street Journal
The publisher announced Tuesday that Burnett's book, 'Carrie and Me," is expected in April 2013. The memoir will be a "funny and moving" story of Burnett's relationship with her daughter, an actress and writer who appeared on stage in the musical ...
GetApp Publishes Free Ebook to Help Small Business Succeed with Project Management
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
GetApp announced today the release of its new free ebook Simple Project Management For Small Business: Six Easy Steps To Success. The ebook may be instantly downloaded atwww.getapp.com/blog/ebook-simple-project-management-small-business/ Barcelona, ...
Book Relates a Child's Interaction with Garden Creatures and Objects
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
by author Vanessa Jane Townsend takes young readers on a wonderful excursion to the garden where diverse creatures and objects are abound-giving them inspiration to explore and appreciate all life forms. New Zealand (PRWEB) May 22, 2012 The garden is a ...
New Book by Keith Willetts Gives No-Holds-Barred Look at Impact of Digital Economy
MarketWatch (press release)
DUBLIN, May 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- In a revealing new book "Unzipping the Digital World," launched today at TM Forum's flagship conference and Expo, Management World 2012, TM Forum's Founder and Chairman, Keith Willetts gives an eye-opening view ...
Garcelle Beauvais working on trilogy of children's books about identity issues
Washington Post
A statement released Monday says the “Franklin & Bash” star has an agreement with Stranger Comics for three books that will “address identity issues relevant to many children today.” The series will be called “I Am.” The first book, “I Am Mixed” with ...
One on One: Andrew Keen, Author of 'Digital Vertigo'
New York Times (blog)
By NICK BILTON | May 22, 2012, 8:01 am Comment Andrew Keen's new book, “Digital Vertigo: How Today's Online Social Revolution Is Dividing, Diminishing, and Disorienting Us,” warns that social networking could have adverse affects that have not have ...
Chris Christie Book: NJ Governor Was Considered For Firing
Huffington Post
Chris Christie's work as US attorney might have made him a frontrunner for his current job, but he almost lost his prosecutorial post in a purge of federal attorneys in 2005, a new book reports. According to "Chris Christie: The Inside Story of His ...
Garcelle Beauvais writing children's book series
Wall Street Journal
AP NEW YORK — Actress Garcelle Beauvais is planning to share life lessons through a series of children's books. A statement released Monday says the "Franklin & Bash" star has an agreement with Stranger Comics for three books that will "address ...
eZ Systems Releases eZ Publish 4.7 - Etna: Accelerates Customer Experience ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
eZ Publish Enterprise now integrates its info-graphic analytics solution, eZ odoscope, directly into the back office, integrating content production with performance measurement. For delivery to mobile, eZ has enhanced its adaptive technology to faster ...
SAE International Offers Book on Vehicle Noise, Vibration and Sound Quality
MarketWatch (press release)
WARRENDALE, Pa., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- SAE International offers a bookthat gives readers a working knowledge of vehicle vibration, noise and sound quality. The knowledge it imparts can be applied to analyze real-world problems and ...
Local Books: 'Reamde' in paperback, Indian studies, finance
The Seattle Times
Neal Stephenson's best-seller "Reamde" is out in paperback, plus "Song of Power and Prayer in the Columbia Plateau" and "Chinuk Wawa," two books on Northwest Native Americans, and "Securing Your Financial Future," personal finance for beginners.
Blockbuster Author Dean Koontz And Auryn Release Second eBook App In The Award ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Auryn, Inc., the most award-winning digital publisher of interactive children's stories for the iPad and other tablet devices, today announces the availability of Trixie and Jinx, the second ebook ...
New Book Tells the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse to a Single Mother
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Author Paige Walker shares a true account on her struggles as a single parent of a sexually abused child and its effects on her as a mother and a woman. New Zealand (PRWEB) May 22, 2012 Many accounts have been documented of the atrocities inflicted ...
New Zenger Folkman Book How to Be Exceptional to Premiere in August; Preorders ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SALT LAKE CITY, May 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- For every leader, manager or employee hoping to gain a competitive advantage in an increasingly challenging world, the newest book from Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman of leadership development firm Zenger ...
Has the diamond jubilee increased the number of 'royal' books?
The Guardian
Sometimes confusingly, there are also many books highlighting London and the 2012 Olympics. The conflation of these two 2012 events has led some of the best-loved children's book characters, including Peppa Pig, Horrid Henry, Charlie and Lola and Topsy ...
The Guardian
Joan Rivers' book includes crass jokes about Whitney Houston's death
msnbc.com (blog)
By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper Comedian Joan Rivers is taking some heat for two Whitney Houston jokes that reportedly appear in her upcoming book, "I Hate Everyone ... Starting With Me." The Village Voice reports that in a section on travel, ...
Royal Ontario Museum Selects Ristech to Provide the book2net Digital Book ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The country's largest international museum, the Royal Ontario Museum recently added digital bookscanning technology from Ristech. The museum now uses the Book2net Spirit high-resolution, energy-efficient digital book scanner in its library's reading ...
Delightful Picture Book Helps Children Discover the Joys of Reading
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Award-winning writer Annette M. Alston tells of one such feline as she shares a charming picturebook about Sheri Berry the Scritch Scratch Cat. This engaging tale is a warm and musical way to strike the heartstrings of elementary school children and ...
New Book from Cengage Learning Reveals How to Create Stunning Content for the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
As part of the Revealed series, this new title is among 12 other books to be released in the series based on the CS6 suite of software. Adobe InDesign CS6 Interactive will provide in-depth lessons on using InDesign CS6, and show readers how to create ...
Book Review: Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
This would be a great book for a book club or a reading group. So much of what it entails is so true to life that Haynes' novel will stay with you long after the reading. You will find yourself checking your own doors more often.
Huffington Post
Chris Christie's work as US attorney might have made him a frontrunner for his current job, but he almost lost his prosecutorial post in a purge of federal attorneys in 2005, a new book reports. According to "Chris Christie: The Inside Story of His ...
Garcelle Beauvais writing children's book series
Wall Street Journal
AP NEW YORK — Actress Garcelle Beauvais is planning to share life lessons through a series of children's books. A statement released Monday says the "Franklin & Bash" star has an agreement with Stranger Comics for three books that will "address ...
eZ Systems Releases eZ Publish 4.7 - Etna: Accelerates Customer Experience ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
eZ Publish Enterprise now integrates its info-graphic analytics solution, eZ odoscope, directly into the back office, integrating content production with performance measurement. For delivery to mobile, eZ has enhanced its adaptive technology to faster ...
SAE International Offers Book on Vehicle Noise, Vibration and Sound Quality
MarketWatch (press release)
WARRENDALE, Pa., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- SAE International offers a bookthat gives readers a working knowledge of vehicle vibration, noise and sound quality. The knowledge it imparts can be applied to analyze real-world problems and ...
Local Books: 'Reamde' in paperback, Indian studies, finance
The Seattle Times
Neal Stephenson's best-seller "Reamde" is out in paperback, plus "Song of Power and Prayer in the Columbia Plateau" and "Chinuk Wawa," two books on Northwest Native Americans, and "Securing Your Financial Future," personal finance for beginners.
Blockbuster Author Dean Koontz And Auryn Release Second eBook App In The Award ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Auryn, Inc., the most award-winning digital publisher of interactive children's stories for the iPad and other tablet devices, today announces the availability of Trixie and Jinx, the second ebook ...
New Book Tells the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse to a Single Mother
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Author Paige Walker shares a true account on her struggles as a single parent of a sexually abused child and its effects on her as a mother and a woman. New Zealand (PRWEB) May 22, 2012 Many accounts have been documented of the atrocities inflicted ...
New Zenger Folkman Book How to Be Exceptional to Premiere in August; Preorders ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SALT LAKE CITY, May 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- For every leader, manager or employee hoping to gain a competitive advantage in an increasingly challenging world, the newest book from Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman of leadership development firm Zenger ...
Has the diamond jubilee increased the number of 'royal' books?
The Guardian
Sometimes confusingly, there are also many books highlighting London and the 2012 Olympics. The conflation of these two 2012 events has led some of the best-loved children's book characters, including Peppa Pig, Horrid Henry, Charlie and Lola and Topsy ...
The Guardian
Joan Rivers' book includes crass jokes about Whitney Houston's death
msnbc.com (blog)
By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper Comedian Joan Rivers is taking some heat for two Whitney Houston jokes that reportedly appear in her upcoming book, "I Hate Everyone ... Starting With Me." The Village Voice reports that in a section on travel, ...
Royal Ontario Museum Selects Ristech to Provide the book2net Digital Book ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The country's largest international museum, the Royal Ontario Museum recently added digital bookscanning technology from Ristech. The museum now uses the Book2net Spirit high-resolution, energy-efficient digital book scanner in its library's reading ...
Delightful Picture Book Helps Children Discover the Joys of Reading
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Award-winning writer Annette M. Alston tells of one such feline as she shares a charming picturebook about Sheri Berry the Scritch Scratch Cat. This engaging tale is a warm and musical way to strike the heartstrings of elementary school children and ...
New Book from Cengage Learning Reveals How to Create Stunning Content for the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
As part of the Revealed series, this new title is among 12 other books to be released in the series based on the CS6 suite of software. Adobe InDesign CS6 Interactive will provide in-depth lessons on using InDesign CS6, and show readers how to create ...
Book Review: Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
This would be a great book for a book club or a reading group. So much of what it entails is so true to life that Haynes' novel will stay with you long after the reading. You will find yourself checking your own doors more often.
Children's book about ghosts (and zombies) - Boing Boing
By David Pescovitz
There Are No Ghosts is a delightful and creepy children's book written by my niece Amanda Pescovitz, a high school senior, and illustrated by her classmate Ellen Wang. The book was born from an award-winning poem that inspired the ...
Boing Boing
By David Pescovitz
There Are No Ghosts is a delightful and creepy children's book written by my niece Amanda Pescovitz, a high school senior, and illustrated by her classmate Ellen Wang. The book was born from an award-winning poem that inspired the ...
Boing Boing
Free Publishers Lunch e-book offers excerpts from hot fall titles ...
By Laura Hazard Owen
Book publishing industry newsletter and website Publishers Lunch is previewing hot fall titles -- byauthors like Junot Diaz, Dennis Lehane and Barbara Kingsolver -- in a free e-book, "BEA BuzzBooks," ahead of major publishing fair BookExpo America in June in New ... The trade edition includes “detailed publisher rights, publicity and promotion information and contacts for each title, and lets you know what kind of BEA promotion and giveaways (if any) are planned for each book.
paidContent
iBook Lessons: The long and short of ebook submission review ...
By Erica Sadun
Since then, Apple has made major internal changes that have sped up the approval process for both books and applications. Last week, Steve and I submitted Pitch Perfect, our new book about communicating with blogs. It was greenlit in ...
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Children's Book Cut-Out Art By Thomas Allen
By EDW Lynch
Children's Book Cut-Out Art By Thomas Allen. By EDW Lynch on May 21, 2012. Children's BookCut-Out Art by Thomas Allen. Artist Thomas Allen created these cut-out artworks that are inspired by children's books. The works are on display at ...
Laughing Squid
Authors in L.A. this week: Eli Broad, John Sandford, Sherlock ...
By Nick Owchar
The book itself is unconventional too. On the surface, it promises what many management books by enormously successful individuals promise: insights into leadership gleaned from a lifetime's worth of experiences. It definitely has that – there ...
Jacket Copy
A Book for Republicans | Right Wing News
By Thomas Sowell
Democrats have been having a field day with the cry of “tax cuts for the rich” — for which Republicans seem to have no reply. This is especially surprising, because Democrats made the same arguments back in the 1920s, and the Republicans ...
Right Wing News
By Thomas Sowell
Democrats have been having a field day with the cry of “tax cuts for the rich” — for which Republicans seem to have no reply. This is especially surprising, because Democrats made the same arguments back in the 1920s, and the Republicans ...
Right Wing News
Lee Hyori to meet fans as an author
By yksung
According to online bookstore Interpark Books, a “meet the author” event will be held at Seoul Welcome Theater on June 18th to honor the publication of Lee Hyori's first essay book 'Closer.' Lee Hyori will meet with 120 lucky Interpark readers ...
allkpop
Readlists Creates Ebooks from URLs
By Thorin Klosowski
Readlists Creates Ebooks from URLs The team behind Readability has released Readlists, a new webapp that can easily turn a set of articles into an Ebook and send it directly to Kindle, iPhone, iPad, or over email with just a few simple clicks.
Lifehacker
Summer Reading - Barnes & Noble
Father's Day GiftsHundreds of ways to delight Dad on his day. Bestselling books, ingenious electronics, movies, music, and more.Shop Now · NOOK Books ...
www.barnesandnoble.com/u/summer-reading/379003570/
eBooks - FierceBiotech
EBOOKS. The Library is currently filtered to only show Ebooks. ... This FierceBiotech eBookprovides expert analysis and industry insights to guide biopharma ...
www.fiercebiotech.com/library/ebooks
Feminist Ryan Gosling, The Book - The Frisky
Book deals that result from blogs usually suck, right? But the exception to that rule will have to be Feminist Ryan Gosling: Feminist Theory From Your Favorite.
www.thefrisky.com/2012-05.../feminist-ryan-gosling-the-boo...
Ten Food Books That Changed My Life - Amateur Gourmet
The first food book that I ever read (and the first food book that changed my life) was Calvin Trillin's Feeding A Yen. I don't recall what led me to i.
www.amateurgourmet.com/.../ten-food-books-that-changed-m...
Poetry Book Club News - The Rumpus.net
(NewsPoet has featured Rumpus Poetry Book Club poet and recent Pulitzer Prize ... And if you'd like to become a member of the Poetry Book Club–we're talking ...
therumpus.net/2012/05/poetry-book-club-news/
Smashwords — The Little Book of Success: Turn Your Dreams into ...
While writing her first book about an encounter with a psychopath, Barbara discovered ... She wrote 'The Little Book of Success' to share her discoveries. ... Authors/Publishers. How to publish on Smashwords ... How to format ebooks ... Robert Dugoni, New York Times Bestselling Author ...Available ebook reading formats ...
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/164710
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