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"The First Tycoon": A Good News Publishing Backstory

Bruce Harris | Posted 11.25.2009 | Books

Read More: Publishing, The First Tycoon, Reading, T.J. Stiles, Knopf, Non-Fiction, National Book Award, Books, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt, Books News

Alfred A Knopf is probably looking down from book heaven, stroking his luxuriant mustaches and smiling with delight at yet another Knopf prize winner.

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Crowdsourcing Content and Demand: Andrew Sullivan's "View From Your Window" Book

Eileen Gittins | Posted 11.25.2009 | Books

Read More: Publishing, Photography Books, Andrew Sullivan, Blurb, Writing, Photographs, Bloggers, Books, Crowdsourcing, Self-Publishing, Books News

For three years, Sullivan had been inviting his blog community to upload pictures of the view from their windows. He wanted to compile a selection of these images into a book that captures the breadth and width of the web.

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Waldo Hunt Dead: LA Entrepreneur Revived Pop-Up Books

Los Angeles Times | Valerie J. Nelson | Posted 11.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Waldo Hunt Dead, Publishing, Entrepreneur, Pop-Up Books, Obituary, Books, Children's Books, Waldo Hunt, Books News

Waldo Hunt, a Los Angeles entrepreneur who ushered in the modern renaissance in pop-up books when he revived the art form in the U.S. in the 1960s, ha...

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iTablet Beta Tester Breaks Embargo

Gerald Sindell | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Steve Jobs, Itablet, Mac, Apple Tablet Computer, Apple, Kindle, Publishing, Ereader, Beta Test, Embargo, Books News

Recently I was given just 24 hours to explore a first production build of the Apple iTablet -- and here are my first impressions and discoveries.

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Four Reasons You Will Never Get Published

Michael Ashley | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, Publishing, Fastpencil, Writers, Technology, Books News

You don't know the right people and traditional publishers don't believe your book will ever sell. Fortunately for you, the publishing industry is in transition and you might have a chance.

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The Truth About Author Platforms

Jonathan Fields | Posted 11.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, Publishing, Book Marketing, Book Industry, Co-Registration, Twitter, Email, Platform Building, Web 2.0, Facebook, Books News

A few years back, proving your platform meant whipping out your big black book of press clipping. You know, the ones that proved you could get into the media at will. Not any more.

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Kid-Sizing the New Custom Publishing

Anna Barber | Posted 11.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Public Schools, Publishing, Education, Los Angeles, Kids, Kids' Books, Books News

Self-publishing is growing because people need to construct our stories and share them with the world. And none of us enjoys making up a story more than a kid does

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"Fat Chick" Finally Gets Its "Fat Chance"

Lorraine Duffy Merkl | Posted 11.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Debut Authors, Novels, Yo-Yo Dieting, Marie Osmond, First Novel, Carnie Wilson, Publishing, Writing, Authors, Kirstie Alley, Valerie Bertinelli, Books, Fat Chick, Dieting, Advertising, New Authors, Books News

At age 51, I never thought I'd be "debuting". In fact, I thought I'd be on the downward slope of a successful advertising career. But, plans were meant for changing.

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Is It the Thought That Counts? Or Is It the Book?

Carole Baron | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Books as Gifts, Eudora Welty, Publishing, Steig Larson, New York Public Library, Alfred Knopf, James Agee, Zagat, Raymond Chandler, JD Salinger, Books News

Books make great gifts and I am in a unique position-- editor, publisher, reader -- to come up with something special for each person on my list.

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Sarah Palin and Barack Obama: Publishing Soulmates

Jason Pinter | Posted 11.17.2009 | Books

Read More: Politics, Publishing, Barack Obama, Books, Sarah Palin, Books News

Sarah Palin, meet your publishing soulmate: Barack Obama. Seriously. They even share the same literary agent.

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A Book Worth: How Much Will You Pay For One That Will Change Your Life?

Gerald Sindell | Posted 11.17.2009 | Books

Read More: Harry Potter, Worth, Value, Book Pricing, Pricing, Publishing, Scholastic, Marketing, Truffles, Books News

Why do we sell books as if they were potatoes when many of them are actually more like truffles? Hard coal, everyday sea salt, water, topsoil. They go for the same price, everywhere, because it's all the same.

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Going Rouge and the Art of Jujitsu Publishing

Colin Robinson | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books

Read More: Palin Book, Or Books, Going Rouge, Going Rogue, Palin Oprah, Books, Palin Memoir, Sarah Palin Book, Sarah Palin, Publishing, Independent Publishing, Palin Books, Books News

Whenever Going Rogue was discussed, Going Rouge would be brought into the frame too. We had to become the skunk at Palin's garden party.

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Get Famous Fast

Denise Brodey | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

You can mourn the death of publishing or you can start bushwhacking a new book trail. These women certainly have.

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Bulletin from the Rechargable Electronic Reading Council

Bruce McCall | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Future of the Book, Publishing, Kindle, Paper, Rare Books, Bookstores, Humor, Books, Ebooks, Paper Books, Nook, Ereaders, Books News

With an e-book, you can deface the reading area to your heart's content and then simply wipe the viewing screen clean with a damp cloth.

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eBook-Only Publishers Cropping Up Everywhere

Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Harlequin, Samhain, Or Books, Kindle, Book Publishing, Romance, Lulu, Ereaders, Publishing, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Going Rouge, Carina Press, Iuniverse, Scribd, Atlantic Bridge, eBook Publishing, Publishers, Ebooks, Books, Romance Novels, Self-Publishing, Nook, Uncial, Smashwords, Books News

A recent article from Publishers Weekly announced the launch of Carina Press, a new imprint of romance publisher Harlequin that will exclusively publi...

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Six Things Book Publicists Love to Hear

Laurence Hughes | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, Thunder Dome, Publishing, Mah-Jongg, Books, Sales Rep, Oprah, Editor, Publicity, Boys' Life, Publicist, Book Publishing, Books News

"Do you think we can get Oprah?" Generally asked by an author whose book is wildly inappropriate for Oprah and who has never actually seen Oprah, but who's heard that Oprah sells books.

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Shame! Shame! China Shame!

Kenneth Kales | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Publishing, Editors, Obama China, Media, Obama, Books, Book Publishers, China, Barack Obama, Books News

Why are we as a nation giving a free pass to Mr. Obama on his avoidance to confront human rights atrocities in China? I am baffled sometimes when I see in the media those stories gushing about how great China is.

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Moving the Needle

Nathan Bransford | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books

Read More: Publishing, Writing, Book Publishing, Authors, Future of Publishing, Publishers, Books, New Media, Bestsellers, Books News

Editors want to take authors to the next level or make a splash with a debut. Publishers want to gain traction with new electronic formats. Sales and marketing teams want to make a splash. Everyone is desperate for a hit.

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Brits Complain That Chains Stores Are Killing Books

The Guardian | Stuart Jeffries | Posted 11.10.2009 | Books

Read More: Uk, England, Publishing, Independent Bookstores, British Bookstores, UK Bookstores, Bookstores, Bookselling, Future of Publishing, Books, Britain, Waterstone's, Books News

"They simply treat books as a commodity," says Nicholas Spice, publisher of the London Review of Books, and one of the chain's sternest critics. "Ther...

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Amazon Sucks Up To Big Literary Agents

Crain's New York Business | Matthew Flamm | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books

Read More: Kindle, E-Books, Future of Publishing, Amazon Pricing, Ereaders, Literary Agents, Amazon.com, Publishing, Kindle eBooks, Amazon Kindle, New York Literary Agents, Book Agents, Authors, E-Readers, Ebooks, Books, Amazon, Books News

Amazon.com has gone on a charm offensive. The online retailing giant flew out a dozen of New York's top literary agents last week for a day of meetin...

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Reinventing the Publishing Industry

Stacey Radin | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books

Read More: Education, Innovation, Publishing, Books News

Innovation is critical to industries that are on the verge of becoming dinosaurs. Intellectually, I would think books would be a cheaper source of entertainment in a time of recession.

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Want To Sell Books? Start Gathering Fans

Richard Nash | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books

Read More: Bea, Publishing, Publishers Weekly, Books, Steve Ross, Publishers, Book Expo, Book Festival, Huffington Post, Book Fairs, Books News

That pain in our foot? It's not outsiders stomping on it, it's us, shooting ourselves.

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STRIP & REBIND: Why Publicists Love the Word "No"

Cassie Ammerman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books

Read More: Publishing, Book Reviews, Publicists, Publicity, Writing, Book Publishing, Blogs, Authors, Book Publicity, Biography, Books, Book Publicists, Newspapers, Books News

There is a word that publicists love almost as much as "yes." And it's "no." Seems counterintuitive, right? But it's true. There is little I love more than a solid "no."

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Publishing's Next Big Thing and Its Next Big Headache, Part I

David Colbert | Posted 11.07.2009 | Books

Read More: Barnes and Noble, Future of Publishing, Book Publishing, Publishing, Ebook, Publishing Industry, Barnes and Noble Ereader, Books News

A reader spends a lot of time with a book. Ads will have time to sink in. That makes the medium valuable. Google isn't getting into the book business for charity.

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What Women Publish: How Miss Pettigrew Came to Live Another Day

Chauncey Zalkin | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Women, London Bookstores, Female Authors, Out of Print, Design, Bookstore, Entrepreneurs, Prints, London, Female-Run Businesses, Nicola Beauman, Publishing, Period Piece, Persephone Books, Historical Novels, Female-Authors, Books News

Here are outtakes from my conversation with the smart and funny-as-hell woman who started and runs Persephone Books. Without her, Miss Pettigrew would literally not have lived to see another day.

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