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BookExpo America will broadcast live author appearances for the first time
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May 24 2012: For the first time, BookExpo America is making author appearances at the show available for viewing online live or on demand, via Livestream. It is anticipated that 20 hours of live coverage from the convention will be broadcast with additional events added to the BEA website after the...
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Apple says U.S. e-book lawsuit 'fundamentally flawed'
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May 24 2012: In a filing on Tuesday, Apple called the Justice Department's suit against it over the agency model for e-books "fundamentally flawed as a matter of fact and law" and said the suit will discourage competition and harm...
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Under 10% of self-published authors earn a living from their writing
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May 24 2012: Self-published writers who have an agent, or who use the DIY route to get a traditional deal, earn much more than the average self-published writer, according to a survey of more than 1,000 self-published writers (72% USA, 9% UK). But less than 10% make enough to live off their...
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10 million copies of Fifty Shades of Grey sold in 6 weeks - that's 25% of all adult books sold!
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May 22 2012: Vintage have sold 10 million copies of the Fifty Shades of Grey series in just 6 weeks (total of paperback, ebook and audio). That's an unprecedented number of copies representing 25% of all adult fiction sold in that time period. Meanwhile, many libraries across the country are frantically...
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Cellphone company Orange drops sponsorship of UK Women's Prize for Fiction
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May 22 2012: Cellphone company Orange has announced that it will no longer be supporting the UK based Women's Prize for Fiction, which it has sponsored since the award was founded 17 years ago. The organization is now looking for a new sponsor. Co-founder and honorary director Kate Mosse, quoted in the...
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Houghton Mifflin Hracourt files for bankruptcy
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May 21 2012: In an official statement earlier today, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced that it had "filed a 'pre-packaged' comprehensive financial restructuring plan that will strengthen the Company financially so we can continue to invest in our business and ensure we are well positioned for the future....
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Jean Craighead George, author of 100 books for young people including 'My Side of the Mountain', dies aged 92
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May 17 2012: Distinguished children’s book author and noted naturalist Jean Craighead George died on May 15. She was 92.
Best known for the Newbery-winning novel Julie of the Wolves (Harper, 1972) and the Newbery Honor title My Side of the Mountain (Dutton, 1959), George penned more...
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Mexican novelist, Carlos Fuentes, dies aged 83
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May 15 2012: Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes has passed away at the age of 83, he was the winner of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize and the Latin Literary Prize. President Felipe Calderon wrote on Twitter, "I deeply lament the death of our beloved and admired Carlos Fuentes, a universal Mexican...
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Popular authors increase output, some doubling to two books a year, to meet insatiable ebook demand
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May 14 2012: Pity the poor authors in the days of the ebook. Whereas popular authors such as Lisa Scottoline used to produce one book a year, now they are writing two; while others such as Lee Child are churning out short stories in between novels in an attempt to satisfy their fans' demands for more output,...
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Maurice Sendak dead at 83
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May 08 2012: Legendary author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, best known for Where the Wild Things Are, died in Connecticut today. He was 83.
Earlier this year, Bumble-Ardy was published, the first work in 30 years for which Sendak had produced both text and pictures. The final book...
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Pushing back against 'Showrooming', Target will no longer stock Kindles
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May 03 2012: Target plans to stop selling Amazon Kindle e-readers and tablets, and has already removed the products from its website.
"This is evidence that Target is getting more serious about Amazon as an enemy rather than a partner," said analyst Matt Nemer of Wells Fargo. "That's probably...
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Toni Morrison to be awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Apr 30 2012: Toni Morrison is one of thirteen people to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom - the USA's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or...
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