Apple Books: Lee Child Gets Another #1

Lee Child's latest Jack Reacher novel, 'Past Tense,' hit #1 on the Apple Books store last week, while pre-orders of former first lady Michelle Obama's memoir, 'Becoming,' launched that book, out today, into the #5 spot. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What books to assign to a group of inmate-students?

Dickens or Denisovich? Mailer or Malamud? This professor agonized over the reading list for a class of prison inmates. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Muted enthusiasm for Rowling book

The Casual Vacancy, the first adult novel by Harry Potter creator JK Rowling, receives a mixed response from newspaper critics. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen Lane dominates Science Books prize

Allen Lane has dominated the shortlist for this year’s £10,000 Royal Society Winton... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Going Beyond E-Books, Barnes & Noble Nook Launches Digital Video Store

Barnes & Noble Nook is ramping up its digital media offerings with a new video-download and rental service. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Square Peg to publish Gobstoppers cookery book

Square Peg has acquired a cookery book which explores the history and traditions of sweets, to be... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Play Books app arrives in Japan, adds translation, place info, highlighting and more

Not content at stopping with its recent European tour, Google Play Books has made the trip to Japan and brought back a handful of new features. In addition to support for reading Japanese books in a vertical, right-to left layout, Mountain view now lets users tap on names of geographical spots... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beijing ban on Japanese books 'may spread'

Books by Japanese authors and titles about Japanese topics have been removed from bookshops in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bigger, and Better: Frankfurt Book Fair 2012 Preview

It’s almost here, the publishing industry’s annual literary Oktoberfest: the Frankfurt Book Fair. This year’s edition officially kicks off on October 10, with more than 150,000 professional visitors representing some 7,500 companies and 110 countries expected to gather to trade rights, network,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lewinsky inks $12m book deal

Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern whose affair with then-President Bill Clinton paralysed the nation, has been shopping a memoir for several weeks, and according to the New York Post, she has apparently sold it for US$12 million (NZ$14.5 million) to an unnamed publisher. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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World Book Day 2013 titles announced

Books by Francesca Simon, Anthony Horowitz, Shirley Hughes and Lauren Child will be included in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Igloo Books Building U.S. Presence

Having grown revenue to just under £20 million since its launch in 2003 to the year ended March 31, 2012, largely on the strength of inexpensive children’s and adult print books, Igloo Books, based in Northamptonshire, England, is looking to digital and international markets to drive its next... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Monster series to HarperCollins Childrens Books

HarperCollins Children's Books has acquired an illustrated young fiction series, Monster and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple backs off in EU ebook antitrust case

Apple and four major publishers have offered to let retailers such as Amazon sell ebooks at a discount to settle an EU antitrust investigation into their pricing deals and avoid possible fines. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agreement Could End Europe’s E-Book Price-Fixing Inquiry

The European Commission said it was prepared to drop its investigation after Apple and four publishers agreed to let retailers sell ebooks at a discount for two years. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple Ebooks Settlement Offer

Apple Inc., the world's biggest technology company, and four publishers offered to overhaul pricing models for digital books to allay European Union concerns that they blocked competition. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple, ebook publishers look to settle EU antitrust dispute

Apple and four major ebook publishers have offered retailers such as Amazon.com the option to set their own prices for ebooks for the next two years in a bid to end an antitrust investigation in the European Union. The European Commission launched the investigation into allegations of cartel... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Diller Invests in E-book Venture to Challenge Amazon

IAC/InterActiveCorp Chairman Barry Diller, producer Scott Rudin and publishing executive Frances Coady are investing in a book venture that will attempt to challenge Amazon.com Inc.’s dominance in the industry. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Books Are The Ultimate New Business Card

“You don’t understand,” the three-time, big-six published author told me. “Books aren’t designed for you, the customer. Today, non-fiction books are business cards--for speaking, consulting, and deals.” I was meeting this friend for dinner in New York City and had mentioned a trend I had... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2012-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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