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Over-Thinking the 20th Century -- A Book Review

Tom Alderman | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Blackstone Audio, Timothy Snyder, Philosophy, Charlie Rose, Economics, Penguin Group, Ralph Cosham, Thinking the Twentieth Century, Tony Judt, Books News

If you have a graduate degree in philosophy plus an additional one in economics, this book might be for you. Everybody else: lots of luck.

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Ayn Rand Gets An App

Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Ayn Rand App, Ayn Rand Ipad App, Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged, Penguin Group, Ayn Rand, Penguin Group Apps, Culture News

Penguin Group will launch a new iPad app of Ayn Rand’s 1957 novel, “Atlas Shrugged,” combining the unabridged text and rarely seen photos from A...

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Helped by The Help

Nelson Davis | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Amy Einhorn, The Help Movie, Small Business, Octavia Spencer, Rejections, Kathryn Stockett, Civil Rights, Alabama, Viola Davis, Penguin Group, Small Business America, Business News

There is a bonus lesson in how The Help finally got to the marketplace and that is you have to take calculated risks.

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Woman Drops 'Three Cups Of Tea' Lawsuit

AP | MATT VOLZ | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Greg Mortenson, Jon Krakauer, Penguin Group, 60 Minutes, Greg Mortenson Lawsuit, Three Cups of Tea, Books News

HELENA, Mont. — An Illinois woman has dropped her lawsuit against "Three Cups of Tea" author Greg Mortenson, leaving just one legal claim that m...

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Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Winners Announced

phx.corporate-ir.net | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: East of Denver, Breakthrough Novels. Spookygirl, Literary Prizes, Gregory Hill, Penguin Group, Amazon Breakthrough Novel, Jill Baguchinsky, Amazon, Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, Books News

Amazon.com, Penguin Group (USA) and CreateSpace, a part of the Amazon group of companies, today announced the winners of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel...

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Jennifer Hudson Finally Gets What She Has Been Asking For

nypost.com | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Celebrity Weight Loss, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Hudson Book Deal, Memoirs, Dutton, Penguin Group, Weight Loss Memoir, Weight Loss Books, Books News

Jennifer Hudson has landed a $1 million-plus deal with Penguin Group's Dutton imprint for her weight-loss memoir, sources say. ...

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eBook Report: Can The iPad Keep Up?

AP | By HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Ereaders, Apple, Ebook Report, Penguin Group, Kindle Nook, Emarket, Ipad, Ebooks, Books News

NEW YORK -- As the publishing industry wrapped up four days of digital talk at its annual national convention, Amazon.com's Kindle was seen as the cle...

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Penguin UK In 'Conversation' With Agent Andrew Wylie Over Odyssey Titles

The Bookseller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book News, Book Industry, Andrew Wylie, Publishing, Book Publishing, Random House, Wylie Agency, Odyssey, Book Publishers, Penguin, Penguin Group, Books News

Penguin has confirmed that it is negotiating with agent Andrew Wylie over books that have been included in the agent's digital offshoot Odyssey Editio...

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Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal | JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Linchpin, Pearson Publishing, Penguin Group, Purple Cow, Meatball Sundae, Wall Street Journal, Portfolio Publishing, Sodin, Portfolio, Publishing, Linchpin: Are You Indispensible?, Seth Godin, Ebook, Publishers, Pearson, Ebooks, E-Books, Books News

The author of about a dozen books including "Purple Cow" said he now has so many direct customer relationships, largely via his blog, that he no longe...

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Follett's 'Pillars of the Earth' Launced As Apple App

USA Today | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ken Follett, Vook, Amplified Edition, Iphone, Ebook, Penguin Group, Ipad, Apple Apps, Starz, Pillars of the Earth, Books News

When best-selling author Ken Follett wrote The Pillars of the Earth in the late 1980s, he could hardly have imagined his novel, about cathedral buildi...

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Can The Internet Save The Book?

Salon | Julie Klausner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Macmillan, Book Publishing, Publishing, Literacy, Gutenberg, Publishing Industry, Penguin Group, Book Culture, Amazon, Google, Clay Shirky, Books News

In his 2008 book, "Here Comes Everybody," Shirky imagined a world without traditional economic or political organizations. Two years later and Shirky ...

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Freshly Ground Black People: World's Worst Typo Leaves Publisher Reeling

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: World's Worst Typos, Australia, Freshly Ground Black Pepper, Cookbooks, Typo, Bob Sessions, Cookbook Typo, Ground Black People, Penguin Group, Pasta Bible, World's Worst Typo, Food News

SYDNEY — An Australian publisher is reprinting 7,000 cookbooks over a recipe for pasta with "salt and freshly ground black people." Penguin Group...

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