Electronic Book Industry Set to Explode in 2010 - Analysts
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Self-Publishing Book Expo: New York - Tomorrow, Saturday 7th, November
POD, Self Publishing and Independent Publishing (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
A final reminder that the Self-Publishing Book Expo takes place in New York's Sheraton Hotel all day tomorrow. The organizers of the event have managed to put together a very impressive array of speakers and panelists from the world of self-publishing services, independent presses, distributors, printers and self-published authors. The highlight of the event looks to be the speaker addresses by Bob...
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Despite challenges, Kannada book industry doing well: GSS
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
BANGALORE: The Kannada book industry had been publishing over 3,000 titles a year despite challenges from the electronic media, Rashtrakavi G.S. Shivarudrappa has said. He was speaking at the inauguration of the seventh edition of the ...
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Publishing Industry and the X Factor
Authors On Line Workshop (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Publishing Industry like the X Factor by Andrew Crofts This is a really good article by an experienced ghost writer and a 'must read' for all writers who aspire to be published.
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Miami University Dedicates New Home of Farmer School of Business
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
OXFORD, Ohio, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Heralding a new era in business education, Miami University today announced the official dedication of the new home of its Farmer School of Business. As one of the most advanced management education facilities in the country, the new $65 million facility has a unique focus on increasing communication and collaboration within the school community as well as technology-enhanced...
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Do the Scalzi
STEVENHARTSITE (Free subscription) | yesterday
I celebrated the fall of 2008 by sending my agent a nonfiction book proposal and the completed, polished manuscript of a crime novel. Shortly after La Agent fired off some submissions to various interested editors, the publishing industry began rending itself with layoffs, budget cuts, and severe restrictions on the purchasing power of the editors who survived [...]
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Green Books Campaign
At Home With Books (Free subscription) | yesterday
Green Books campaign: 1 Day, 100 bloggers, 100 green books, 100 reviews. On Tuesday, November 10 2009, I will be one of 100 bloggers who will simultaneously publish a book review of a "green" book of their choice. This unique campaign, organized by Eco-Libris (www.ecolibris.net), aims to encourage both publishers and readers to get greener and make sure books are printed responsibly. Organized...
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Buy a Book, Save the World (tm Heroes) – Year Two
Alison Kent (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
It’s National Bookstore Day so I’m repeating a post originally made November 7, 2008. (Yeah, the Facebook Group co-opted my title for their project, but it’s all good!) Remember the book shredding video I posted? Along the same *dire straights the publishing industry is in* lines, I bring you the following from blogger Moonrat, an editor [...]
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Wal-Mart Pricing Not Predatory?
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
In a New Yorker blog post this week, James Surowiecki questioned the American Booksellers Association's "dubious" claims about "illegal predatory pricing" by Wal-Mart (WMT) in its Book Price War with Amazon.com (AMZN). Here's more : "[T]here's just no reason to believe that Wal-Mart is cutting prices now in order to raise them later: the company's entire history has been one...
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UTSA's College of Business Named One of the Top MBA Programs in the Southwest by BusinessWeek
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Business was ranked as one of the top part-time MBA programs in the Southwest by BusinessWeek in its biennial business school rankings edition released today. Nationally, the UTSA College of Business part-time MBA program is ranked 28th. The MBA program was ranked fourth in the Southwest.
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Farmers IdeaPoint Initiative Wins First Place 2009 INNovators Award From Insurance Networking News Magazine
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Insurance Networking News magazine has released the results of its 2009 INNovators Award, a distinctive designation intended to advance the spread of business and technology acumen in the insurance industry, and Farmers Insurance Group of Companies® has received first place recognition for its IdeaPoint Initiative program.
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Scientists 'Unlock' Mystery of Creating Cultured Pearls from the Queen Conch
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For more than 25 years, all attempts at culturing pearls from the queen conch (Strombus gigas) have been unsuccessful--until now. For the first time, novel and proprietary seeding techniques to produce beaded (nucleated) and non-beaded cultured pearls from the queen conch have been developed by scientists from Florida Atlantic University's Harbor...
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Seven LWW Nursing Editors Recognized as Leaders by American Academy of Nursing
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Nursing today inducted seven editors and editorial board members of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) nursing publications as Academy Fellows. LWW is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy....
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Journal of Public Health Management & Practice Calls for Growth in Public Health Workforce
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent special supplement to the Journal of Public Health Management calls attention to the country's pressing need for a larger and fully capable public health workforce. The supplement, written by the leading academic voices in public health and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), also sheds light on the challenges the U.S. faces in adequately...
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Choose Books: A New Series
Isak (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
As folks plot out their holiday gift-giving, I'm starting a new near-daily series here at Isak that will run through the season and that has a very simply, very direct message: Choose books as your gifts. You know, of course, that book industry is downright precarious right now--publisher layoffs are old news, fewer authors are getting published in the trimmed lists, book sales are down, and influential...
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L. Ron Hubbard Golden Age Stories Remain Golden in 21st Century
galaxypress | 10/31/2009
New Line of Audiobooks Named Among Best of 2008 By Publishing Trades HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The audiobook versions of three pulp fiction classics by L. Ron Hubbard -- part of the 80-title Stories from the Golden Age series begun in Fall, 2008 -- have been honored by major trade magazines, Publishers Weekly and AudioFile, it was announced today by Hollywood publisher Galaxy Press.
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Serialization of L. Ron Hubbard pulp fiction story The Blow Torch Murder
galaxypress | 10/14/2009
Read the short story by L. Ron Hubbard, The Blow Torch Murder . A mystery/detective story that is very unusual in that the detective, Ham, solves the murder without ever leaving his desk once he has visited the crime scene while he takes extensive naps and eats double portions of ham, eggs and apple pie. L. Ron Hubbard's stories of mystery, detection and investigative procedure—the crime-solving processes...
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Tea Production in the US
bharatbook | 09/29/2009
Tea Production in the US Taking a Tea Leaf out of the healthy book This industry will experience significant support off the back of increased health awareness of consumers. Tea is becoming infused into the American diet as consumers become more health-conscious, looking for alternatives to sugar-rich carbonated beverages. The tea industry is experiencing rejuvenated life cycle growth, as many of its
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