Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Children's book market ready to embrace a digital world
http://ping.fm/DmOB4
Top 10 Most Literate U.S. Cities http://ping.fm/vpIq8
Like to read? Head to Minneapolis and Seattle http://ping.fm/G3BKI
Are books doomed? http://ping.fm/wOlLD
Bookseller asks residents to help save bookstores http://ping.fm/FO4si
Top 10 trends in publishing http://ping.fm/vThVQ
Death of a Bookstore http://ping.fm/KpYuZ
Interesting article on book publishing http://ping.fm/s7qjU
The secret literary life of George W. Bush http://ping.fm/avoIn

Monday, December 29, 2008

Read it and weep, The economic news couldn't be worse for the book industry. Now insiders are asking how literature will survive. http://ping.fm/Kx5i5
In publishing, the writing was on the wall http://ping.fm/79dHG
App Developer Strikes E-Book Deals With Major Publishers http://ping.fm/5vbj9
Time For Publishers And Booksellers To Get Back To Basics http://ping.fm/k5vWQ
Borders Closes Santa Monica Chapter http://ping.fm/IYeVY
End of the book?
Publishing houses are struggling with tough times and changing technology. http://ping.fm/5FTg9
Making Books
A veteran editor offers a year-end report on the mood in the book publishing industry. http://ping.fm/6dcrL
Dream of publishing your book? http://ping.fm/FHYp4
Dudes Don't Read: The Book Biz's Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? http://ping.fm/2wG95
Journal Communications November revenue falls http://ping.fm/BXjSs
E-Books Are on the Rise, But Slowly
Google's move to digitize books has helped advance a cause that has seen several false starts http://ping.fm/LpBs8
Top 5 Self-Publishing Authors Earn $60,000 in 3rd Quarter Royalties from Outskirts Press http://ping.fm/RQirL
Publish Your Book Yourself
New online services mean “you no longer have to get permission to publish your book.” http://ping.fm/F3aUC
Scholastic Corp. F2Q09 (Qtr End 11/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript http://ping.fm/DEqKN
Random House CEO Markus Dohle to Staff: "Our Future Has Begun" as "Evolutionary" 2008 Ends http://ping.fm/e8eGE
Scholastic 2Q profit dips on severance costs http://ping.fm/3Y7lG
Save The Books! Famous People (and Others) Tell You What Books To Buy http://ping.fm/muIPl
Powell's Staff Asked to Cut Hours Due to Weak Saleshttp://ping.fm/ZtVlY
Powell's Books Expands Used Book Efforts http://ping.fm/v6BYW
Book awards for quality literature http://ping.fm/jCWAy
Your Personal Book Shopping Assistant Is Here, Courtesy Joni Evans http://ping.fm/smuS4
Self-publishing a book: 25 things you need to know http://ping.fm/8zLpg
Ministry Oriented Company Begins Publishing Books http://ping.fm/MmeIk
ON THE WRITER'S BLOCK: This book is rated R http://ping.fm/STYNQ
Welcome to The Death of Publishing, Take Forty http://ping.fm/pVLqP
CORRECTED - Borders to drop "sale or return" for HarperStudio books-WSJ http://ping.fm/itgM0
Bargain Hunting for Books, and Feeling Sheepish About It http://ping.fm/s1Uy1
Borders Will Take HarperStudio Books on No-Return Basis http://ping.fm/g2AmA
2008's Best Books on Innovation http://ping.fm/NDfYd
Shakedown shakes publishing houses to the core http://ping.fm/yh5TY
What Do Books and Roses Say About Discounting? http://ping.fm/4oxc3
Editor-in-Chief of Publishers Weekly: 'We Are All the Walking Wounded,' Even Those Hachette Jerks With Their Bonuses http://ping.fm/aeNq8
Pat (Holt) Is Back http://ping.fm/JIXgf
Discovered! More Self-Publishers Hit the Big Time http://ping.fm/JQPG6
Final chapter for book reviews? http://ping.fm/2vu84
Teacher creates student publishing company http://ping.fm/pfoSS
Dozens of publishers have united in a drive to put New Zealand at the forefront of adopting electronic books. http://ping.fm/d77H8
Prices Are Crashing in Cyberspace http://ping.fm/kTnlZ
THE MAN WHO OWNS THE NEWS: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch http://ping.fm/5biEQ
Economic downturn may affect book availability http://ping.fm/H3Fvc
The smell of ink and paper of a new book is one of life’s pleasures. Is that to be replaced by the smell electronics? Do we want it to be? http://ping.fm/br3zH

Sunday, December 28, 2008

OPRAH WINFREY'S NEXT BOOK PICK? http://ping.fm/hpUGp
Uncertain days like these tend to encourage a degree of nostalgia for an era when things were simpler. But those years were not so golden http://ping.fm/1l2WY
A Baby and a Book, and a New Definition of Success http://ping.fm/h5Q7G
Licence to deal http://ping.fm/O811T
YEARENDER: E-books close to market break-through http://ping.fm/2IDvd
Fresh Ink http://ping.fm/52JoN
Murdoch's Journal bigger, flashier; critics warm http://ping.fm/CFf59
Censorship expert shocked at New Ro book tear http://ping.fm/WtZm6
Last Gasp of a Dying Entertainment Industry http://ping.fm/2o2QF
Business books go sky high in India http://ping.fm/3jbfo
Independent Bookstores Struggle With Economic Downturn http://ping.fm/8EKhr
A Writer And Reader On Why Book Publishers Fail http://ping.fm/HPs4k
Exclusive Interview: Smashwords Founder on the Publishing Crisis http://ping.fm/C8CsZ
A Bookstore Stimulus Package? http://ping.fm/HbjTx
We all live in tremulous times, and for publishers home and away it is no exception, with staff cuts, pay freezes and scrapped projects. http://ping.fm/PRBUF
Harry Potter exhibit coming to Museum of Science and Industry http://ping.fm/7Pd7P
Carol Houck Smith; Book Editor Worked With Award Winners http://ping.fm/vdGbu
The Book Search has gone softcover- Google Book Search has begun to include magazines alongside more traditional print forms http://ping.fm/64zKj
Ready steady click . . . http://ping.fm/xST1d
Harry Potter lovers: Chicago museum opens Potter exhibit in April http://ping.fm/tW7v1
'Sleeper' hits brighten dire year in publishing http://ping.fm/DegNK
Reading, writing and real estate http://ping.fm/FBOYr
Enjoy The City's Artistic Holiday Displays http://ping.fm/uok52
Seattle's museum stores raise holiday gift giving to an art form http://ping.fm/qQ8mb

Saturday, December 27, 2008

WaPo's Graham Joins Facebook's Board http://ping.fm/MBwbT
Reed to woo publishers, booksellers in January http://ping.fm/mACGx
NOT BY BOOKSHOPS ALONE http://ping.fm/3I629

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Powell's sales weak, asks staff to scale back http://ping.fm/2PP0B
NOT BY BOOKSHOPS ALONE http://ping.fm/3I629
Jon Stewart sez: Buy a book, kill some time http://ping.fm/q2tWT
Book Sales Drop at Beginning of Holiday Season http://ping.fm/ZPFxh
Media Companies Have Only Themselves to Blame http://ping.fm/6bRPS
BISG Unveils BookDROP Standard for Digital Book Repositories http://ping.fm/UWQ74
BISG Unveils BookDROP Standard for Digital Book Repositories http://ping.fm/UKUYW
Belt-Tightening in Canada http://ping.fm/hPBkb
'Unforgettable Amnesiac' Sparks Film Deal, Book Proposal http://ping.fm/LLS65
Good Authoring Series – Becoming a Recognized Authority http://ping.fm/dzUIU
Show customers you appreciate them by maintaining quality relationships. http://ping.fm/Zl3Fs
Branding As a Simple Science http://ping.fm/K5HUX
Retailers asked to 'keep the faith' in R&J http://ping.fm/4NDHa
Update on Dallas Christian Book Expo http://ping.fm/eaW7Z
Tyndale Signs Another Football Legend http://ping.fm/CDxOP
Free Gifts from Bleak House http://ping.fm/KLaLh
Chronicle Books Makes Cuts http://ping.fm/c4yaS
Ten Speed Press Sale Close http://ping.fm/vJL6n
HMV the UKs leading retailer of music DVD games and books announced its financial results for the 26 weeks ended 25 October 2008 http://ping.fm/cDF6O
No Raises Next Year at Macmillan... and Merry Christmas! http://ping.fm/1ruEC
Regan Accord With News Corp. Unit Was $10.75 Million http://ping.fm/OESfD
Inside Publishing http://ping.fm/iZv69
Reed Elsevier PLC - REED ELSEVIER ANNOUNCES TERMINATION OF DISCUSSIONS http://ping.fm/yPDQX
Indies hit out at WHS over Beedle http://ping.fm/dwpaZ
Print is Dead. Long Live Print. http://ping.fm/g4kDQ

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos as 2008 ‘Person of the Year’ http://ping.fm/gemvW
Bail Out the Writers! http://ping.fm/7BeRE
J.K. Rowling's 'Beedle' bumps Stephenie Meyer on books list http://ping.fm/JgjUX
Apple should add books to the iTunes Store http://ping.fm/JmZ0D
Should Apple add books to iTunes Store? http://ping.fm/5Buod
Page through old magazines on Google Book Search http://ping.fm/EzmaO
For news industry, troubles only accelerate http://ping.fm/k41D5
Next generation will have every right to throw the book at us http://ping.fm/S6ySH
'Sleeper' hits brighten dire year in publishing http://ping.fm/3bEgR

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Canadian book industry feeling economic pressure, but not as bad as U.S. http://ping.fm/y4R2k
Harry Potter: The Tales of Beedle the Bard becomes fastest-selling book of 2008 http://ping.fm/naR9L
Clueless book publishers miss huge opportunity http://ping.fm/dSyJU
What's Ahead for Random House?
Agents are hoping restructuring will result in a healthier company http://ping.fm/rOvSA
Wiley Posts Second Quarter Gains http://ping.fm/b9UlM
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Announces Revenue & Earnings Growth for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2009 http://ping.fm/YEhJH
How to Save Books from Extinction http://ping.fm/a0Lyv
More book publishers launch iPhone apps http://ping.fm/GvMAv
Thomas Allen postpones spring 2009 releases http://ping.fm/x3SFK
Waterstone's trials personal shoppers http://ping.fm/xTUK8
From the Stacks http://ping.fm/e0iaq
Tulsa publisher adds Calif. company http://ping.fm/VOhCt
No change is good news
Two-thirds of firms plan no change in hiring plans for first quarter: Manpower http://ping.fm/enEia{3B752528-F229-49E8-BEEF-8A5A4EEAD4AA}&dist=msr_2
HarperCollins will bring scores of classic works of literature to the screens of Nintendo's portable platform http://ping.fm/iuyOm
Nolo To Stay In Berkeley, Reports Strong Sales Despite Publishing Woes http://ping.fm/mmlCh
Major book publishers announce their mobile phone plans, including free books http://ping.fm/xWnf3

Monday, December 8, 2008

"The Shack" is the publishing phenomenon of the year http://ping.fm/SDIdg
Publishers Weekly Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 12/08/2008
Little, Brown Plans Wallace Book for Spring http://ping.fm/9PpmZ
Penguin Launches Penguin 2.0, iPhone App; Stanza Deal with Random House http://ping.fm/Ndcbx
Joint Venture Takes Control of NetGalley http://ping.fm/LrfVI
New Web Site for R.J. Julia http://ping.fm/5YUp5
NEWS IS BROKE: NYT MORTGAGES HQ IN CASH CRUNCH http://ping.fm/IRjJj
Two book publishers announce mobile phone plans http://ping.fm/URduj
Salon Book Awards 2008 http://ping.fm/cwvMR
New York Magazine The Year in Books http://ping.fm/cK68M
Washington Post's top 10 Best Books of the Year http://ping.fm/XKV2o
Bain close to clinching $1bn 'Variety' deal http://ping.fm/cEhvT
PW’s Person of the Year: Jeff Bezos http://ping.fm/lkJB2
The Most Dangerous Man in Publishing http://ping.fm/pl6Dx
In the forest of paradoxes http://ping.fm/3yOgc
Penguin goes 2.0 (or so they think...) http://ping.fm/BQrXq
Detour To the Hospital http://ping.fm/MqWzO
The tyranny of the to-read pile http://ping.fm/ym4sl
Textbook-publishing company sees end of outsourcing http://ping.fm/OdDzg

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Typing Without a Clue http://ping.fm/TnXVg
Lincoln, giver of economic certainty
Publishing books about the Great Emancipator is a recession-proof business: http://ping.fm/5UZAQ
Top book publishers laying off big names http://ping.fm/OKZKk
Fretful booksellers count on name authors for holiday sales http://ping.fm/Qkzjd
Fretful booksellers count on name authors for holiday sales http://ping.fm/Qkzjd

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Typing Without a Clue http://ping.fm/OaZDZ
The Most Dangerous Man in Publishing http://ping.fm/pl6Dx
The Decline and Fall of an Ultra Rich Online Gaming Empire http://ping.fm/n1bOV
Books of Faith http://ping.fm/KJFoC
Who Will Bail Out the Publishers?
How Random House is like General Motors: http://ping.fm/jictY
Book biz faces the fire
Recession takes its toll on publishing industry http://ping.fm/n7d9M
Tulsa publisher adds Calif. company
"This is a big step for us," says the area business' CEO: http://ping.fm/zHk7H
New York Times Hardcover Fiction best-sellers list http://ping.fm/4ifWg
New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction best-sellers list http://ping.fm/zbuuP
New York Times Paperback Trade Fiction best-sellers list http://ping.fm/BCoVF
New York Times Paperback Mass-Market Fiction best-sellers http://ping.fm/6i7HR
New York Times Paperback Nonfiction best-seller list http://ping.fm/AAsFS
New York Times Hardcover Advice best-sellers http://ping.fm/dZrf8
New York Times Paperback Advice http://ping.fm/IdjuH
New York Times Children's Books best-sellers http://ping.fm/AV7Xt
New York Times Paperback Business Best Sellers http://ping.fm/8JdqG
New York Times Hardcover Business Best Sellers http://ping.fm/PXhrZ
The Wall Street Journal Book Index http://ping.fm/hGZQj
USA TODAY Money best sellers http://ping.fm/rlEBK
Indie & Small Press Book Fair http://ping.fm/HkYJX
News and notes from the publishing world: http://ping.fm/E4Byr
Oakland author holding funeral for her book and dream http://ping.fm/CmytZ
A Digital Power Is Born in Book Publishing http://ping.fm/X3Xp9
Book review: 'Remix' calls for a truce in the copyright wars http://ping.fm/061Il
First Christian Book Expo Confirms Over 150 Authors http://ping.fm/pDVnq
Retail industry loses 91,300 jobs in November http://ping.fm/M2kpN
Publishing suffers its first casualties of the recession http://ping.fm/JozLA
First Look: Why Facebook Connect Is Bound For Success http://ping.fm/7M8ak
How Facebook Could Help Publishers and Booksellers http://ping.fm/uDXm3

Friday, December 5, 2008

The Tao of publishing http://ping.fm/Syc68
EDC Buys Kane/Miller http://ping.fm/y7Z78
Houghton Mifflin to Cut Jobs And Overhaul Textbook Unit http://ping.fm/UxwQP

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Media Job Losses Mount With Viacom, NBC Slashing Jobs http://ping.fm/Io24F
Bertrams gains more trade support http://ping.fm/RhLPF
Oce Helps Aspiring Authors Get into Print
Students Release Third Oce Future Authors Book http://ping.fm/fcLf7{ED513138-A642-4DF6-BEBA-93CD999A4DF4}
Drifting, Surfing, Drowning, and Sailing in Puddles, Swamps, Wells, and Oceans http://ping.fm/Pqejy
HMH Lays Off More Staff http://ping.fm/6rmEz
Random Waits for Pending Integration http://ping.fm/1bJ8F
Penguin Freezes Raises for Those Above $50,000 http://ping.fm/ObxrE
Holiday gift guide: Beauty and bounty between two covers http://ping.fm/qRdei
The 10 Best Books of 2008 http://ping.fm/LyULf
Bertram's Books up for sale http://ping.fm/kM033
Harper Freezes Pay; Random House, Simon & Schuster Cut Jobs http://ping.fm/cN1zD
Good Authoring Series – Performing Live and In Person http://ping.fm/GkGhF
Save cash: Download your textbooks
An online startup plans to disrupt the staid world of textbook publishing. http://ping.fm/DFShh
Booksellers hope for Rowlings magic http://ping.fm/00KCU
Random House Eliminates Groups in Restructuring Centrello, Mehta, Frost to Take On New Imprints as Publisher Cuts Two Divisions http://ping.fm/pfbHg
Publishers Announce Staff Cuts http://ping.fm/KxGWy
Book bits: a dark publishing day and some cheer http://ping.fm/2S5VY
Agents Opine on Saletan's Departure http://ping.fm/Z3qRr
Hachette Rushing to Meet Meyer Demand
http://ping.fm/kxdpN
Thomas Nelson Cuts 54 Positions http://ping.fm/d6IRa
Richter, Pfeffer to Leave S&S Kids http://ping.fm/TSFi0
Historians Brown and Thapar Will Share $1 Million Kluge Prize http://ping.fm/fTIKX
The Recession Hits Home http://ping.fm/sxP9k
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Breakdown: Ann Patty, Others Cut http://ping.fm/mYOrM
Economy, Internet put bookseller on life support http://ping.fm/uU8Gi
‘Black Wednesday’ for NY book publishers http://ping.fm/t5c6Z
Cultivating the relationships you have is more effective than planting yourself at more events http://ping.fm/rPI9T
Bad News for Books. And Newspapers. And Magazines. And Websites. http://ping.fm/2hyHJ
'Da Vinci Code' publisher leaves Random House http://ping.fm/hJf1S
Indie Publishers Storm Manhattan http://ping.fm/0jgFR
Renewing the Printing Industry... In Print!
http://ping.fm/bLtcb
Rowling's Beedle the Bard revives Harry Potter midnight magic http://ping.fm/l5E3m
Massive Reorganization at Random House: http://ping.fm/GJCZp
Scholastic Unveils Original Copy of "The Tales Of Beedle The Bard," Handwritten and Illustrated by J.K. Rowling http://ping.fm/aNZid{01E90568-5F17-48EF-8A89-9DF99DA91CF0}
Amazon's Kindle, Sony's 'Reader' gain ground as devices for word lovers http://ping.fm/od2pp

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Layoffs at Random House, Simon & Schuster http://ping.fm/HaOSL
European Booksellers Slam Google Book Settlement http://ping.fm/d4WpW
Amazon.com Completes AbeBooks Buy http://ping.fm/i8L6v
Thomas Nelson eliminates 55 jobs http://ping.fm/m6vZp

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

WBN has begun its annual pre-Christmas survey of booksellers to find out how the industry is faring during its peak selling period. http://ping.fm/G0sjT
How to Decrease Sales by 90 Percent http://ping.fm/82rtH
One of the Scariest People on the Planet—“I’m Roy Williams” http://ping.fm/cGT9V
What Makes Moguls Believe They Belong In the Book Business? http://ping.fm/mUkNQ
Top 5 books for pet lovers on your gift list http://ping.fm/ziOEA
Book Publisher Suspends New Acquisitions http://ping.fm/Pb0J6
Google revolution the end of the publishing world? http://ping.fm/t4fWV
Check out Rick Frishman's third installment on business books beneaththecover.com http://ping.fm/zDl42
New Chapter for Robin's Bookstore http://ping.fm/uTgKv
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Announces Global Publishing Deal with Meredith Corporation Including the Better Homes and Gardens Brand http://ping.fm/lFCdO
Thanksgiving Brings Some Hope to Indies http://ping.fm/19GHT
J.K. Rowling writing new Harry Potter book http://ping.fm/aZT0i
Publishers Weekly Daily News: http://ping.fm/5ftr2
Publisher of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt quits http://ping.fm/dt7Z9
EU to launch new prize for literature http://ping.fm/xjkpp
Reading Green On Demand http://ping.fm/rNgCs

Monday, December 1, 2008

LinkedIn's New Free Apps http://ping.fm/BZTOT
New Interview with Editor, Adriana Dominguez (Formerly with Harper Collins Childrens) http://ping.fm/QQRbJ
Xerox Gathers Book Publishers and Printers for Thought-Leadership Event http://ping.fm/CJ4j2
Book review: 'Remix' calls for a truce in the copyright wars http://ping.fm/QQqmZ
Rupert Murdoch tale, 'The Man Who Owns the News,' riveting http://ping.fm/st8lC
Amazon finalizes purchase of B.C.'s AbeBooks http://ping.fm/FKu3Q
Redstone Sells Control of Midway to Ease Debt http://ping.fm/zi3FF
Woolworths loses battle to avoid administration http://ping.fm/RTLw0
Local booksellers cautiously optimistic with arrival of chain bookstore Borders http://ping.fm/ZoFdD
New Machines Reproduce Custom Books on Demand http://ping.fm/CImLv
Rupert Murdoch's biographer Michael Wolff has a simple explanation for what makes Murdoch tick: http://ping.fm/OCv70{BAA9A961-D720-40C2-BD5D-57C0A62EA02C}