August 2010

Random House and Andrew Wylie Reach an Agreement About eBook Rights

by DorothyD on August 31, 2010

Literary agent Andrew Wylie and Random House Publishing have waged war over the rights to eBook versions of several books. While the book world divided into Team Wylie or Team Random House, readers wondered just what the outcome would offer for the rest of us. The Super-Agent Andrew Wylie represents some huge authors. Among his clients: [...]

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eReader Market Joined by Acer!

by DorothyD on August 28, 2010

Acer Enters EReader Race When I see the name Acer, I think low-budget computers. With everyone and their brother producing eReaders, I should have seen this one coming. Acer is planning to release an E-Ink 6 inch reader called LumiRead in Germany in October. Content will be available from Libri.de in Germany, B&N in the [...]

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Author Seth Godin Decides to Bypass Traditional Publishers

by DorothyD on August 27, 2010

Seth Godin has several books published by Portfolio, but he recently announced his plans to make a huge change. He is going to forgo a publisher and offer his work directly to readers. Twelve Books When Godin began his career as an author, he needed a traditional publisher because authors are several degrees removed from [...]

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The Hunger Games: The Final Chapter

by DorothyD on August 25, 2010

Technically, The Hunger Games series is listed as Young Adult, but don’t write it off as a book solely for teens. The series is actually pretty complex with interesting, well-written characters… and the last audiobook, Mockingjay, is being released this week. Only The Hunger Games Will Do! It pains me to report that I have a [...]

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Audio Textbooks

by DorothyD on August 22, 2010

I have done some online searching for text books for my son. He starts college in less than a week, which evokes paradoxical feelings of happiness and sadness. Some of the sadness really hits when I look at textbook prices. Many are near $100. The one thing that I found during my search that was [...]

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Oprah Reports Celebrities’ Favorite Books.

by DorothyD on August 21, 2010

I usually don’t open the Oprah magazine email. I start thinking about un-subscribing, but every once in a while something catches my eye. Today, for example, it features reading. Admittedly, it piques my curiosity to see what is on Julia Roberts’, Julianne Moore’s, and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s bookshelves. Here are a few of the books listed [...]

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New Audiobook Releases: James Patterson and others

by DorothyD on August 20, 2010

Surprise, surprise, James Patterson has a new audiobook out this week. Please read that sentence again with the proper sarcastic inflection. While I’m not all that excited for his recent non-effort, there are some new releases out there worth some enthusiasm. Martin Cruz Smith offers The Three Stations: An Arkady Renko Novel, narrated by Ron McLarty. This is [...]

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