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Oct 19 2005: According to Bowker, there were approximately 375,000 new English-language books published in 2004 in the combined markets of the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Adding in imported editions available in multiple ...
Oct 19 2005: British playwright Harold Pinter was the surprise winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature last week.
The 75-year-old Londoner, son of a Jewish dressmaker, is one of Britain's best known ...
Sep 14 2005: The Sea by John Banville won the Man Booker Prize (a leading UK literary prize) for fiction on the 10th October and, as a result, his USA publisher Knopf (part of Random House) are speeding up the publication of The Sea in the ...
Sep 14 2005: The saga of Google Print for Libraries continues with the Authors Guild's recent lawsuit against Google alleging that their ongoing project to make digital copies of all the books in the collection of the University of Michigan constitutes 'massive copyright...
Sep 01 2005: Amazon have unveiled their long talked of program to sell magazine-style short stories from established authors - their first foray into publishing per se. 'Amazon Shorts' allows customers to to buy and then download or print out short stories for 49 cents (...
Sep 01 2005: Google is expanding its controversial Google Print program (which allows users to search the full text of books) into France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain. To date, Google Print has been limited to English speaking books. However, Google ...
Sep 01 2005: James Patterson plans to give out $75,000 each year to libraries, bookstores, schools, or even individuals, who 'find original and effective ways to promote the excitement of books and reading. Applications must be received by October 15th.
Sep 01 2005: After months of accusations from unhappy authors who believe the company is deceptive and engages in gouging (complaints include non-payment of royalties, false promises about distribution etc.) PublishAmerica is back in the news, but in the words of Publishers ...
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