The World's Top-Earning Authors

Top Earning- Authors - Forbes
Unlike some of the other authors on this list, Patterson makes almost all of his money from his gargantuan book sales and only a relatively small fraction from TV ...
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Women On The Rise Among The World's Top-Earning Authors
Forbes
Men still top the list of the world's highest-earning authors, but this year it's the women on the list who've been making the boldest moves, led by a trio of genre phenoms: Suzanne Collins, E.L. James and J.K. Rowling. With $20 ... But one author who ...

Book: Blagojevich said he believed Rezko channeled $25000 to Obama
Chicago Tribune
An upcoming book about Rod Blagojevich says undercover recordings caught the former governor saying he had heard that convicted influence peddler Antoin "Tony" Rezko secretly channeled $25000 in cash to Barack Obama, but federal authorities did not ...

On Borrowing Digital Books From the Library
New York Times (blog)
When I got my credit card bill for my Barnes & Noble account, which feeds my Nook reader, it gave me pause — and got me wondering about borrowing e-books from my library. I found that ... from a library. But more than half of e-book borrowers from ...

Billy Crystal writing book on aging
Wall Street Journal
Crystal has an agreement with Henry Holt and Company for a book that will be part memoir, part meditation — with jokes — about getting older. During a recent telephone interview with The Associated Press, Crystal said that he hoped to have it out ...

Cameron Diaz working on fitness book
Boston.com
HarperCollins announced Wednesday that the star of ''Charlie's Angels,'' ''There's Something About Mary'' and other films has an agreement with the publisher for a book on health and wellness. Diaz's book is currently untitled and scheduled for ...

'Fifty Shades of Grey' is bestselling book ever in Britain
Christian Science Monitor
The runaway erotic bestseller “Fifty Shades of Grey” by E L James became the bestselling book in British history this week, surpassing even the "Harry Potter" booksand “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown, which had been fellow competitors for the title...

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Book Talk: A new generation heads for Treasure Island
Chicago Tribune
TOKYO (Reuters) - Writer Andrew Motion, England's former poet laureate, is taking a new generation of readers back to "Treasure Island" in his latest book, which follows the characters from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure. In "Silver: Return ...

Book Review: Brain-Based Parenting: The Neuroscience of Caregiving for ...
Huffington Post
They cover what the authors regard as the principal "domains" of effective parenting (approach, reward, child-reading, meaning-making and parental executive functioning), "blocked care" (how parents are internally constrained from doing right), their ...

Book excerpt: Sisco makes Sooners sick
ESPN (blog)
Over the next three weeks, ESPN.com's SoonerNation will be running excerpts from Jake Trotter's “I Love Oklahoma/I Hate Texas,” the first book to detail the Red River Rivalry from the Oklahoma viewpoint, examining the games, moments and heroes Sooners ...

Book: Giants WR Cruz revisits his 'bullying session' vs. 49ers' Rogers in NFC ...
San Jose Mercury News (blog)
Remember what happened the last time the 49ers played at Candlestick Park? You know 20-17 overtime loss, New York Giants, Kyle Williams' botched punt returns, Ahmad Bradshaw's non-fumble, rain, traffic and, oh yeah, Victor Cruz. Cruz caught 10 passes ...

eBook Lending Site LendInk Shuttered by Confused Authors
Geekosystem
The law regarding the sharing of eBooks is murky because, for example, not all Kindle books are eligible for the service. Even if they are, they can only be loaned for a period of 14 days. During this period, the owner of the eBook that initiated the ...

4 books to help beginners in the garden
Detroit Free Press
You'll find what you need, and much more (including recipes), in this beautiful book. In addition to exploring the uses and glories of dozens of herbs, Patrick Lima, an herbalist and author who gardens in Ontario, expounds on their uses -- be it in ...

Book details Soviet plans to wage germ warfare with lethal 'designer' strains
Washington Post
None of these weapons were used during the Cold War, but a new book suggests that the dangers posed by the program never completely abated. The authors reveal new details about the deadly achievements of Soviet weapons scientists — from ...

A Conversation With: Author Nilanjana Roy
New York Times (blog)
In her first novel, “The Wildings,” the literary critic and journalist Nilanjana Roy has imagined a world where the animal kingdom is a vast, interlinked network of species that communicate with each other and follows an inviolate, ancient code of ...

New York Times (blog)

Joan Rivers pulls off best book publicity stunt of 2012
Los Angeles Times
Starting With Me" with Berkeley Books, a division of Penguin. The publisher writes: "Here — uncensored and totally uninhibited — she gives the best of her worst to First Ladies, closet cases, hypocrites, Hollywood, feminists, and overrated historical ...

Author Michael Levin Remembers Marvin Hamlisch
antiMUSIC.com
Author Michael Levin Remembers Marvin Hamlisch. 08/09/2012 . (News and Experts) News and Experts sent over best selling author Michael Levin's tribute to composer Marvin Hamlisch, who died this week at the age of 68: The first time I saw Marvin ...

Chris Colfer is 'Struck by Lightning' again, announces book adaption of new film
Examiner.com
Related topics. Chris Colfer · new book · struck by lightning. Advertisement. When Examiner talked to “The Land Of Stories” author and “Glee” star Chris Colfer last month, the 22-year-old dished that he was working on his second novel. ... The film and...

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Keillor to join 'Spirit Car' author on stage
Sacramento Bee
MINNEAPOLIS -- Tickets are on sale for an onstage discussion featuring Garrison Keillor and authorDiane Wilson in Minneapolis next month. The creator and host of "A Prairie Home Companion" joins Wilson in exploring her book "Spirit Car: Journey to a ...

'Harry Potter', 'The Hunger Games' books top NPR's poll of best Young Adult ...
New York Daily News
NPR received more than 1000 book nominations from 75000 readers — the biggest response it has gotten for a book survey. YA literature is the fastest-growing fiction genre, according to the American Association of Publishers, so the numbers are no ...

New York Daily News

Ten Books to Celebrate Julia Child's 100th Birthday (SLIDESHOW)
Huffington Post (blog)
But foodies, lovers of pop culture and kids will also find a book to help celebrate Julia's birthday. In 1961, Child introduced America to French cooking with ... Book Journal: 12 Awesome Sketches Of Famous Authors (PHOTOS) · Original Manuscripts From ...

Book Review: Leadership Challenge: How To Make Extraordinary Things ...
Blogcritics.org (blog)
In addition, the authors emphasize the importance of risk taking over a flight to safety and dwelling too much on security. A hallmark of ... and understand. This book distinguishes from all others in emphasizing what people expect from their leaders ...

Pay-What-You-Want StoryBundle: Seven Spiffy Indie Sci-Fi Books Up for Grabs
PCWorld
Fortunately for today's bibliophiles, there are things like the StoryBundle--a second-of-its-kind "pay-what-you-want" indie e-book bundle (Snug Nugget's Book Bundle, which came out roughly four days before, is the first). Entitled the Big ... Want to ...

Jim Hillibish: New book features 180 ways to eat quinoa
MetroWest Daily News
This is her seventh cooking book. It comes under the “Complete Idiot's Guide” series, for readers who don't mind being profiled. Quinoa is one of the world's oldest and oddest foodstuffs. It's popular elsewhere, but it never got out of the gate in the ...

The Risks of Cloud-Based E-Books | TeleRead: News and views on ...
By David Rothman
As keen as I am on library e-books, I'm as much a booster of the buyable variety. I want people to be able to own e-books for real, ideally without. ....
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As verdict on ebook pricing settlement nears, Apple gets 5 pages to ...
By Laura Hazard Owen
As a verdict on the DOJ's proposed ebook pricing settlement with three publishers approaches, Apple has requested and received permission to file another response to the settlement. Apple has also requested a hearing on the settlement, ...
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Hot damn, this book is pure geeky fun
By Charlie Jane Anders
But now he's written a new fantasy novel about a guy whose power comes from books — and it's actually way more fun than you could have expected. Spoilers ahead... There have been other stories about magic coming from books and from ...
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Amazon eBook Sales Surpass Print Book Sales in the UK
By Cynthia Boris
Amazon said it had sold 114 ebooks for every 100 print books in the UK so far this year. That ... ... It means a publisher can afford to put out a niche book and wait for sales because there's no end to the shelf life. Make no mistake, the cost of ... People buy books because they want that author'stake on a story. Shouldn't we ... Books or newspapers, it's all words, but while ebook authors are gaining fame and fortune, the well-respected journalist is becoming a thing of the past. As both an ...
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StoryBundle Pay-What-You-Want Book Sale Launches With Sci-Fi ...
By John Biggs
This service, run by former Gizmodo pop star Jason Chen, is one of the cooler offerings out there right now and they started out with the Big Bang package featuring up to seven sci-fi books for your perusal and purchase. You can donate ... You can also stiff StoryBundle itself, giving all the cash to the author. ... “As an avid reader, I wanted to make a place where independent authors can get exposure and readers can get quality ebooks without having to sift through list after list of titles.
TechCrunch

Cameron Diaz Turns Author to "Empower Women" Through Words ...
By Celebrity-gossip.net
Having remained for the most part obscure from public view since the mid-May release of her not-so-successful film "What To Expect When You're Expecting," Miss Diaz has been spending her time compiling a health and wellness book for Harper Collins. With the effort having been officially announced just ahead of the 39-year-old's dinner on the town, Cameron's literary work is still yet-to-be titled while slated for publication in fall of 2013. Describing what readers can expect, ...
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Cameron Diaz: Working on a Fitness Book! | Cameron Diaz : Just ...
By Just Jared
Cameron Diaz: Working on a Fitness Book! ... The book will offer advice to young women about health, fitness, nutrition and general well-being – it is currently untitled and scheduled for publication in the fall of 2013. 10+ pictures inside of ...
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Backreaction: Book review: “Thinking, fast and slow” by Daniel ...
By Bee
And this is also why I have an interest in cognitive biases - intuitive judgments that we make without even noticing; judgments which are just fine most of the time but can be scientifically fallacious. Daniel Kahneman's book “Thinking, fast and ...
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Free Official Ubuntu Book For Approved LoCo Teams | jonobacon ...
By jono
Prentice Hall are happy to send each and every approved LoCo team one free copy of The Official Ubuntu Book. To be entirely clear: this is one copy of the book per team. This will be a great addition to each team's library of Ubuntu books!
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Joy Press Appointed Books & Culture Editor at L.A. Times - GalleyCat
By Jason Boog
The First Word On the Book Publishing Industry · Publishing · Deals ... Little, Brown Books for Young Readers is looking for a Publicist- LBYR. next job Candlewick Press is looking for a Publishing Technologies Specialist. next job Penguin Group (USA) is looking for a Publicity Manager-Penguin Press. see all · Revolving Door ... Her presence will allow us to expand our coverage of publishing and literary culture, with a special emphasis on ramping up our digital content. Joy has been ...
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Literature's Greatest Author and Illustrator Duos ... Click through to check out the books that — to our minds — make up the best of the best in end of the world lit. ... This is not exactly a full-scale apocalypse book, but it hits hard enough to qualify as one in our minds, if not ... Literary Editor / Weekend Editor; Marina Galperina ...
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EBook Reader Cases: A Roundup | TeleRead: News and views on e ...
TeleRead - News and views on ebooks, libraries, publishing and related topics ... of Print, a company that's trying to put classic book cover art onto ebook reader cases. ... Rob Preece, BooksForABuck.com on "The Risks of Cloud-Based E- Books ... that the papers I grade will likely use e-book and paper-book referencing.
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Hey am looking for an interesting book to read on wattpad? - Yahoo ...
However the blur has to be good to get me attracted to the book. I would like to read a book ...Answer Questions in Books & Authors · Know anyone who fits this ...
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Authors in the Biz - Publishing Trends
By Kimberly Lew
I ended up being the creative partner there, so for many years I wrote about other peoples' books,” explained Erin McHugh, bookseller for Barnes & Noble and author/co-author of over 20 books, including her upcoming One Good Deed (Abrams, Sep 2012). “After that, I spent a few years ... For others, bringing their writing into a professional forum meant a tricky balance of making the most of their industry knowledge while not exploiting their contacts. “I really tried to be careful not to ...
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