Religion Book Deals: December 9, 2020

Convergent lands bestselling author Philip Yancey’s life story, including his upbringing in the South; Broadleaf takes a guide to the ancient Enneagram typing system geared toward Black women, and more. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Country appoints Silag

Penguin US author community Book Country has appointed Lucy Silag as community & engagement... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Recommender: Comic Book Aficionado J.J. McCorvey Shares A Stunning Testament To Grandparents

The three best things Fast Company's assistant editor found on the Internet this week. Name: J.J. McCorveyRole at Fast Company: Assistant Editor, printTwitter: @jmccorveyTitillating fact: J.J. has a massive comic book collection–-thousands--of mostly Marvel Comics. “Pshh, plenty of folks love... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boy and a Bear wins debut book award

Author Dave Shelton and editor David Fickling win this year's Branford Boase Award, with Shelton's illustrated tale A Boy and a Bear in a Boat. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon creates a new comic books imprint

The imprint, titled Jet City Comics, released its first title, a work named 'Symposium #1," on July 9. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Groundbreaking' JFK book promised from L, B

Little, Brown is to publish a "groundbreaking" account of events surrounding the death... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple E-Books Ruling Won't Do Much for Consumers

"I wouldn't expect to see a dramatic effect on consumer prices as a result of this ruling." Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Federal Court Finds Apple Guilty of E-Book Price Fixing

A federal judge today ruled that Apple is guilty of violating antitrust law by conspiring with major publishers to raise ebook prices.     Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2013-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Israel Promises Fireworks at Guadalajara International Book Fair

As the guest of honor at this year’s Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), Israel will bring 36 writers, 10 publishing houses, artists, musicians and more. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple Loses E-Book Price Lawsuit, Faces Damages

A judge has just ruled that Apple is guilty of conspiring to raise ebook prices. The federal antitrust suit against Apple over ebook pricing has come to a conclusion: The judge has decided that Apple conspired with five major book publishers to artificially push prices up. Apple denied the... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judge Finds Apple Guilty of E-Book Conspiracy

A federal judge ruled today that Apple Inc. conspired to raise prices on ebooks, ordering a trial to decide what damages that the tech giant should pay.In a 159-page decision, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote ruled that Apple conspired with a group of five publishers, starting in 2009, to... Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2013-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ether for Authors: Is Today’s Book Marketing All in the Algorithms?

Porter Anderson takes in recent discussions about metadata and book marketing, a live, crowdsourced writing experiment, book recommendation culture, and more. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Murdoch at 82 Starts Over With $2.6 Billion for Deals

Rupert Murdoch, who began building his media empire 60 years ago, is relishing the chance “to do it all over again” with his newly streamlined publishing company that has $2.6 billion in cash to fuel acquisitions. The new News ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Williams' Book Store in San Pedro to close after 104 years

Williams' Book Store is considered by some to be the oldest continuously operating bookstore in Los Angeles. It stands to be the latest casualty in a business that has been moving increasingly online.As a little girl, Anne Gusha walked into and was charmed by Williams' Book Store in San Pedro.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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July’s Top Reviews of Self-Published Books from BlueInk Review

This month's starred reviews from BlueInk Review of self-published books includes several "stay-up-all-night-until-your-eyes-bleed" thrillers, as well as a memoir from the ringmaster of The Big Apple Circus. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Star Tribune Publishes Serialized Novel in Paper, Turns it Into an e-Book

Lynn Liedman wakes up every morning looking for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. She’s been a loyal subscriber for years, but it wasn’t until this summer that she really got hooked. She’s not reading for news. Inst ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Patents 'DVD Extras' for E-Books

As far as media delivery goes, ebooks are pretty flat. You get the book and maybe some notes or background info from the publisher, and that's pretty much it. That's not good enough for Amazon. The company was just awarded a patent, which it originally applied for on November 24, 2010,... Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2013-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tesco pulls horror colouring book

Tesco withdraws from sale on its website a colouring book depicting gory scenes from horror films. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Wins a Round in Book-Scanning Suit

A federal appeals court on Monday threw out the approval of a class of authors in a long-running lawsuit against Google Inc. over its efforts to electronically scan millions of books from public and university libraries in order to make them available online. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Astronaut Chris Hadfield's first book lands in October

Astronaut Chris Hadfield has signed with Little, Brown to publish "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth." The book lands Oct. 29.If astronaut Chris Hadfield can write as well as he can sing a David Bowie song, his upcoming book is going to be good. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US court throws out class-action status in Google books case, for now

A U.S. court has decided that the class-action designation of the copyright lawsuit brought against Google by the Authors Guild over the company's book-scanning project was "premature," and has returned the suit to a lower court for consideration of fair use issues.The Authors Guild filed its... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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