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Price-Fixing Is Bad for Both Readers and Authors

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 04.30.2012

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The truth is that this dispute is not about saving literature or the sanctity of the literary world, it is about the publishers' business model.

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King Penguin Baby Looks Like Fear

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Baby Penguins, Baby Animal Photos, Penguin Stolen, Baby Penguin Photos, Penguin, Penguin Photos, Penguins, Baby Animal, Penguin Thief, Green News

This photo gives a whole new meaning to scary-cute. Born on April 9 in Galveston, Texas to mother "Chilly Willy," the penguin chick weighed in at j...

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Welshmen Steal Penguin From Australian Theme Park... Who Let Welshmen Into Australia?

Tony Phillips | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Penguin Stolen, Australia, Natchitoches, Alcohol, Sea World Australia, Welshmen, Wales, Things to Do in Australia, Kylie Minogue, Penguin, Cardiff, Comedy News

Who'd have thought I wouldn't, on a bender, somehow come home with a flamingo or a fur seal or at least a meerkat or something. As it is, it never happened, dang it. I'll have to live with that unfilled void. Not so for three Welshmen who went on holiday to Australia.

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WATCH: Penguin Paints For Charity

Posted 04.20.2012

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A penguin at an Idaho zoo has rolled up her tuxedo sleeves to get dirty for a great cause. Makena the penguin is working dutifully at crafting work...

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Apple Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit Over eBook Price-Fixing

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 04.11.2012

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WASHINGTON — The government says avid best-seller readers who use electronic books have been getting ripped off. Tina Fey's "Bossy Pants," Tim T...

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LISTEN: Macho Penguin's 'In Your Face' Call Sounds Almost Human

| Jane J. Lee | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Animal Competition, Victory Dance, Triumph Display, Ecology, Animal Sounds, Triumph Call, Penguin, Animal Behavior, White-Flippered Penguin, Evolution, Zoology, Animals, Video, Science News

Like a football player who just scored a touchdown, male white-flippered penguins (Eudyptula minor albosignata) perform triumph displays after defeati...

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WATCH: Penguin, Sea Lion Play Desperate Game Of Cat-And-Mouse

Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Seal, Video, Antarctic, Frozen Planet, Nature Documentary, Killer Whale, Discovery Channel, Penguin, Predator, Sea Lion, Animals, Prey, Arctic, Science News

Will the poor little penguin get away--or wind up inside the sea lion's belly? It's an obvious question for viewers of a video showing a gripping s...

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DARING ESCAPE

Posted 03.06.2012

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A life spent cooped up with 134 others simply wouldn't do for one bird, so the year-old Humboldt penguin made a run for it. The Tokyo Sea Life Park...

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Monster Penguins Fossils Unearthed In New Zealand, Scientists Say

Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: New Zealand Animals, Video, Paleontology, Penguin Fossils, Tallest Penguin, Giant Penguin, Kairuku Grebneffi, Penguin, Zoology, Science News

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 02/27/2012 02:08 PM EST on LiveScience New Zealand was once home to the tallest pengu...

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How to Sell a Novel in Just 25 Years!

Holly Robinson | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Creativity, J.K. Rowling, Royalty Checks, Publishing, Rejections, Fiction Writing, Poets & Writers, Novels, Writing Groups, Sleeping Tigers, Women's Support Groups, Penguin, Stephanie Meyer, Books News

When my agent called a few weeks ago to say that an editor at Penguin wanted to buy my new novel, The Wishing Hill, I literally had to lie down. I've been waiting for this call for 25 years.

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Dogs' Amazing Antifreeze Feet Explained Japanese Scientists

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Cold, Freezing, Dog Feet. Paws, Canine, Penguin, Cold Weather, Dog, Fox, Adaptation, Dog Paws, Video, Science News

Woof, it's cold out there! So how come dogs' paws don't freeze up when they pad around on snow and ice - and what keeps dogs from minding the cold? ...

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Penguin Backtracks On Kindle Withdrawal

AP | Posted 01.23.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — One of the country's largest publishers, Penguin Group (USA), is temporarily restoring libraries' ability to loan their e-books ...

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Penguin Pulls Books From Amazon's Kindle

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 01.22.2012

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NEW YORK — One of the country's largest publishers, Penguin Group (USA), has suspended making e-editions of new books available to libraries and...

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Scientists To Track Penguins In Wild With Satellite Transmitters

AP | By DONNA BRYSON | Posted 09.14.2011

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JOHANNESBURG -- South African scientists are fitting young penguins raised by humans with satellite transmitters so they can track them once released ...

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Three Cups Of Tea Author Greg Mortenson Faces Another Lawsuit

The Daily Beast | Posted 08.13.2011

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Greg Mortenson is facing another lawsuit filed over his bestselling memoir, Three Cups of Tea....

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Penguin Gives Name To New Imprint

nytimes.com | JULIE BOSMAN | Posted 07.17.2011

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For six months, the new imprint at Penguin Group USA headed by David Rosenthal has remained stubbornly nameless. ...

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New Mysterious Book Website To Be Launched This Summer

GalleyCat | Jason Boog on May 6, 2011 9:39 AM | Posted 07.06.2011

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Three major publishers–Hachette Book Group, Penguin Group (USA), and Simon & Schuster–will partner with AOL Huffington Post Media Group to launch ...

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New Website Helps Aspiring Authors

nytimes.com | JULIE BOSMAN | Posted 06.26.2011

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In the old days of publishing, getting your manuscript into the hands of an editor often meant mailing the unsolicited finished product to the offices...

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"Three Cups Of Tea" Publisher Questioning Book's Accuracy Too?

nytimes.com | JULIE BOSMAN | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Greg Mortenson, Penguin, Book Publishing, Central Asia Institute, Viking, 60 Minutes, Three Cups of Tea, Books News

Viking, the publisher of “Three Cups of Tea,” said in a statement on Monday that it would review the book and its contents with the author, Greg M...

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PHOTOS: It's National Penguin Awareness Day!

Posted 05.25.2011

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It's that time of year again: National Penguin Awareness Day is today, Jan. 20, 2011. The annual event is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the pe...

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WATCH: Penguin Confuses Sea Lion For A Rock

Posted 05.25.2011

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If an animal does something adorable in nature and no camera is around to record it, does the world still go "aww?" In this case, we don't have to exa...

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Oprah Picks 2 Dickens Novels For Book Club

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Better set some time aside for Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick. The talk show host has selected a pair of Dickens classics, "A...

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Sleeping With The Enemy?

nytimes.com | JULIE BOSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Rosenthal, the publisher who was ousted from Simon & Schuster in June, has been named the president and publisher of a new book imprint at Pengu...

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James Bond eBooks

The Guardian | Robert McCrum | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week, in a highly significant move whose implications will have repercussions throughout the industry, the Fleming estate announced it was licens...

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Despite Gloomy Outlook Major Publisher Reports Sales Up 5 Percent

publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an update on its nine month results, Pearson said that sales for Penguin rose 5%. A tough retail environment, Pearson said, has been offset by "str...

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