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The Biggest Threat To The Public Library

Christian Zabriskie | Posted 05.25.2012

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Google has not killed the library and ebooks won't do it either. The biggest threat to the public library in American culture is limited hours.

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Millions Of Books Donated For World Book Night

Madeleine Crum | Posted 04.24.2012

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A young woman is jumping up and down in front of the New York Public Library wearing a sandwich sign that says, "Hate Reading? Talk To Me!" She's wavi...

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Steal This Book: Concord Free Press Publishes Free Novels

HuffingtonPost.com | Madeleine Crum | Posted 03.30.2012

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The cover of Castle Freeman Jr.'s sixth book, a collection of 12 stories set in the rural North East, has a few eye-catching elements: The image is of...

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America Vs The Public Domain

Jennifer Jenkins | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Public Domain, Free Books, Public Domain Day, Narnia, Copyright, American Public Domain, Public Domain Law, Parody, Copyright Law, Lolita, Books News

Copyright law gives authors and publishers exclusive rights for a "limited time," to encourage them to create and distribute works. So what is entering the public domain in the U.S. this year? Not a single published work. Why should you care?

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World Book Night Giving Away 1 Million Free Books, Needs YOUR Help

Posted 12.14.2011

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Ever heard of World Book Night? If not, you will. Because they want your help to give away free books. WBN first launched in the UK last year. It t...

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How Hard Can It Be To Give Away Books?

Gerry Hadden | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Free Books, Abandoning Books, Giving Away Books, The Gift, New York, Getting Rid of Books, Hand Out Books, Books News

I made myself a rule: I would only keep as many books as would fit on a tiny, two-tiered bookcase. I wheeled a dolly overflowing with books into the lobby of my building with a note: FREE BOOKS. 45 minutes later, all of the books were gone. I was horror stricken.

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How To Stop Book Piracy

Andrew Losowsky | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Publishing, Free Books, Book Pirate, Copyright, Free eBooks, Illegal Downloads, Book Piracy, Digital Publishing, Future of Publishing, Ebooks, Books News

Previously, publishing has been about creating engaging, affordable physical storytelling experiences that fill our bookshelves and share our lives.

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Green Charity To Open Free Bookstores All Over England

The Bookseller | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Shaylesh Patel, Free Books, The Booksellers Association, UK Bookstores, Independent Bookstores, Healthy Planet, Indie Bookstores, Good News, Bookstores, Books for Free, Books News

A green charity offering books for free aims to open an outlet in every town in the UK, and has called on publishers to donate titles....

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How To Snag Free Or $1 Summer Beach Reads

time.com | Posted 08.17.2011

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If your vacation plans include a little light summer reading, you couldn’t ask for lighter fare this year. ...

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Should A Book Pass The "Dead Tree" Test?

Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Do you feel strongly enough about the impact of what you have to say that you can live with cutting down trees to make your book?

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Does Free Sell?

David Carnoy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Knife Music, Neil Gaiman, Free Books, Scribd, Books, Paulo Coelho, Free eBooks, Self-Publishing, Cory Doctorow, Books News

I recently re-issued the free app as a lengthy excerpt and posted 150 pages of "Knife Music" on Scribd.com. Since then some folks have asked me whether giving away the whole book or these extended free samples has helped sell books.

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National Library Week 2010: America's Most Amazing Libraries

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's National Library Week 2010 and we're celebrating America's most amazing libraries. They're still a haven for reading in this day of electronics a...

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Can Free Books Do More For Kids Than Summer School?

USA Today | Greg Toppo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Can a $50 stack of paperback books do as much for a child's academic fortunes as a $3,000 stint in summer school? An experimental program in seven st...

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Gregory Maguire's New Novel Is Free

Entertainment Weekly | Thom Geier | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Next Queen of Heaven, a new novel by Wicked author Gregory Maguire, is available starting today for the low, low price of $0.00. That's not a typo...

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Free Business Book Is Web Sensation

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The Oprah touch doesn't just work for traditional books. More than 1 million copies of Suze Orman's "Women & Money" were downloaded a...

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HarperCollins To Offer Free Electronic Versions Of Books

New York Times | Motoko Rich | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an attempt to increase book sales, HarperCollins Publishers will begin offering free electronic editions of some of its books on its Web site, incl...

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