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Sep 08 2008: The electronic newspaper, a large portable screen that is constantly updated with the latest news, has been a prop in science fiction for ages. It also figures in the dreams of newspaper publishers struggling with rising production and delivery costs, lower circulation ...
Sep 08 2008: Editor and publisher Robert Giroux, who introduced and nurtured some of the major authors of the 20th century (including T.S. Eliot, George Orwell, Jack Kerouac, Susan Sontag and Virginia Woolfe) and ultimately added his name to one of the nation’s most distinguished ...
Sep 06 2008: Publishers Weekly provides top line stats from the Veronis Suhler Stevenson Communications Industry Forecast, including the following:
109: Hours adults spent reading a book for pleasure, 2007
85: Hours persons 12+ spent playing videogames, 2007
1,613: Hours ...
Sep 04 2008: Sherry Jones's The Jewel of Medina, a fictional account of the life of Aisha, one of the Prophet Muhammad's wives who married him when she was nine years old, will be published by British publisher Gibson Square next month.
Publisher Martin Rynja says:
"In an ...
Sep 02 2008: Stephanie Meyers, author of the blockbuster Twilight series for teens has decided not to complete the last volume in the series, Midnight Sun, but instead has posted a partial draft on her website after one of her drafts was illegally posted on the Internet and virally ...
Sep 01 2008: Girl with a Pearl Earring, a new play by David Joss based on the book by Tracy Chevalier will open at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London on 29th September for a limited one month season.
Aug 27 2008: The Wall Street Journal reports that in the second quarter (to Aug 2), sales at Borders Group bookstores fell 6.9% to $758.5 million with a net loss of $9.2 million, an improvement on the net loss of $25 million this time last year. The company said that though US ...
Aug 27 2008: Dave Freeman, co-author of 100 Things to Do Before You Die: Travel Events You Just Can't Miss (1999), which started a trend of similar books, died last week after falling and hitting his head. He was 47. Freeman's co-author, Neil Teplica, says, "you should live ...
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