Book publishers aim to connect with e-books, videos Los Angeles Times, CA - The publisher is also issuing e-book versions of classic novels that will include added, interactive features -- like scholarly commentaries and illustrated ... |
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Book publishers aim to connect with e-books, videos - Los Angeles Times
How to Save the Book Publishing Industry - Silicon Alley Insider
How to Save the Book Publishing Industry Silicon Alley Insider, NY - How can publishers fix their business? Not by killing more trees. By radically retooling the business model. Hardcover books should cost $25. ... |
SAGE Acquires CQ Press, Book-Publishing Unit of Congressional ... - Earthtimes (press release)
SAGE Acquires CQ Press, Book-Publishing Unit of Congressional ... Earthtimes (press release), UK - SAGE, founded in 1965 as a publisher of academic journals, has expanded into a global education publisher of books, journals and electronic products. ... |
Soros Publisher 'Shaped' McClellan's Hit Job: Other publishers don ... - American Thinker
New e-Publishing Tool Enables Traditional Book Publishers to ... - PR-CANADA.net (press release)
New e-Publishing Tool Enables Traditional Book Publishers to ... PR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - For many traditional book publishers the ability to publish e-content or digital courseware has been seen as an expensive or technically prohibitive option. ... |
Publisher offers 5000 more books for Kindle - The Associated Press
Friday, May 30, 2008
Jakarta hosts RI's first book center - Jakarta Post
Jakarta hosts RI's first book center Jakarta Post, Indonesia - New writers often go door-to-door, from one publisher to another, offering their manuscripts. "Now, they can just go to the book center. ... |
LibreDigital Announces Migration Program for Microsoft Live Search ... - Business Wire (press release)
Donated children's books en route to China quake zone - Xinhua
Donated children's books en route to China quake zone Xinhua, China - The 22 children's book publishers include China Juvenile and Children's Books Publishing House, Petrel Publishing House and Juvenile & Children's Publishing ... |
OverDrive and LibreDigital Expand Distribution of Digital Book ... - Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)
OverDrive and LibreDigital Expand Distribution of Digital Book ... Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung), Germany - Founded in 1986, OverDrive is based in Cleveland, OH. www.overdrive.com LibreDigital develops technologies to enable book publishers to captivate readers ... |
Simon & Schuster, Inc. to Make 5000 Additional Books Available for ... - FOXBusiness
Newt Gingrich Responds to McClellan Book - FOXNews
Permanent Damage - Comic Book Resources
Permanent Damage Comic Book Resources, Ca - That's not how projects sell, though it's a reasonable bet that if some publisher " this goes for comics publishers as well as book publishers " specializes ... |
Get Scott McClellan a press secretary! - Los Angeles Times
Get Scott McClellan a press secretary! Los Angeles Times, CA - Having McClellan out there defending himself against the administration he so vigorously flacked for a few years ago should make any book publisher drool. ... |
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Unauthorised biography’s manuscript disappears - The Statesman
Unauthorised biography’s manuscript disappears The Statesman, India - The biography was stored on two computers that were taken within three days of each other from the residences of the book's publisher and of a journalist ... |
How McClellan's Book Got Released Early - NPR
How McClellan's Book Got Released Early NPR - Barbara Mead, how easy is it for someone to get over one of these publisher embargo hurtles by simply going in and getting a book? ... |
Rodale Partners with Publishing Group - Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)
Rodale Partners with Publishing Group Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung), Germany - ... Mountain Bike, and Organic Gardening, and is also the largest independent book publisher in America with a collection of international titles, ... |
Publishing convention not quite green - The Associated Press
Publishing convention not quite green The Associated Press - "I also expect the usual jockeying for possession of `The Next Big Book,' since there are no clear candidates." Publishing has become increasingly dependent ... |
Where have all the old books gone? - Ha'aretz
Where have all the old books gone? Ha'aretz, Israel - By Shiri Lev-Ari The life blood of book publishers is their backlist - books which they continue to publish for years. In order to continue to exist, ... |
McClennan's Publisher a Liberal: Advances Soros & Slams Limbaugh - NewsBusters
Hachette Book Group Publishes Nextville in Interactive ebook Format - PR Web (press release)
Hachette Book Group Publishes Nextville in Interactive ebook Format PR Web (press release), WA - Hachette Book Group USA is a leading trade publisher based in New York and a division of Hachette Livre, the second-largest publisher in the world. ... |
William Young's 'Shack' opens doors, but critics call book ... - USA Today
William Young's 'Shack' opens doors, but critics call book ... USA Today - Now there are 1.1 million copies in print and, two weeks ago, FaithWords, a division of Hachette Book Group, signed on as co-publisher with Windblown. ... |
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
McClellan: Publisher Using Me Unwittingly to Sell Books - ScappleFace (satire)
McClellan: Publisher Using Me Unwittingly to Sell Books ScappleFace (satire) - “It turns out that my publisher is engaged in a highly-choreographed campaign to move books through distribution points in cities through the country, ... |
Publishers surprised by Microsoft move - The Bookseller (subscription)
Publishers surprised by Microsoft move The Bookseller (subscription), UK - Microsoft's shock decision to wind down its Live Search Books programme has left a host of UK publishers in the lurch, with many having signed up to the ... |
The Getting of Money - Forbes
The Getting of Money Forbes, NY - Such a book is the forthcoming How to Get Rich (Portfolio, $25.95), by British magazine publisher Felix Dennis. Smart, concise and entertaining, ... |
LOVING THE PRINTED WORD - Baltimore Sun
LOVING THE PRINTED WORD Baltimore Sun, United States - Apprentice House bills itself as the country's only campus-based, student-staffed book publisher. All those words are important -- there are newspaper ... |
Quarto UK publishing sales up 14 percent; evidence of retail ... - Forbes
Quarto UK publishing sales up 14 percent; evidence of retail ... Forbes, NY - The book publisher said the forward order book for international co-edition books is 28 percent above last year, and overall group revenues increased by 19 ... |
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Green Lantern is DC Comics’ Iron Man - Comic Book Bin
Green Lantern is DC Comics’ Iron Man Comic Book Bin, Canada - Both comic books series featuring Green Lantern and Iron Man are good sellers for their publishers. Like Iron Man, the thought of an Avengers’ series or a ... |
Jeffrey Archer and the art of writing - Hindu
Jeffrey Archer and the art of writing Hindu, India - He concedes that he was just about starting to get depressed when a Swedish publisher bought his first book. The next was an American publisher. ... |
From niche to net – e-nnovation for audio books - SmartCompany.com.au
SF Publisher to Provide Free "Webscriptions" E-books to ... - SFWA News
SF Publisher to Provide Free "Webscriptions" E-books to ... SFWA News - Science fiction publisher Baen Books will make its entire "Webscriptions" offering of e-books free to the astronauts living aboard the International Space ... |
Microsoft To Shut Live Search Books - Washington Post
Microsoft To Shut Live Search Books Washington Post, United States - We are writing today to inform you that we are ending the Live Search Books Publisher Program, including our digitization initiative, and closing the Live ... |
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Hot type: Commonwealth Writer's Prize-winner is without UK ... - Times Online
Hot type: Commonwealth Writer's Prize-winner is without UK ... Times Online, UK - A memoir by Fatima Bhutto, the 25-year-old niece of the late Benazir Bhutto, aroused publishers' interest at the recent London Book Fair. ... |
Publisher apologises over Quran in cartoon - Pakistan Daily
Publisher apologises over Quran in cartoon Pakistan Daily, Pakistan - Although the Japanese publisher explained that the Quran was not included in the original comic book version, the scene appears in episode 6 of the ... |
Sister Souljah Returns with Coldest Winter Ever Sequel - Blackvoices
Sister Souljah Returns with Coldest Winter Ever Sequel Blackvoices - Atria, the book's publisher, says Midnight will deliver and fans will not be disappointed. Might be good to break out your copy of The Coldest Winter Ever ... |
That Chick Lit Chick - Manila Bulletin
That Chick Lit Chick Manila Bulletin, Philippines - She’sa corporate slave by day, a wife, a dedicated mom, and a book author in-between. Katrina Ramos Atienza is probably one of the first young Filipino ... |
Friday, May 23, 2008
Microsoft ends web search program for digitized books - Los Angeles Times
Microsoft ends web search program for digitized books Los Angeles Times, CA - "All the publishers think they will." Book publishers would have preferred that Microsoft continue its search project, Milliot said. ... |
Bertelsmann taps outsider to head Random House - Los Angeles Times
Japanese Publisher Apologizes for Use of Koran Text in Cartoon - Bloomberg
Japanese Publisher Apologizes for Use of Koran Text in Cartoon Bloomberg - ... a Japanese publisher, apologized for ``inappropriate scenes'' in a cartoon series in which the villain is depicted reading a book containing text from ... |
On the write track - Cleveland Jewish News
"Snuff": a porn queen's quest for immortality - Seattle Times
"Snuff": a porn queen's quest for immortality Seattle Times, United States - Palahniuk, the author of "Fight Club," has written what his publisher describes as a "thoroughly researched" novel that "brings the huge yet ... |
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Toronto school board pulls another one; Aldana speaks out - Quillblog
Toronto school board pulls another one; Aldana speaks out Quillblog, Canada - As a citizen of Canada, as a resident of Toronto, as a book publisher, as a human being I find the TDSB’s reflexive instinct to censor problematic, ... |
OCLC Tightens Links to Google Book Search - InfoToday.com
OCLC Tightens Links to Google Book Search InfoToday.com - These represent the "Find this book in a Library" look-ups done on-the-fly. If a book from a publisher partner has not been listed by any OCLC member ... The Library in the New Age |
Chinese version of Russian President Medvedev's book launched - Xinhua
Chinese version of Russian President Medvedev's book launched Xinhua, China - According to the publisher, World Affairs Press, the speeches cover a variety of topics, including affordable housing, education system reforms, ... |
Forgotten gardener remembered in book - ic Wales
Forgotten gardener remembered in book ic Wales, United Kingdom - ... to US President Thomas Jefferson. Princess Diana and publisher Robert Maxwell are also included. Keep up to date with the news. Sign up for News Alerts. |
Forgotten gardener remembered in book of biographies - ic Wales
Forgotten gardener remembered in book of biographies ic Wales, United Kingdom - ... to US President Thomas Jefferson. Princess Diana and publisher Robert Maxwell are also included. Keep up to date with the news. Sign up for News Alerts. |
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
UA Researcher's Study of Hispanic Youth Becomes New Book - University of Arizona News (press release)
Publisher closing book fairs division - St. Catharines Standard
Publisher closing book fairs division St. Catharines Standard, Canada - The publisher is in its 26th year of operation and specializes in military history books. Lockside Cove Cafe has opened at 649 Bunting Rd. in St. Catharines ... |
Was This the First CC Community-Edited Novel? - Slashdot
Was This the First CC Community-Edited Novel? Slashdot - I started accepting edits in the hope of polishing a manuscript for submission to a publisher. A publisher never materialized, but after thousands of ... |
After Potter, it's Narniamania across book stores - Economic Times
After Potter, it's Narniamania across book stores Economic Times, India - Although the first Narnia book — The Chronicles of Narnia, that hit the stalls a couple of years back, failed to make much impact, its publisher believes ... |
Frey makes novel return - Arizona Republic
Frey makes novel return Arizona Republic, AZ - Citing a confidentiality agreement with the publisher of A Million Little Pieces, he declines to answer several questions about the book and about memoirs ... The resurrection of James Frey -- you know, the faker James Frey's Nightmare Morphs into a Calif. Dream Bad boy Frey returns, but will readers care? |
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
The Long Run The Story of Obama, Written by Obama - New York Times
Amazon Ups the Ante on Platform Lock-In - O'Reilly Radar
Amazon Ups the Ante on Platform Lock-In O'Reilly Radar, CA - When there are only three major retail outlets for a computer book publisher like O'Reilly, our publishing decisions are heavily influenced by three very ... POD Publisher Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Amazon Amazon Pushes Print-On-Demand Exclusivity |
Monday, May 19, 2008
Make The NY Times Bestseller List... By Giving Your Book Away - Huffington Post
Make The NY Times Bestseller List... By Giving Your Book Away Huffington Post, NY - Originally a podiobook (podcast audiobook) given away for free, Infected is the sort of novel no publisher in world would think would sell. ... |
The worst campaign press corps ever? - MarketWatch
The worst campaign press corps ever? MarketWatch - (NWS: , , ) , which also owns MarketWatch, publisher of this column.) "What it showed is that the reporting of politics doesn't have to be bad," Wilentz ... |
book of eternal youth is 100 years old - Telegraph.co.uk
book of eternal youth is 100 years old Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - By Melanie McDonagh A neat publisher’s trick for selling yet more copies of a book that has been a bestseller for years is the replica anniversary edition. ... |
Sunday, May 18, 2008
ND publisher's novel could hit the big screen - Grand Forks Herald
ND publisher's novel could hit the big screen Grand Forks Herald, ND - Publisher Sam Scinta said he bought the book because it made him laugh a lot. "It's funnier than 'Wedding Crashers,'" West said, referring to the comedy ... |
Author to discuss book on American empire - San Francisco Chronicle
Author to discuss book on American empire San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Alison Short was named group publisher of Where Magazine, Where GuestBook and the Where Visitor Annual Map in San Francisco, published by Morris Visitor ... |
Picasso's heirs and the mystery of the evil stepmother - Independent
Picasso's heirs and the mystery of the evil stepmother Independent, UK - According to Vincent Roy, a director withthe book's publisher, Le Cherche Midi, this action is scandalous and amounts to censorship. ... |
Ex-mill worker turns out stories of hard-knock life - Detroit Free Press
Ex-mill worker turns out stories of hard-knock life Detroit Free Press, United States - Publisher's Weekly and the New York Times compared his book to "Winesburg, Ohio," Sherwood Anderson's 1919 masterpiece on small-town life. ... |
Saturday, May 17, 2008
How Amazon Could Change Publishing - Forbes
How Amazon Could Change Publishing Forbes, NY - The publisher gets squeezed--it's cause for huge celebration if they make 20%. "On a book that costs $24.95, the author gets at most $1 to $1.50," says ... |
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