Publishers Weekly
The number of outlets selling books and the number of titles they offer is about to grow exponentially through two new On Demand Books partnerships, one with Eastman Kodak and a second with ReaderLink Distribution Services. Kodak is working with On ...
Decoding the Self-Published Author
Huffington Post
Despite all the revolutionary changes that roil the publishing industry and are currently upending the old methods of presenting books to the public, the bedrock fact remains that a published book, whether presented on paper or on screen, still carries ...
'Time Traveler's Wife' coming out as e-book
Sacramento Bee
Zola Books said Thursday that nine years after its release in hardcover, Audrey Niffenegger's million-selling novel will come out digitally Oct. 10. The e-book will include new material written specially for the digital edition. "The Time Traveler's ...
Laura Bush announces lineup for this year's Texas Book Festival
Fox News
"There's really something for everybody at the Texas Book Festival," said Laura Bush, adding that the festival includes fiction and nonfiction writers and authors of children's books. Bush, a former librarian, said neither she nor her husband — who ...
Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito arrives in US to promote book
Examiner.com
Wednesday, Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito arrived in the US to promote his newbook, Honor Bound: My Journey to Hell and Back with Amanda Knox and the news has created an Internet buzz Thursday morning. Sollecito arrived in New ...
Carlos Santana to publish memoir
Los Angeles Times
This book is a testament to triumph, victory, and success. Carlos will share his memories of the ...Pussy Riot e-book to be published by the Feminist Press · Gymnast Gabby Douglas to publish book in time for Christmas. Carolyn Kellogg: Join me on ...
Emily Books Turns One, Boxed Wine and 2 Live Crew References Abound
New York Observer
Last night, Word Books in Greenpoint hosted the first anniversary party for Emily Books, the “online indie bookstore” that functions like a book of the month club, run by Emily Gould and Ruth Curry. ...Ms. Gould explained that the company hadn't found ...
'No Easy Day' Matt Bissonnette 60 Minutes interview: Navy SEAL author didn't ...
WPTV
The new book "No Easy Day" by former U.S. Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette, who wrote under the name Mark Owen, gained widespread attention because of his firsthand account of how he and other members of SEAL Team Six killed Osama bin Laden.
WPTV
New book explores life of alleged FBI informant
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
“This has been three weeks of searching for truth as a moving target,” said Diane Fujino, associate professor of Asian American studies at UC Santa Barbara andauthor of “Samurai Among Panthers: Richard Aoki on Race, Resistance, and a Paradoxical Life ...
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
'Fire and Thorns' author Rae Carson talks her new novel and the difficulties ...
Entertainment Weekly (blog)
So I took her word for it because I was a brand-new author and I just thought those were words of wisdom. They might have been 10, 15 years ago, but the market has changed. Teenagers are expecting bigger, more complicated books now. So, for a couple ...
Nicholson Baker: By the Book
New York Times
What book is on your night stand now? The floor next to the bed is my true night stand. On it is a heap of books — things like John Masters's “Bhowani Junction,” Joan Aiken's “Nightbirds on Nantucket,” Grace Paley's “Enormous Changes at the Last ...
Kevin Costner Plans Book Project
New York Times (blog)
The director and actor Kevin Costner has signed a deal with Atria Books for a bookproject — an illustrated adventure series titled “The Explorers Guild” that will be released in 2014. In a statement, Atria described ambitious plans for the series ...
New York Times (blog)
Roald Dahl stories coming out as e-books in US
Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK — E-book fans in the U.S. can follow the adventures of Willy Wonka, the Fantastic Mr. Fox and other Roald Dahl creations. Eight novels by the late British children's author are coming out digitally Thursday, on what would have been Dahl's ...
55% of YA Books Bought by Adults
Publishers Weekly
The insights are courtesy of Understanding the Children's Book Consumer in the Digital Age, an ongoing biannual study from Bowker Market Research that explores the changing nature of publishing for kids. “The investigation into who is reading YA books ...
Book Review: The Dresden Files Series by Jim Batcher
Blogcritics.org (blog)
There are worse things to be addicted to than books, right? I get antsy waiting for the next book to be released—compounded by the fact that I find hardcover bookscumbersome and frustrating and have not yet been dragged, kicking and screaming, into ...
Blogcritics.org (blog)
Santana to write English/Spanish memoir, possible Lewinsky book
USA TODAY
Tony Danza: The actor (Who's the Boss) went back to the classroom as a teacher at a Philadelphia high school, and wrote a book about the experience, I'd Like To Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had. Women's ... Listomania:No Easy Day: The Firsthand ...
USA TODAY
Book Review: Save the Lars Homestead
Wired (blog)
The Lars Homestead is one of the most iconic landmarks in the Star Wars universe and appeared in two of the films; now the book Save the Lars Homestead: Preserving Movie History documents the story of its restoration. ... The photos are laid out in a ...
'End of Men' author: Women are just more flexible
Today.com (blog)
Journalist Hanna Rosin brought male backup to her appearance on TODAY to discuss her controversial new book “The End of Men.” The book argues that traditional gender roles are outmoded and that families are relying on working women more than ever.
Grim, yet hopeful, view of the West
Chicago Tribune
In his new book, "Desert America: Boom and Bust in the New Old West," Los Angeles writer Ruben Martinez leaves the city behind for the beauty and desolation of the dry, sparsely populated corners of what he calls the "inner West." He alights in ...
Book Review: Hammered: Heavy Tales from the Hard-Rock Highway by Kirk Blows
Blogcritics.org (blog)
Also, "heavy metal" is a term that can encompass a rather wide range of styles, since this book includes not only groups like Metallica, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, but Meat Loaf, Joe Walsh, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the Black Crowes as well. But even ...
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Jeb Bush Working on Book about Immigration
Fox News
Bush has started work on a book about immigration and landed a deal with Threshold Editions, a conservative imprint of Simon & Schuster, for "Immigration Wars: Forging An American Solution." Threshold announced Wednesday that the book is ... Books have ...
Greater Boston author readings Sept. 16-22
Boston.com (blog)
Lucia Greenhouse (“Fathermothergod”) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square books … William H. Chafe (“Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal”) read at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store … Barbara Vinick and Shulamit Reinharz (“Today I Am a Woman ...
Monica Lewinsky shopping book, NY Post says
USA TODAY (blog)
After the President Clinton/Monica Lewinsky imbroglio of 1998, most of the major participants wrotebooks -- with one notable exception. Monica Lewinsky. That may be changing. The Page Six column of The New York Post reports that the woman at the ...
Book Lovers: If You're Not Already On Goodreads, Here's Why You ...
By Richard MacManus
My next series of posts is entitled Social Books. Over five posts, I'm going to explore how bookreaders and writers use social networking tools. Three of the posts will be from the point of view of readers, starting with this one today about the ...
ReadWriteWeb
Penny Marshall's Book Promo: Fred Armisen - Deadline.com
By NIKKI FINKE
My Mother Was Nuts, the new memoir by director, actor, producer Penny Marshall goes on sale September 18th. Here's Fred Armisen as her: rtmp://streaming.
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Kevin Costner Lands Book Deal for Adventure Series - GalleyCat
By Jason Boog
... GalleyCat Reviews · Jobs · Greenleaf Book Group is looking for a Client Brand Copywriter. next job Penguin Group (USA) is looking for a eBook Developer -- Young Readers. next job Downtown DC Publisher is looking for a Publishing Director. next job America's Test Kitchen is looking for a Production & Imaging Specialist. see all · Deals ... Actor Kevin Costner has signed a book deal with Simon & Schuster's Atria Books imprint for an adventure series. It begins with The Explorers ...
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Storia Announces Free E-Books and an iPad Giveaway (Contest ...
By Cara Gavin
Scholastic wants to start your school year off right with iPad giveaways on Facebook and free e-books from Storia, the new teacher-recommended e-book and.
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...
Monica Lewinsky to throw the book at Clinton? — RT
By RT
Bill Clinton must be still in Monica Lewinsky's bad books if she has decided to document their sexy imbroglio dating back to 1998. The Page Six column of The New York Post reports that the brunette is "shopping a top-secret book project."
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14 Years of Whatever, Plus Book Announcement – Whatever
By John Scalzi
Whatever will be considered my actual life's work, not the science fiction, or the non-fiction books, or the journalism that I did prior to any of that. There are ... To be clear, I would be perfectly fine with being remembered primarily as the author of Whatever; when it comes down to it, given how quickly the evidence of our lives slide under the waves of history, it'd nice to be remembered for anything, now, wouldn't it (well, not for being a serial killer or snuffing Presidents or such. You know ...
Whatever
Soon you'll be able to go to CVS and print a book — paidContent
By Laura Hazard Owen
On Demand Books, makers of the print-on-demand Espresso Book Machine, is expanding its footprint substantially in a partnership with Kodak that will integrate the Espresso technology with Kodak Picture Kiosks in stores such as CVS and ...
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LeBron, Reading And How Books Can Benefit A Pro Athlete ...
By Dan Grunfeld
I needed a win in the form of some short reads, but then I located my first book -- Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose -- and it had the thickness of an Encyclopedia Britannica. The cover displayed some colonial-looking-explorer-guys ...
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Apple iTunes Censors 'Vagina:' Feminist Author's Book Title ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
New York magazine recently discovered that customers attempting to purchase Naomi Wolf's newestbook, "Vagina," were told the book in question was in fact called, "V****a." This has happened before with iTunes, which has tried to ban books for foul language as well as for language it just didn't seem to like. The store also blanked out the anatomical reference that plays a key role in the title of a British podcast called "The Vagina Monologues." The iTunes Terms of Service ...
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Internet Freedom and Authoritarianism: Author Rebecca MacKinnon ...
By Nick Gillespie
"Authoritarian systems evolve," says Rebecca MacKinnon, author of Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom. "Authoritarianism in the Internet Age is not your old Cold War authoritarianism." Reason TV's Nick ...
Reason.com
'Time Traveler's Wife' coming out as e-book - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: Next stop for "The Time Traveler's Wife": e-books. ... Publish your own activity and retain full control. To get started, first Login with ... The e- book will include new material written specially for the digital edition. "The Time ...
10,000 Glowing Books Spill Into Streets of Melbourne in - Inhabitat
Over 10,000 books thrown out by public libraries were recently given new life in a ... The river of glowing books invited passersby to leaf through the volumes that ...
Willy Wonka's an e-book: Roald Dahl novels publish digitally - books ...
Eight novels by the late British children's author Roald Dahl are coming out digitally ... NEW YORK — E-book fans in the U.S. can follow the adventures of Willy ...
Find a Book - Lexile Framework for Reading
Quick Book Search: Advanced Search. Put an exact title or author in quotes (ex: " new moon"). Advanced Search. Title: Author: Series name: Publisher: ...
Former Banker Promises Inside Peek at Goldman
New York Times (blog)
Goldman Sachs has an additional concern: Greg Smith's book. Mr. Smith's memoir, “Why I Left Goldman Sachs,” is set for publication on Oct. 22. The release date comes just seven months after Mr. Smith publicly resigned from the bank with an Op-Ed page...
New York Times (blog)
Laura Bush announces Texas Book Festival lineup
Huffington Post
"There's really something for everybody at the Texas Book Festival," said Laura Bush, adding that the festival includes fiction and nonfiction writers and authors of children's books. Bush, a former librarian, said neither she nor her husband – who ...
Grammy winner Carlos Santana has book deal
Sacramento Bee
The publisher, a division of Hachette Book Group, announced Thursday that the book is scheduled for release in 2014. It doesn't yet have a title. The 65-year-old Santana is expected to tell stories of such friends and peers as Miles Davis, Eric Clapton ...
'Holding history': Rare medieval book offers window to religious life of ...
Kansas City Star
COLUMBIA, S.C. - University of South Carolina English professor Scott Gwara had sorted through 32 lots of medieval books and manuscripts in a London auction house when he pulled out box 33 and discovered a pristine prayer book that he hoped would ...
Raffaele Sollecito 'Honor Bound' book: Amanda Knox's boyfriend maintains ...
WPTV
Raffaele Sollecito, whose budding love affair with American exchange student Amanda Knox helped land him in an Italian prison for four years, maintains the couple's innocence in a new book. Photographer: Richard Allen Greene/CNN. Regular Photo Size ...
Book Series Review: Jazz Standards for Students: Books One-Three by Alfred ...
Blogcritics.org (blog)
It's important for music students to learn a variety of styles, and it is also important to provide music that will be interesting and fun for the student to learn. Jazz Standards for Students: Books One-Three from Alfred Publishing provide a great ...
Blogcritics.org (blog)
Rare Book Returned to Library 78 Years Late
ABC News (blog)
A Chicago Public Library amnesty program that allowed members to return overdue items without having to pay any late fees brought in more than 100,000 books, DVDs and other materials including a rare, limited edition novel that was turned in 78 years ...
Book Review 'Vagina' by Naomi Wolf
Boston Globe
Eventually Wolf's doctor diagnosed a damaged nerve, which was repaired surgically; still, the crisis sent her on a journey to confirm her instinctive feeling about the “brain-vagina connection” and resulted in this book. Here, Wolf examines the history ...
Kodak, On Demand Books and ReaderLink Join Forces for In-Store Book ...
Sacramento Bee
The venture brings together On Demand Books' innovative, in-store Espresso Book Machine® to national retailers integrated with KODAK Picture Kiosks, giving consumers a full-service digital-to-print media center for all their custom print needs: from ...
Book News: Alphabet Origins, Three-Minute Fiction : The New Yorker
By Rachel Arons
Feminist Press will publish the first e-book about the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, with proceeds going to the band's legal team. The Oxford American has named Roger D. Hodge its new editor. Hodge will be the second editor...
Page-Turner
Inkling Books' Michael W. Perry on the DoJ's E-Book Price-Fixing ...
By a TeleRead Contributor
Yes, the judge in the Google Book Settlement clearly listened to what writers were saying, particularly [the approximately] 90 percent of them who wrote in opposition to it (including me). This judge seems less open to news from the trenches or ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...
New Book Says Black Millennials Couldn't Care Less About the News
By Tonya Garcia
A new book by journalism professor Paula Poindexter finds that millennials give the media a failing grade. Black millennials have a particularly unfavorable view.
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CBS News video: Potential fallout from Navy SEAL book - CBS News senior correspondent ...
www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7421190n
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