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Penguin 2.0: What Likely Changed and How to Recover

Jayson DeMers | Posted 05.23.2013 | Technology
Jayson DeMers

In reality, it doesn't appear that Google is reinventing the SEO wheel with Penguin 2.0, but simply tightening their algorithm to provide users with the most high-quality and relevant content possible.

Women's History Month Spotlight: Advice From the 19th Century, on Loneliness and Doubt, Horses, Vacuum Cleaners and the Nature of Time

Carole DeSanti | Posted 03.28.2013 | Books
Carole DeSanti

In honor of women's history month and to celebrate the paperback publication of The Unruly Passions of EugƩnie R., I arranged an interview with EugƩnie R. herself (heretofore known only as my fictional character) to find out how this 19th century woman feels about our 21st century world.

A Brief History of Book Vending Machines

John Geoghegan | Posted 03.25.2013 | Books
John Geoghegan

2013-03-25-Screenshot20130325at2.50.21PM.jpgAlthough vending machines have long been considered acceptable for newspapers, they've never really caught on where books are concerned.

DOJ Approves Random House Penguin Merger

AP | Posted 04.16.2013 | Books

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has closed an investigation of a proposed merger between Penguin and Random House and will take no action to...

Writing a Synopsis for Your Novel: A Scary But Useful Exercise

Holly Robinson | Posted 03.09.2013 | Books
Holly Robinson

What is a synopsis, anyway? Just a summary, right? Wrong. Sure, a synopsis is a summary of your novel's narrative arc and describes the main characters. However, a synopsis must also be its own entity, with dramatic turns and a clear beginning, middle, and end.

Penguin Settles With Department Of Justice

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 02.18.2013 | Books

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department announced Tuesday it has reached a settlement with Penguin Group (USA) Inc. in its lawsuit accusing the nation's ...

Can You Judge Your Book by Its Cover?

Holly Robinson | Posted 02.10.2013 | Books
Holly Robinson

Seeing your book cover for the first time is like waiting for that guy from Match.com to show up at the restaurant. You've laid out your expectations and supposedly so has he. But will he actually look like the date of your dreams?

Biggest Problems Facing Penguin-Random House

Peter McCarthy | Posted 01.21.2013 | Books
Peter McCarthy

As a former executive at both organizations, I believe the Penguin-Random House merger will be harder to pull off than it sounds.

BEA 2012: Young Adult Editor's Buzz

Lisa Parkin | Posted 08.08.2012 | Books
Lisa Parkin

You can't walk two feet at BookExpo America without stumbling on a hot new read showcased at one of the 1,000 booths inside the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.

Price-Fixing Is Bad for Both Readers and Authors

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 06.30.2012 | Books
Hoyt Hilsman

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.

King Penguin Baby Looks Like Fear

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 04.25.2012 | Green

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...

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

Tony Phillips | Posted 06.23.2012 | Comedy
Tony Phillips

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.

WATCH: Penguin Paints For Charity

Posted 04.20.2012 | Impact

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...

Apple Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit Over eBook Price-Fixing

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 06.11.2012 | Technology

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

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

| Jane J. Lee | Posted 03.16.2012 | Science

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

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

Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 03.14.2012 | Science

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...

DARING ESCAPE

Posted 03.06.2012 | World

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...

Monster Penguins Fossils Unearthed In New Zealand, Scientists Say

Posted 02.29.2012 | Science

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...

How to Sell a Novel in Just 25 Years!

Holly Robinson | Posted 04.23.2012 | Books
Holly Robinson

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.

Dogs' Amazing Antifreeze Feet Explained Japanese Scientists

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 01.13.2012 | Science

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? ...

Penguin Backtracks On Kindle Withdrawal

AP | Posted 01.23.2012 | Books

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

Penguin Pulls Books From Amazon's Kindle

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 01.22.2012 | Books

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

Scientists To Track Penguins In Wild With Satellite Transmitters

AP | By DONNA BRYSON | Posted 09.14.2011 | Green

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

Three Cups Of Tea Author Greg Mortenson Faces Another Lawsuit

The Daily Beast | Posted 08.13.2011 | Books

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

Penguin Gives Name To New Imprint

nytimes.com | JULIE BOSMAN | Posted 07.17.2011 | Books

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