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Edouard Cointreau Donates 40,000 Cookbooks to Unique Library

Edouard Cointreau, founder of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, has donated his vast library to Paris-Rungis, which has been designated a City of Gastronomy. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newspapers in a digital age: moving with the times and charging for it

For most of us the digital revolution started some time ago. Working in journalism for nearly 15 years means that I have seen things change enormously, but even back in the late 1990s it was clear that the web was where it was at -- or where it was going to be. Newspapers and magazines have had... Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Could Limited-Time Fixed Book Pricing Boost Backlist Sales?

Could limiting the period for fixed book prices give a needed boost to backlist sales by allowing retailers to discount after the initial buying frenzy is over? Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Second Quarter Earnings Jump at S&S

Second quarter sales at Simon & Schuster held even at $189 million in the period ended June 30, 2013, while operating income jumped to $20 million from $7 million in last year’s second quarter. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales, Earnings Down at Harlequin

Revenue fell 7% at Harlequin in the second quarter ended June 30, to C$99.5 million, and operating earnings dropped to C$10.5 million from C$18.1 million in the second quarter of 2012. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Study: Sharing Twice as Likely to Happen on Mobile Devices than Desktops

A study conducted by ShareThis found that mobile devices are much more popular than desktops for sharing content. ShareThis tracked social activity across 2.4 million sites in its network, and found that consumers are nearly twice as likely to click and share content through mobile devices... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Polish Publishers Face Sales Slump, Propose Fixed-Pricing, Fight Piracy

Challenged by shrinking sales and online piracy, Poland’s publishing industry aims to mitigate losses with more stringent price regulation, reports Jaroslaw Adamowski. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NatGeo Partners with IDG Subsidiary for Taiwan Edition

National Geographic is expanding its relationship with IDG's Taiwanese subsidiary, Boulder Publishing, launching a local-language edition of its magazine. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: Meet the Author: Ben Wilson

Author Ben Wilson talks to the BBC's Nick Higham about his book charting the British Navy's history Continue reading at 'BBC News'

[ BBC News | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Grace Cheetham promoted at Duncan Baird

Watkins Publishing has promoted Grace Cheetham to the role of publisher, food and drink, for the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CHM Decoder quickly converts CHM help files to HTML

It’s been around since 1997, but Microsoft’s Compiled HTML Help (CHM) format is still often used for application help files, ebooks and more. If you’re working on a PC then that’s no problem -- the files are easy to read -- but if you need to browse them on other platforms, then you might like... Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Intel's first 'open-source PC' on sale for $199

Intel has shipped its first “open-source PC,” a bare-bones computer aimed at software developers building x86 applications and hobbyists looking to construct their own computer. The PC, called the MinnowBoard (shown above), is basically a motherboard with no casing around it. It was... Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Meet XKeyscore: The NSA's Secret Real-Time Internet Snooping System That May Have Already Met You

New documents published in The Guardian reveal that the NSA can snoop on you in real time--and that the agency is building a giant keyword-based database of everything connected to the Internet, including Word and Excel docs on users' hard drives. Sometimes life seems a lot like dystopian... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PaperDude VR resurrects Paperboy with Oculus Rift, Kinect, KickR and a bike

One sad aspect of modern tech is that it's all but ruined our dreams of slinging dead trees for comic book money after school. However, gizmos have enabled a killer sequel to the best paperboy simulation ever. Using a smattering of electronics -- and a real bike! -- PaperDude VR is the followup... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A&B buys Flanders novel

Allison & Busby has secured a first novel about the publishing world from Judith Flanders,... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A.H. Belo and Journal Publishing revenues Drop

The newspaper industry was hit with more bad news mid-week, as the Cleveland Plain Dealer made deep cuts to its newsroom, and several newspaper publishers reported more revenue declines. The Plain Dealer, owned by Advance Publications, delivered ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook offers promotional help to small game developers

Hoping to strengthen its services for mobile users, Facebook has created a new program to encourage third-party developers to build games that will run on the company's mobile clients.The new pilot program, called Facebook Mobile Games Publishing, will assist selected game development shops in... Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2013-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J K Rowling takes top two spots in bestseller charts

J K Rowling's The Casual Vacancy (Sphere) and her pseudonymous The Cuckoo's Calling (... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Are Overstock.com and Amazon in a price war?

Overstock.com is offering 'tens of thousands' of books at '10 percent off Amazon's book prices.' Now Amazon has reduced the prices of many of its bestsellers by as much as 50 to 65 percent. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Instagram reportedly blocking images uploaded through some third-party apps

Hipstamatic Oggl app users might want to rethink those subscriptions. Select Windows Phone 8 imaging apps, such as Instance, may no longer be able to upload images to Instagram's photo sharing service. According to a spokesperson's comment published on The Verge, the site has updated its API,... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2013-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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