The link below is to an article that reports on Oyster adding kids books to it ebook subscription service.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/oyster-adds-kids-books-to-collection_b82737
Monthly Archives: February 2014
A Girl Who Reads
Reasons to Keep a Journal
The link below is to an article that looks at 12 reasons to keep a personal journal or diary.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacia-pierce/12-reasons-to-keep-a-jour_b_4774745.html
Print vs. E-Book: Which side are you on?
The link below is to an article commenting on this one:
http://www.teleread.com/reading-2/another-print-vs-paper-story/
One of the wonderful things about technology is that it causes us to ask questions that we had never previously thought of. The print vs. e-book question had never once been asked prior to the 2000s. But it’s a question that every bibliophile has struggled with at some point in recent years. I know I have. Before I discuss which side of the stick I happen to fall on, let’s delve into the battle a little bit first.
Print
The printing of books hasn’t changed all that much since the advent of the printing press. The process has become easier and cheaper as technology advanced. No matter the price a particular publisher sets for the print edition of a book, the actual cost to print is essentially the same for all publishers. It isn’t as though one publisher has the printing technology of 2005 and another of 1900. Printing is…
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Not My Review: The Hole in Our Holiness by Kevin DeYoung
The link below is to a book review of ‘The Hole in our Holiness,’ by Kevin DeYoung.
For more visit:
http://www.challies.com/book-reviews/the-hole-in-our-holiness
Not My Review: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The link below is to a book review of ‘The Book Thief,’ by Markus Zusak.
For more visit:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/27/books/27masl.html
J.K. Rowling: Ron and Hermione Just Need “a Bit of Counseling”
Open Road acquires 15-year-old ebook publisher E-Reads
Open Road Integrated Media, the digital publisher cofounded by former HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman in 2009, has acquired E-Reads, the ebook publisher founded by literary agent Richard Curtis in 1999. E-Reads has published over 1,200 titles, most of which are science fiction and fantasy.
“As I recently surveyed the state of the industry, it became apparent that it was time to seek an alliance with a company with greater resources, particularly in the all-important area of marketing,” Curtis said in a statement. Open Road, which has published over 4,000 titles, centers its business around digital marketing and has published books by authors like William Styron, Michael Chabon, Sherman Alexie and Alice Walker as ebooks for the first time.
E-Reads authors include Harlan Ellison, sci-fi author Greg Bear and mystery author Barbara Parker. Open Road has partnered with other publishers to market their ebooks, but this is its first straight acquisition…
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Apple stuck with antitrust monitor after appeals court refuses removal request
A federal appeals court has refused to stay an order that imposes an antitrust monitor on Apple, despite the company’s complaints that the monitor has been conducting an illegal roving investigation.
In a ruling published on Monday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals wrote that the dispute came down to a disagreement over what the monitor was empowered to do, and adopted the Justice Department’s position that the monitor was limited to verifying whether Apple was informing its employees about their duty to comply with an anti-trust order from last year.
The original order imposing the monitor came as part of a larger decision last year in which a New York federal judge concluded that Apple had violated antitrust laws by brokering an illegal conspiracy with publishers to fix the price of ebooks.
Apple, which is appealing the overall decision, has accused the monitor, Michael Bromwich, of starting his duties…
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