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Cyber Monday's Big E-Books Deal

Posted 11.28.2011

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Black Friday saw a record number of shoppers flock to stores. While the in-person purchase still has plenty of followers, Cyber Monday serves as a gro...

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5 Places To Get Away From It All

Black Tomato | Posted 11.20.2011

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There are times in life when the only remedy is to disappear for a while, to get off the grid.

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Why Do Publishers Hope You're Reading More Crime Fiction?

wsj.com | ALEXANDRA ALTER | Posted 09.07.2011

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Crime often spikes when the economy sputters, but does demand for crime fiction surge as well? Publishers hope so. This year, as print sales contin...

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Not So Open Road

New York Times | CELIA McGEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Harlem postal employee and civic leader named Victor H. Green conceived the guide in response to one too many accounts of humiliation or violence wh...

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eBooks: Pat Conroy's Bestsellers Released By Open Road

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Pat Conroy says he knows so little about e-books that he didn't realize his work could be downloaded until a fan showed him during a ...

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Andrew Wylie eBooks: The Literary Agent Will Publish Updike, Bellow, Roth And Others Through Amazon

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — It's war between Random House Inc. and a top literacy agency. Random House, the country's leading trade publisher, announced Thursda...

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Random House Gives Up eBook Rights To Styron's Works

The New York Times | Motoko Rich | Posted 05.25.2011

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After publicly staking a claim to the right to publish electronic versions of books that already have a long history in print, Random House appears to...

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eBook Only Publication For Former Diplomat Mitchell Reiss's New Book On Terrorism

Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK, (AP) -- Mitchell Reiss is a former diplomat and special envoy who has worked on peace treaties in Northern Ireland and discussed nuclear wea...

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Jane Freidman's New E-Book Company

The New York Times | Motoko Rich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sixteen months after stepping down as president and chief executive of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, Jane Friedman has formed a new company that...

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eBook Rights: The Role Of Publishers Is Greater Than It May Seem

The New York Times | JONATHAN GALASSI | Posted 05.25.2011

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News that the heirs of William Styron, the author of "Sophie's Choice," are licensing the electronic-publishing rights for some of his Random House bo...

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Publishers, Authors Battle Over eBooks: Who Owns The Rights?

Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Friday, Random House started up a battle with authors when CEO Markus Dohle sent out a letter to literary agents regarding the rights to backlist b...

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