According to the Washington Post, Amazon Kindle has now added self publishing deal that provides bloggers to receive incremental subscription income through their RSS feed. But Amazon has a 70 to 30 split on the take.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/14/AR2009051402000.html
From the Star ledger, Is the Kindle the end of print
http://blog.nj.com/jerseyblogs/2009/05/is_the_kindle_dx_the_begining.html
There is competition for Kindle to consider from the UK
http://www.pcworld.com/article/164869/budget_ebook_reader_debuts.html
Amazon has release a bigger version of Kindle
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/05/11/will_bigger_kindle_be_boon_for_e_readers/
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Book news for April 24th
LA Times book fair
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-festival24-2009apr24,0,208283.story
an Ivy league undergraduate spends a semester at Liberty University, the school founded by Jerry Falwell
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i7tADnxuR79MJPcf7h0C8jxGSMGQD97NLAC85
renting school books in college?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124045232885846381.html
A book on the corruption in Kenya
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/23/kenya.corruption.book/
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-festival24-2009apr24,0,208283.story
an Ivy league undergraduate spends a semester at Liberty University, the school founded by Jerry Falwell
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i7tADnxuR79MJPcf7h0C8jxGSMGQD97NLAC85
renting school books in college?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124045232885846381.html
A book on the corruption in Kenya
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/23/kenya.corruption.book/
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Book News for April 21st
Prince Charles to write book on environment
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-world/prince-charles-to-pen-environment-book-20090421-adyh.html
From Reuters Penguin signs e-book distribution deal with China
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNewsMolt/idUKTRE53K2HX20090421
Book Swim is a new web based rental system for books
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13512_3-10223739-23.html
Dan Brown completes the 3rd book in the Da Vinci series
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/dan-brown-completes-third-book-movie-in-pipeline/355868/
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-world/prince-charles-to-pen-environment-book-20090421-adyh.html
From Reuters Penguin signs e-book distribution deal with China
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNewsMolt/idUKTRE53K2HX20090421
Book Swim is a new web based rental system for books
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13512_3-10223739-23.html
Dan Brown completes the 3rd book in the Da Vinci series
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/dan-brown-completes-third-book-movie-in-pipeline/355868/
Friday, April 17, 2009
Book news for April 17th
You don’t happen to have a library book overdue for, oh I don’t know, 145 years
http://features.csmonitor.com/books/2009/04/16/book-returned-after-145-years/
Obama’s income mostly from book
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041503383.html
Big money for the publishing world in the coming years
http://www.prweb.com/releases/book_publishing_consumer/text_books_professional/prweb2309324.htm
The publishing industry wants to go green
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gn-tUUD564KcDclJfTs4hA2drPpwD97JMGG01
http://features.csmonitor.com/books/2009/04/16/book-returned-after-145-years/
Obama’s income mostly from book
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041503383.html
Big money for the publishing world in the coming years
http://www.prweb.com/releases/book_publishing_consumer/text_books_professional/prweb2309324.htm
The publishing industry wants to go green
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gn-tUUD564KcDclJfTs4hA2drPpwD97JMGG01
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Book news for April 15th
Amazon had major search function problems on Monday
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-amazon14-2009apr14,0,3536538.story
Marlee Matlin comes out with a new book
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/04/14/2009-04-14_in_new_book_actress_marlee_matlin_claims_actor_william_hurt_abused_her.html
Information about Amazon’s Kindle 2
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2345251,00.asp
A story out of Baltimore about book store closings and what it means to the future of books
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/books/blog/2009/04/whats_happening_to_our_book_cu.html
A popular book “Kite Runner” was highly challenged due to content according to the American Library Association
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1239796545250620.xml&storylist=entertainment
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-amazon14-2009apr14,0,3536538.story
Marlee Matlin comes out with a new book
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/04/14/2009-04-14_in_new_book_actress_marlee_matlin_claims_actor_william_hurt_abused_her.html
Information about Amazon’s Kindle 2
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2345251,00.asp
A story out of Baltimore about book store closings and what it means to the future of books
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/books/blog/2009/04/whats_happening_to_our_book_cu.html
A popular book “Kite Runner” was highly challenged due to content according to the American Library Association
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1239796545250620.xml&storylist=entertainment
Sunday, April 12, 2009
book news April 12th
Bobby Jindal has signed a book deal with a conservative publishing house
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/995438.html
There are many books on business due to the financial crisis
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090410/business-books-financial-crisis-lights-fire-under-publishers.htm
From inside higher Education
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/mclemee/mclemee237
A small Oxford is taking on the big companies in the e-book industry
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/71f1ea4e-2770-11de-9b77-00144feabdc0.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/995438.html
There are many books on business due to the financial crisis
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090410/business-books-financial-crisis-lights-fire-under-publishers.htm
From inside higher Education
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/mclemee/mclemee237
A small Oxford is taking on the big companies in the e-book industry
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/71f1ea4e-2770-11de-9b77-00144feabdc0.html
Monday, April 6, 2009
Book News April 6th
Not everyone is happy about the price of e-books
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/04/kindle-readers.html
How far will Kindle go to replace books?
http://media.www.pucchronicle.com/media/storage/paper1082/news/2009/04/06/Entertainment/Will-Kindle.Change.The.Written.Word-3697405.shtml
Two new books from the late author Michael Crichton
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7986124.stm
An opinion from the Wall Street Journal on Googles book settlement
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123880246568188615.html
April is national poetry month
http://www.ohio.com/entertainment/42488677.html
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/04/kindle-readers.html
How far will Kindle go to replace books?
http://media.www.pucchronicle.com/media/storage/paper1082/news/2009/04/06/Entertainment/Will-Kindle.Change.The.Written.Word-3697405.shtml
Two new books from the late author Michael Crichton
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7986124.stm
An opinion from the Wall Street Journal on Googles book settlement
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123880246568188615.html
April is national poetry month
http://www.ohio.com/entertainment/42488677.html
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