Author says biggest mistake women make in relationships: 'They lie to themselves'

Author says biggest mistake women make in relationships: 'They lie to themselves'
Washington Post
It has been shared more than 65000 times and emailed upward of 18000 times. McMillan expanded on her essay with a book titled, “Why You're Not Married ... Yet: The Straight Talk You Need to Get the Relationship You Deserve” (Ballantine Books).

Your E-Book Is Reading You
Wall Street Journal
In the past, publishers and authors had no way of knowing what happens when a reader sits down with a book. Does the ... Now, e-books are providing a glimpse into the story behind the sales figures, revealing not only how many people buy particular ...

Book Publishing in the UK Industry Market Research Report now updated by ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Weak consumer confidence and consumer spending will negatively affect consumer book sales. According to IBISWorld industry analyst Nigel Fitzpatrick, “growth in e-book sales will erode sales of physical books sales”. E-books can help reduce industry ...

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

The Moment Casey Anthony Heard Caylee's Body Had Been Found
ABC News
Casey Anthony's jailers took her in shackles to a room where she was to be surprised by news coverage when police discovered her daughter's decomposed body, a tactic that her lawyer claims in a new book was "torture." Attorney Jose Baez writes that ...

Ebook waiting times, selection improving
Vancouver Sun
If you've been frustrated by the long waiting times and the paltry selection of ebooks at public. ...For example, ebooks don't wear out in the same way print books do, which means, in theory, that they could be loaned out an infinite number of times ...

'Fifty Shades of Grey' author netting $1.34 million a week?
Entertainment Weekly
To put things in perspective, Stieg Larsson's hugely best-selling Dragon Tattoo series — another adult trilogy published by Random House — has sold 20 million copies in the U.S., including e-book copies, as of April of this year. The Fifty Shades ...

Kardashians write a book, 'LOST' producer to adapt 'The Leftovers' for HBO
USA TODAY
That is, when people return their books on time... A woman has been arrested for her overdue Twilight library book, the Los Angeles Times reports. --Salman Rushdie video game: Iranian students have created a game about killing theauthor of The Satanic ...

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NM mom jailed for overdue library 'Twilight' book, DVDs
CBS News
Woman says she didn't remember checking out either from library, got arrested, spent night in jail Read more by Barry Leibowitz on CBS News' Crimesider.

CBS News

Walter Dean Myers writes books troubled teens can relate to
Christian Science Monitor
Juvenile book author Walter Dean Myers writes stories troubled teens can identify with. He knows their world because he once was one of them.

Christian Science Monitor

'Shadow and Bone': Author Leigh Bardugo talks her debut novel
Entertainment Weekly
Debut author Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone hit shelves earlier this month. In its first week of publication, the YA novel hit the New York Times Chapter Books Bestseller list. And after tearing through book one in The Grisha Trilogy, it's no surprise ...

Columbus Library to begin e-book program
The Republic
Library cardholders will be able to "borrow" e-books for up to two weeks, after which time thebook will automatically disappear from their e-reader. Traditional books can be checked out for up to a month at a time. E-books will be available for ...

“Books are very patient objects:” Argentinian publisher anthologizes new ...
New York Daily News (blog)
Eterna Cadencia, an Argentinian publisher, has dramatized this in an almost magic-realist fashion, with “The Book That Can't Wait,” their new collection of pieces from Latin authors, all of whose words are printed in self-destructive ink. After sixty ...

Author Discusses the Inspiration for Her Recent Fictional Memoir
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Trafford Publishing, an Author Solutions, Inc. author services imprint, was the first publisher in the world to offer an “on-demand publishing service,” and has led the independent publishing revolution since its establishment in 1995. Trafford was ...

Big e-reader is watching you
paidContent.org
Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other e-reader companies are collecting data about your e-book reading habits, but they're keeping their most interesting findings close to the vest.

Book By Ex-Colts Punter Examines Post-NFL Life
WRTV Indianapolis
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Ex-Colts punter Hunter Smith examines his post-NFL life in a new book. Friday, June 29, 2012.

Book on Clinton's Freddy Fagan now at the library
Oak Ridger
Mark Mills, author of "The Information Officer," returns with "House of the Hunted." While quite a bit has been written about the movement of foreigners into America ... An old English estate, abook collection once owned by an eccentric 18th century ...

Dangdang to Operate Exclusive Book and Media Channel on QQ Buy
Sacramento Bee
Pursuant to the agreement, Dangdang will operate a bookstore channel on QQ Buy, making itsbooks and media merchandise available to the users of Tencent. The newly launched bookstore channel will feature Dangdang's complete product selection of ...

Trading books for jail time
Globe and Mail
“Brazil will offer inmates in its crowded federal penitentiary system a novel way to shorten their sentences: four days less for every book they read,” Reuters reports. “Inmates in four federal prisons holding some of Brazil's most notorious criminals...

Globe and Mail

Award Winning Artist Joshua Spies to Release Book
San Francisco Chronicle
"Painting from Real Life Experiences," the first book to document international award winning wildlife artist and conservationist Joshua Spies' work in detail will be released this Fall. The fall 2006 Wildlife Art Magazine named Joshua one of the top ...

San Francisco Chronicle

Book review: R. Kelly autobiography vivid despite guarded tone
nwitimes.com
(Kelly says he is still illiterate; his book was written with David Ritz, biographer of Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, and other giants.) The only reason Kelly graduated from elementary school was because he could play basketball. All this created a shy ...

Book review | 'Some of My Best Friends Are Black' exposes KC's racial divide
Kansas City Star
Kansas City residents who are proud of their metropolis might wish Tanner Colby had never written “Some of My Best Friends Are Black,” despite the book's superb qualities.

Kansas City Star

Marietta author sentenced for fraud
WXIA-TV
MARIETTA, Ga. -- A local author was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison for fraud schemes that bilked victims of $6.5 million. Mitchell Gross has written and published several novels under the name "Mitchell Graham", but that's not the ...

WXIA-TV

Arab-Indian hacktivist decants belief, genies in timely thriller
The Seattle Times
Seattle author G. Willow Wilson's "Alif the Unseen" is a sociopolitical thriller set in an unnamed Arab emirate where a computer "hacktivist" obtains an ancient book narrated by genies. Wilson (author of the memoir "The Butterfly Mosque") will discuss ...

BOOK REVIEW: 'No Time Like The Present'
Washington Times
Every once in a while, you begin to read a book and suddenly realize you are experiencing greatness. This is such a book. In a way, it should come as no surprise. Nadine Gordimer is, arguably, South Africa's greatest living novelist.

Washington Times

Summer Books « Pileus
By James Otteson
Its treatment of the alleged injustice of capitalism is frustratingly cursory, however—the authors seem to believe it is self-evident that inequality is bad per se, and thus give little further discussion—and they, like many other commentators, are ... I had high hopes for this book. Its author is an eminent philosopher at Harvard who has done important and careful work, and the putative topic—namely, that not all aspects of human social life should function like markets—is one to which I was ...
Pileus

Amazon to bid for assets of bankrupt publisher Dorchester - TeleRead
By Chris Meadows
Digital Book World reports that the online-bookstore-turned-publisher will be bidding on the assets of bankrupt paperback publisher Dorchester—including the debts Dorchester owes to its authors. According to the terms of the ... It has since been delisted by writer advocacy groups including the Mystery Writers of America and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for not paying the royalties it owed and for publishing books it did not have the rights to publish. Of course, for ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...

Paperback Writer: Not So Blank Books
By Lynn Viehl
Lately I've been making my own or buying them from journal artists over on Etsy, so it's been a while since I've checked out the mass produced variety at the book stores. While I was shopping at BAM last weekend I raided the ... This is the first hybrid blank book/art book I've ever seen; it's made up partly of the author's own finished and half-finished journal pages, and pages for the reader to compose, complete or alter at will. It's an oversized trade paperback but the pages are like ...
Paperback Writer

Dave Scheidt: 44 Flood -- a New Publisher That's Blurring the Line ...
By Dave Scheidt
Nick: Anything that strays away from the typical book and hopefully gets people into shops. The books that we're gonna create are gonna be a great catalyst to do so. I feel the same way as you, when I recommend a book to someone It's rarely ...
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Better Read this Book with Disappearing Ink Quick | Geekosystem
By Ted Johnson
There are plenty of books on my shelf that I haven't even glanced at for years. This proves to be quite a problem for new authors. If no one actually gets around to reading your first book, who will want to read your second or third? The Book that ...
Geekosystem

Book highlights plight of farmers - ucanews.com
By Samantha
Book highlights plight of farmers. Author calls for government to address land rights. Ryan Dagur, Jakarta Indonesia June 29, 2012. A leading human rights campaigner yesterday called on the government to protect farmers in land disputes at ...
ucanews.com

11 Books of Drug-Fueled Escapades - The Daily Beast
By Brian H. Bookman
Steven Martin's 'Opium Fiend' is a memoir of intense sensual abdication—and a personal history of the drug that makes the zoning out possible. Brian Bookman picks 10 more books aimed to satisfy your craving for cravings.
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Susan Ross, Author Of "Expanding the Pie," On Nonprofit-Corporate ...
By Rachel Signer
Below, she shares with Dowser her motivation for writing the book, and some details about its main arguments. RS: What is the main idea of Expanding the Pie? Ross: I really think that nonprofits need to be better at articulating what their value ...
Dowser

Books with Bite: Review: City of Lost Souls: Audio Book
By Savannah Valdez
Author: Cassandra Clare Read by: Molly Quinn Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Release Date: May 8, 2012. Book: Audio book sent by publisher. "The New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments continues—and so do the thrills and ...
Books with Bite

Leadership by the book | The Great Debate
By James Ledbetter
Every year publishers release dozens, if not hundreds, of books about leadership. These booksrange from how-to books written by tenured professors of management theory at Harvard Business School to inspirational tracts generated by ...
The Great Debate

O'Reilly tests ebooks everywhere with Dropbox sync — paidContent
Innovative publisher O'Reilly, which already sells DRM-free ebooks that can ... taking the concept of ebooks everywhere one step further with Dropbox sync. ... you have the option of sending anyebook you buy from O'Reilly to Dropbox, in any format — Android, EPUB, MOBI for Kindle, PDF and DAISY (digital talking book).
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Which celebrity parenting book is best for you? - Shine - Yahoo!
From the blog Parenting: The Shine highlights celebrity parenting books. ... Publish your own activity and retain full control. To get started, first Login with ...
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ForeWord Reviews Announces 2011 Book of the Year Award - PRLog
ForeWord Reviews is thrilled to present the following book titles as award winners. ... the 2011Book of the Year Awards and the Independent Publisher of the Year. ... These books, representing the best independently published works from 2011, ... “It's a rare pleasure to find a protagonist who reads like a literary figure in a ...
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Mom jailed for overdue 'Twilight' books and DVDs
New Mexico mom Lori Teel had plenty of time to contemplate Bella and Edward's future while she spent a night in jail for allegedly not returning the book ...
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Authors Guild Slams E-Book Price-Fixing Settlement

Authors Guild Slams E-Book Price-Fixing Settlement
Mashable
He also said it means that other e-book vendors will have to sell books below cost, provided that “vendors don't lose money over the publisher's entire list of e-books over the course of a year.” TheAuthors Guild maintains that the ability of ...

"Fifty Shades" author to be at Comic-Con
CBS News
"Fifty Shades of Grey" author E. L. James will be signing books this summer at the hugely popular Comic-Con, the largest pop culture convention in the country, the Associated Press is reporting. The three-day event at the San Diego Convention Center...

CBS News

Drexler denies he gave quotes about Magic in book
CBS News
In Jack McCallum's book, "Dream Team," Drexler said Johnson only earned a spot on the Olympic team and the MVP award in the 1992 All-Star game out of pity resulting from his HIV diagnosis the previous year. "He couldn't play much by that time. He ...

BookRix.com - Book-Community Celebrates 500000th User and Cooperation ...
Sacramento Bee
The start-up company BookRix, that co-creates the future book market with its eBook-community, celebrates the 500000th member who registered on the platform, today. "We are very proud to have reached this magic ... Anyone can publish his or her own ...

Lulu.com Gives Authors Free Custom Publishing Advice
MarketWatch (press release)
Its just one more way Lulu is helping authors sell more books." No matter if an author is out to make a mint, or just share an idea, the Lulu Publishing Advisor provides a clearer idea of which route to take with their remarkable works. To learn more ...

Fifty Shades Of Grey author EL James making more than $1m EVERY WEEK
Daily Mail
'In the last month, James has sold four million paperbacks and one million ebooks, which equates to $2.94m (£1.89m) in paperback royalties and $2.497m (£1.6m) inebook royalties. In other words $5.4m (£3.47m) in four weeks, $1.35m (£868502) per week!' ...

Daily Mail

Erotic novel 'Fifty Shades of Grey' breaks UK record
Reuters
Both other titles in the trilogy have also seen sales surge, in one of publishing's biggest stories since J.K. Rowling's seven-book "Harry Potter" series wound up in 2007. "Fifty Shades Darker" sold 245801 while "Fifty Shades Freed" sold 212832. In one ...

Book Talk: Former Peace Corp volunteer finds Africa changed
Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Peace Corps volunteer who views his time in Malawi in the 1960s as the highlight of his life goes back when his marriage falters, only to find the southern African country he remembers has unraveled through poverty and ...

Stolen atlas with first map of California is returned to Sweden
Los Angeles Times
A first edition of a 415-year-old atlas that includes what's said to be the earliest printed map of California is back in the hands of its owner, the National Library of Sweden, from which it had been purloined along with dozens of other rare books by ...

Casey Anthony's Great Escape Detailed in Jose Baez's New Book
ABC News
What the public didn't see is what was going on inside the jail, now detailed in defense attorney Jose Baez's book "Presumed Guilty, Casey Anthony: The Inside Story," set to be released on July 3. "She was wearing a dark pink polo shirt with jeans and ...

ABC News

BOOKS: Most people don't realize libraries lend e-books
Morning Sentinel
ST. LOUIS - Most U.S. libraries lend e-books, but that's news to the general public: Only 22 percent realize the fast-growing digital format is available for free, according to a new survey. And even fewer -- 12 percent of e-book readers-have borro ...

'Fifty Shades of Grey' author confirms book signing at U.S. Comic-Con this year
Examiner.com
From breaking the million sales mark on Amazon's Kindle this week to newly released casting polls yesterday for a movie adaptation, “Fifty Shades of Grey” has brought both success and stardom to an author who certainly knows how to work the magic ...

Book Notes: Summertime, and the reading is easy
Galesburg Register-Mail
Have you ever looked down at that annual New York Times Review of Books summer reading edition and just stopped in your tracks? Reading? ... A book in summer is a way to enforce what should be — a slower, more peaceful and more serene experience with ...

NM mom jailed for overdue 'Twilight' library book
San Francisco Chronicle
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico woman was arrested and spent a night in jail for not returning the book "Twilight" and two-DVD set "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" back to the Portales Public Library on time. The Albuquerque Journal reports ...

BookBaby eBook Publishing Services Now Available for All Government Agencies
San Francisco Chronicle
“Plus, BookBaby will be the first eBook publisher to be listed on the federal government website (apps.gov) for approved social media and communication vendors,” said Spatz. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, CD Baby is the world's largest online ...

Drexler denies negative statements about Magic
CBSSports.com
Clyde Drexler is denying that he made negative statements attributed to him about Magic Johnson in a book about the Dream Team.

CBSSports.com

Author Jody Picoult and her daughter collaborate on fairy tale for young readers
Kansas City Star
What if the prince longed to get into the real world? And what if a 15-year-old high school girl reading the book fell in love with him and decided to help him? Van Leer phoned her mom - who happens to be Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of 19 novels ...

Expand the knowledge of SharePoint using Packt's latest Book and eBook
San Francisco Chronicle
Packt is pleased to announce the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Business Application Blueprints, a new book and ebook aimed at SharePoint developers looking to extend the SharePoint platform, and build a range of SharePoint solutions. ... eBook, Kindle and ...

San Francisco Chronicle

R. Kelly autobiography vivid despite guarded tone
Boston.com
Instead, ''Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me'' recounts the creative and family life of a once-in-a-generation performer and musician. Despite its guarded tone, the book is a vivid and entertaining journey that reveals much about the musical engine of a ...

Big City Book Club, Baseball Edition: Discuss 'Bang the Drum Slowly'
New York Times (blog)
Big City Book Club: A discussion of "Bang the Drum Slowly,'' Mark Harris's 1956 novel.... With the exception of Ring Lardner's “You Know Me Al” stories of 1914, baseball had not been the subject of literary fiction until the early '50s. Bernard ...

New York Times (blog)

Drexler denies Magic quotes: 'Totally ludicrous'
USA TODAY
Clyde Drexler called quotes attributed to him in an upcoming book about the 1992 Dream Team "totally ludicrous."

USA TODAY

Clyde Drexler denies negative quotes
ESPN
Clyde Drexler denied Wednesday making negative statements attributed to him about Magic Johnson in an upcoming book about the Dream Team.

ESPN

Indigo grapples with accelerating move to e-books
Canada.com
TORONTO — Heather Reisman says there is plenty of life left in Indigo Books & Music Inc. after the sale of its Kobo e-book business last year, but the retailer's chief executive shared little new information about her vision for the future at the ...

Reimagining Books: How Citia's iPad App Compares to a Paper Book
By Paul Biba
A lot more about this app in the story in ReadWriteWeb. Here's the beginning: Kevin Kelly's bookWhat Technology Wants was one of my favorite non-fiction. ... TeleRead - News and views onebooks, libraries, publishing and related topics. HOME| · AROUND THE WORLD| · EREADERS| · LIBRARY| · COPYRIGHT| ... is the first to be turned into an iPad app on a new iOS platform called Citia. The result isn't an ebook though, it's more like a condensed summary of the book's main ideas.
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...

Bringing A Book To Life | The High Definite
By Endswell
Random House takes you inside the publishing process: Many people work behind the scenes at Random House to bring each book to the widest possible.
The High Definite

5 Ways to Promote Your Book Right Now - GalleyCat
By Jason Boog
Globe Pequot Press is looking for a Acquisitions Editor. next job Springer Science + Business Media is looking for a Editor, Books. next job Andrews McMeel Publishing is looking for a Publishing Operations Coordinator. next job Quirk Books is ... At the Mediabistro Literary Festival & Workshops next month, this GalleyCat editor will give an online presentation about book promotion. ... Visit these free sites to promote your eBook. 2. ... Workshop Your Book With Accomplished Authors ...
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Casey Anthony Can't Get Book Deal, Publishers Wary Of Public ...
By Jen Heger - Radar Assistant Managing Editor Casey Anthony is having an extremely difficult time trying to find a publisher who's willing to release her memoir because of fear of backlash from the public, RadarOnline.com is exclusively ...
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What Publishing Companies Do in a World Where Anyone Can Publish a Book

Many people work behind the scenes at Random House to bring each book to the widest possible audience. Here, you'll meet some of them and learn more about what's involved, from editorial and design through production, marketing, sales, and distribution.

What Publishing Companies Do in a World Where Anyone Can Publish a Book
Forbes
Video If an author can go to Kindle Direct Publishing or Barnes & Noble's PubIt!, ... to research and write; and invest in infrastructure, tools, and partnerships. 3.

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Filmmaker and author Nora Ephron dies at 71
Entertainment Weekly
Journalist, author, playwright, filmmaker, and three-time Oscar nominee Nora Ephron ... an awful lot of people a tremendous amount of joy," said publisher Alfred A.

In book, Baez says cops should have realized Casey Anthony wasn't ...
msnbc.com
The 421-page book is scheduled for release July 3. ... BenBella Books, who published Baez's book, calls the book an "all-access pass" to the ... Baez co-wrote the book with Peter Golenbock, anauthor who holds a law degree. Golenbock has written seven ...

Casey Anthony's attorney doubted her mental health
Boston.com
The 421-page book is scheduled for release July 3. ... Baez repeats the allegations of sexual abuse in greater detail in the book, saying it contributed to ...

Casey Anthony's Lawyer Says She had Mental Health Issues
Fox News
Jose Baez, her lead attorney in her criminal case, has written a tell-all book that gives the inside scoop on ... The 421-page book is scheduled for release July 3.

Nora Ephron, Author of Sleepless in Seattle, Dies at Age 71
TIME
Her publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, announced that she died of leukemia at age 71. ...Julia and Sleepless in Seattle, and her books included the novel Heartburn, .... quite happily, to Wiseguys author Nicholas Pileggi, whose book was adapted into ...

TIME

Exclusive Book Excerpt: 'Amy, My Daughter' by Mitch Winehouse
RollingStone.com
Exclusive Book Excerpt: 'Amy, My Daughter' by Mitch Winehouse. Late singer's ... Of course, Amy had written that line in one of her books ages ago. She'd told ...

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Nora Ephron, prolific author and screenwriter, dies at age 71
Washington Post
Author who gained a following with essays parlayed that renown into a career that included “When Harry Met Sally” and “Silkwood.”

Author-screenwriter Nora Ephron dies at 71
Los Angeles Times
Nora Ephron, the author, screenwriter and playwright whose wry take on life, love and loss informed the hit films "When Harry Met Sally" and "Sleepless in ...

Jose Baez Reveals Casey Anthony's 'Serious Mental Health Issues ...
People Magazine
Baez also details in the 421-page book (out July 3) why Casey never testified at her own trial. "We had everything to lose and very little to gain," he writes.

Deval Patrick's book not required reading for Bay State pols
Boston Herald
Judging by book sales, a lot of people didn't read Gov. Deval Patrick's ... Patrick's book, I have not,” a shame-faced Lt. Gov. Murray told the ... Murray said his job leaves him little time for any reading, so he's left other political books by U.S. Sen.

Author, director, Nora Ephron dies at 71
Detroit Free Press
A rare author and screenwriter whose works appealed to highbrow readers and ... Her booksincluded “I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on ... in its depiction of her former husband (the loosely fictionalized book character was ...

Kelley Blue Book: New car prices have dropped from a year ago
Los Angeles Times
On average, consumers are paying $500 less for a new vehicle today compared with just one year ago, according to Kelley Blue Book, the auto price information ...

Publisher: Nora Ephron has died
Washington Post
According to her publisher, Nora Ephron, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind such hits as "When Harry Met Sally" and "Sleepless in Seattle" has died.

Casey Anthony's attorney writes in new book that mental health ...
Washington Post
Baez repeats the allegations of sexual abuse in greater detail in the book, saying it contributed to Anthony's mental health issues. Mark Lippman, an attorney for ...

Safari Books Online Introduces Clarity SMART Guides
MarketWatch (press release)
This related content includes digital books, videos and short articles on a myriad of ... in both bookand video form from the world's leading authors in technology, ...

E-book lending: Your public library's best kept secret?
CNN
About three quarters of American public libraries currently lend out e-books, but patrons ... library e-book acquisition has been complicated by higher publisher prices ... smartphones), or classes on how to use an e-reader or tablet computer.

John Edwards's Broken Heart
Daily Beast
She got a book deal. ... Now, she has a new book, a darling preschooler, and a celebrity quotient high enough ... If things get ugly enough, you might want to write abook. ... Mental Floss 11 Authors Who Hated the Movie Version of Their Books ...

Daily Beast

Hosts of 'The View' blast John Edwards' mistress Rielle Hunter
msnbc.com (blog)
"In your book, you trash a dead lady," Goldberg stated matter-of-factly, referring to Hunter's new tell-all book, "What Really Happened: John Edwards, Our ...

msnbc.com (blog)

Columbus Library to begin e-book program
The Commercial Dispatch
Brick-and-mortar libraries aren't disappearing from the literary landscape any time ... By the end of July, your next beach read may be an e-book, borrowed from the library and ... Library cardholders will be able to "borrow" e-books for up to two ...

Two ways of looking at a library: New York Public and Manchester ...
New York Daily News (blog)
... has struck a deal with the Penguin Group to carry the publisher's e-book catalog. ... At a time when e-books have stripped hardbacks in sales nationwide by a ... Just like real books, only one patron will "check out" an e-book at a time, and will ...

Why Don't More People Use These Free Services?
TIME
More than half of those who have borrowed e-books say that at some point, they'd tried to take out an e-book and found out that either the library didn't carry it, ...

TIME

Author and filmmaker Nora Ephron dies at 71
Tulsa World
Nora Ephron, the essayist, author and filmmaker who challenged and thrived in the ... her booksincluded the novel "Heartburn," about her marriage to Washington Post ... She did so well that the paper's publisher, Dorothy Schiff, reasoned that ...

Celebrities react to the death Tuesday of author, essayist and ...
Washington Post
Celebrities share their reaction to the death Tuesday of author, essayist and ... Publisher Alfred A. Knopf confirmed Tuesday, June 26, 2012, that author and ...

Book Review: State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
The book has several themes running through it, but the two I found most fascinating are the effects that mentors have on their underlings and the need to be ...

The George Jarkesy Show Welcomes Current Number One Best ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer
The George Jarkesy Show welcomed special guest Edward Klein, author of the #1 NY ... backs up in his book through facts gathered by interviewing many political leaders, many of ... Jarkesy began by asking Klein the origin of the books title.

'The Boy Kings' Author Katherine Losse On Life At Facebook: 'It Was ...
Huffington Post
'The Boy Kings' Author Katherine Losse On Life At Facebook: 'It Was Like Mad Men' ... In yourbook you mention that Facebook at one point had a "master .... Keep in mind that the articles here are penned by young authors, so please keep .... Perpetual ...

E-Book Review: Echoes of Honor (Honor Harrington #8) | TeleRead ...
By Chris Meadows
Posted in: Baen Books, book review, books, Chris Meadows, ebook, Free ebooks. Tags: Baen, E-book, Echoes of Honor, fifth imperium, freebies, Honor Harrington, ... (Too much, anyway.) Remember that if you should want to read this or other books in the series based on my reviews, all the books up through Mission of Honor are available as free e-books via the Fifth Imperium Baen CD site, from the Mission of Honor CD. It's also worth noting that the most recent e-book in the series,...
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Filmmaker And Author Nora Ephron Dead At 71 « CBS New York
By KTVTPhil
Her book publisher Alfred A. Knopf also confirmed it in a statement. Born into a family of screenwriters, she was a top journalist in her 20s and 30s, then a best-selling author and successful director. Ephron was among the most quotable and ...
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Eterna Cadencia's “The Book That Can't Wait” is written in - Ubergizmo
By Gene Ryan Briones
How many books do you usually read in a month? Do you usually find yourself buying a new bookonly to leave it unfinished a few days after getting it? Well ... But the publishers are publishing an anthology of new Latin authors using the ink.
Ubergizmo

the book that can't wait is printed in disappearing ink
drawing attention to the problems facing emerging authors, the specially developed ink begins to disappear as soon as the book is opened for the first time, encouraging purchasers to actually finish the book shortly after they buy it. ... 'the book that can't wait' ('el libro que no puede esperar') is a literary work printed with ink that completely disappears within two to four months of opening the package, ... new authors. if people don't read their first books, they'll never make it to a second.' ...
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Apple eBook trail set for June 3rd, 2013
By Dan Graziano
Judge Denise Cote of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has set the date for Apple's eBook antitrust trial, Reuters r. ... Apple DOJ eBook trial set for next summer. By: Dan Graziano | Jun 26th, 2012 at 11:25PM ...
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Celebrities React To The Death Of Beloved Author-Screenwriter ...
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Celebrities React To The Death Of Beloved Author-Screenwriter Nora Ephron. June 27, 2012 12:08 AM. Share this. View Comments. More Activity. Facebook Activity. What's this? Add to Timeline - What's This. Click "Add to Timeline" to publish ...
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Nora Ephron, Prolific Author And Filmmaker, Dies At 71 « CBS Los ...
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Nora Ephron, Prolific Author And Filmmaker, Dies At 71. June 26, 2012 11:33 PM. Share this. View Comments. More Activity. Facebook Activity. What's this? Add to Timeline - What's This. Click "Add to Timeline" to publish what you read to ...
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Flavorwire » 15 Famous Authors on Why They Write
By Alison Nastasi
Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four author George Orwell's 109th birthday just passed, and The Atlantic led us to an excerpt from the writer's 1946 essay, Why I Write. The candid work reveals what Orwell believes are four explicit motives ...
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Author Erica Jong rips Arianna Huffington for not paying writers | The ...
By Roy Greenslade, The Guardian
Erica Jong, author of the best-selling 1973 novel Fear of Flying (and many books since), has often courted controversy by saying in public just what she thinks. Now 70, she is still happy to speak out, as a US-based website called The Slant ...
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Birth of a Book video

Birth of a Book from Glen Milner on Vimeo.
A short vignette of a book being created using traditional printing methods.
For the Daily Telegraph. Shot at Smith-Settle Printers, Leeds, England. The book being printed is Suzanne St Albans’ 'Mango and Mimosa' published as part of the Slightly Foxed series.
Shot, Directed & Edited by Glen Milner

Apple E-Book Collusion Trial Set for June 2013
PC Magazine
Apple and the Department of Justice will face off on charges of e-book ... The Best EbookReaders ... in an effort to eliminate competition among retailers selling e-books. ... "We reasoned that the prevention of a monopoly in the supply of e-books had ...

Rielle Hunter's new book: Insights, outrages, excuses, score-settling
Washington Post (blog)
Book World bestsellers - June 24. .... Hunter recalls how Andrew Young, who later trashed her in his book, once “got very vocal about how he was not interested ...

As E-Book Demand Rises, Libraries Struggle With Publishers ...
PBS MediaShift
Of America's 9000 public library systems, 76 percent now offer e-books, up from 67 ... an e-bookbefore it's due, when it will simply disappear from their e-reader, and ... per copy, so we are only purchasing the top 10 bestsellers from this publisher ...

Rielle Hunter and John Edwards Split
ABC News
Rielle Hunter and John Edwards ended their controversial relationship last week, just days after her new book debuted and she went public about how they met, ...

Russo's work pays tribute to printed books
Shreveport Times
CAMDEN, Maine — Readers can't survive on e-books alone, says author ... And in this age whene-book sales are booming, it's not for sale in electronic version. ... bookstores, the bookpublishing industry and the rise of new authors, he said.

E-book library borrowing takes slow pace
NewsOK.com
Technology update Libraries find few e-book readers NEW YORK — E-book readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library, frustrated ...

Novelist Richard Russo boycotts e-books
BBC News
The author, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2002 with Empire Falls, said he ... "The rapid rise of e-books and online sales of printed books pose threats to bookstores, the book publishing industry and the rise of new authors," he continued. ... King ...

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Why it Pays to Self-Publish a Professional Ebook
Reuters
Publishing a professional ebook can be a great marketing step and with the variety of tools toself-publish it's never been easier for a new author. ... You are the expert on the topic you picked but most new authors don't have ... Despite the tired ...

Richard Russo's latest work pays tribute to printed books
CBS News
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist says his new book, "Interventions," is intended to ...(CBS/AP) Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Russo's latest work, "Interventions," is ... The rapid rise of e-books and online sales of printed books pose threats ...

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''Scarlet Says Good-Bye'' Book Launch Set for Thursday, June 28, at ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Scarlet Says Good-Bye" is an engaging activity book for young children with ... Thompson received funding for her book with support from the UnitedHealth ...

Review: Book details history of Obama's early life
Huffington Post
Beyond his own best-selling books ("Dreams From My Father," "The Audacity of ... The authorattributes these exaggerations to Obama taking literary license.

Corner Books: Fine new books for all ages
Evansville Courier & Press
Summer's here, and it's time to celebrate with these great new books for all ages. ...author/illustrator Marion Billet offers readers a fun "touch-and-feel" book, ...

Reading books will help shorten Brazilian prisoners' sentences
New York Daily News (blog)
Prisoners will be allotted up to four weeks to read the book of their choosing and ... It is unclear exactly what types of books the Brazilian inmates will be reading, ... '50 Shades' author'shusband has sold a book — and, no, it's not 'daddy porn' ...

Eric LeGrand signs two-book deal with HarperCollins Publishing
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
HarperCollins Publishers today announced they have acquired two books by Eric ...We are proud to publish this incredibly special young man's story of football, ...

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Getting graphic: 'Fifty Shades' author EL James to sign books at ...
Washington Post
Rielle Hunter's new book: The highlights. ... The author of the multimillion-selling erotic “Fifty Shades” trilogy will be signing books July 12 at ... James' publisher, Vintage Books, announced Tuesday that the three books — “Fifty Shades of Grey ...

It should be all about the book
Chicago Sun-Times
Dear Abby: The “Pennsville, N.J., Reader” (May 15) complained that her book club members don't always read their current book and want to socialize instead.

Rielle Hunter says she and John Edwards no longer a couple
Fox News
The book, "What Really Happened: John Edwards, Our Daughter and Me," is being released Tuesday through a Dallas-based boutique publisher, BenBella Books. ... In the book, Hunter describes intimate details about her affair with Edwards, ...

'New York, Phew York' celebrates smells of New York
New York Daily News
Amber C. Jones is a concierge at a midtown hotel and the author of “New York, Phew York.” ... “It's a full-blown love letter to New York,” Jones says of the book. ...The literary project was inspired by her experiences as a concierge at The W New York ...

New York Daily News

Chefs battle over new book: Eddie Huang blasts Marcus ...
New York Daily News (blog)
Let this much be said: If you open a book review by eviscerating the author's "inability to ... York Observer review of Samuelsson's book, tellingly titled "Marcus Samuelsson's ... Reading books will help shorten Brazilian prisoners' sentences ...

E-book price fixing court date set for 2013 | TUAW - The Unofficial ...
By Mike Schramm
The Justice Department has been ready to take Apple to task over these recent allegations of e-book price fixing, and now a court date has been set: ... fixing, PriceFixing. Source:http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/23/us-apple-ebooks-id…
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Why Ebooks Are Such a Golden Opportunity
By Steve Pavlina
Recent data from 1189 publishers shows that ebook sales have overtaken hardcover booksales and will overtake paperback books soon. In comparing the same sales period for 2011 vs. 2012, hardcover sales increased by 2.7% while ebook ...
Steve Pavlina's Personal Development...

8 E-Reader Cases You Can Take to the Beach
By Amy-Mae Elliott
In this era of digital e-book readers, though, this simple act can be fraught with danger. We have found eight excellent cases that mean you can take your e-reader to the beach without fear of damage from sand or, in some cases, the sea.
Mashable » Mobile

The French Resistance Faces e-Books, Mobile and Tablets
By Dave Copeland
But while Parisians love books and hold onto them, share them and resell them in the hundreds of used books stores in the city, they seem to have little use for the tablets and e-readers most hardcore American readers have embraced, ... Some French are reading e-books: They accounted for 1.8% of all general consumer book sales last year in France, but that's not anywhere near the number of the American readers who have embraced e-books, where they accounted for 6.4% of all ...
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New books in my pile — Marginal Revolution
By Tyler Cowen
The authors' methodological blunder is obvious: they use overly expansive definitions of “metropolitan areas.” Thus, they label “San Francisco” both the Gay Capital and the Tech Capital, even though Castro Street in San Francisco and Sand ...
Marginal Revolution

Consumer Federation of America Defends DOJ eBook Lawsuit ...
By Dianna Dilworth
Semi-Linear (Citia) is looking for a Editorial Director. next job Springer Science + Business Media is looking for a Editor, Books. next job Globe Pequot Press is looking for a Acquisitions Editor. see all ... In his official statement (PDF link), Cooper asserted: ”In order to defend cartel agency pricing the brick and mortar bookstores and celebrity authors have had to concoct a description of the market in which bookstores are squeezed between two much more efficient distribution models ...
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Mr. '50 Shades of Grey' to publish his own book - latimes.com
By Carolyn Kellogg
E.L. James is the author of the sexy novel "50 Shades of Grey." Her husband's first ... Books,authors and all things bookish. « Previous | Jacket ... But while James' "50 Shades of Grey" is getting readers hot and bothered with its sexually explicit " mommy porn," don't expect Leonard to pen a dirty book for gents. He's done ... He originally intended to self-publish the book, but drew publishers' interest. In addition to ... A U.S. publisher for "Crusher" has not yet been announced. RELATED: ...
Jacket Copy

What books do you think prisoners should read? | Open thread ...
Tell me which books you would recommend for inmates. ... and a generation away from the author's, the way that captive human lives are so vulnerable to ... Tell me the name of the bookand the message you hope it would send. ..... Find out more and buy the ebook on Kindle from Amazon UK and US or iTunes UK or US ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../books-prisoners-read?utm...

ftw.book 2.2.6 : Python Package Index
Produce books with Plone and export them in a high quality ...
pypi.python.org/pypi/ftw.book/2.2.6

Corner Books: Fine new books for all ages » Evansville Courier ...
Summer's here, and it's time to celebrate with these great new books for all ages: ...author/illustrator Marion Billet offers readers a fun "touch-and-feel" book, ...
m.courierpress.com/.../corner-books-fine-new-books-all-ages/

Books - Pinterest
How a book is born. by Glen Milner · vimeo.com · Repin Like Comment. Book art.sublackwell.co.uk · Repin Like Comment. Old church converted into a modern ...
pinterest.com/cowsgotomoovies/books/

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