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Mon, 12 May 2008 06:35:00 GMT

Fighting Facts and Figures

It's ironic, then, that Wikipedia, another contender to be the ancient library's modern-day successor, debuted almost two years earlier, on January 15, 2001, with no controversy and only a paltry 600 articles generated in its first month. But while the
Mon, 12 May 2008 06:35:00 GMT

Walden Media opens new chapter with HarperCollins

Walden Media, the film studio behind The Chronicles of Narnia franchise, is teaming with HarperCollins to create a children's book imprint, Joshua Chaffin reports from New York.Known as Walden Pond Press, the imprint will acquire and publish titles for
Mon, 12 May 2008 03:28:00 GMT

European to take helm at Random House

New York-based Random House, the world's largest book publisher, looks set to be managed by a European executive from outside the book industry after its chief executive, American Peter Olson, announces his departure in the coming weeks. People familiar
Mon, 12 May 2008 03:06:00 GMT

Publishing Industry Dynamic Despite Fears

Special to The St. Petersburg Times Bloomberg While statistics show a decline in the time spent reading by Russians, the Harry Potter novels have seen strong sales here. More than 70,000 visitors, including traders, bibliophiles and book market
Sun, 11 May 2008 21:58:00 GMT

All eyes on Random House helm

New York-based Random House, the world's largest book publisher, looks set to be managed by a European executive from outside the book industry after its chief executive, American Peter Olson, announces his departure in the coming weeks. People familiar
Sun, 11 May 2008 17:41:00 GMT

Captain Harcourt: Popular Auckland pacer writeFeatureDate('09-May-2008 02:45 AM') Even more of an Auckland idol than Final Decision in the mid - 1970s was Captain Harcourt, striking looking palomino for 7 1/2 seasons. He was one of a big string of pa

Even more of an Auckland idol than Final Decision in the mid ? 1970s was Captain Harcourt, striking looking palomino for 7 1/2 seasons. He was one of a big string of pacers raced with outstanding over all success from the early 1950s by Auckland
Sun, 11 May 2008 17:16:00 GMT

Bookseller of Kabul takes to the road

The Bookseller of Kabul has a new literary ambition: to take a bus across the rubble-strewn roads of his war-torn homeland, offering a 'mobile' bookshop service to those living in the most remote regions. Shah Muhammad Rais gained notoriety after
Sun, 11 May 2008 13:53:00 GMT

Borders Group Inc (NYSE:BGP) Weekly Earnings Information

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Sun, 11 May 2008 05:27:00 GMT

Nugent-Hopkins first pick in the WHL Bantam Draft

Calgary, AB -- With the first overall selection in the '08 WHL Bantam Draft the Red Deer Rebels selected Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of Burnaby, BC. BWC forward Ryan Nugent Hopkins is a prospect who clearly stands in a class of his own as far as British Columbia
Sun, 11 May 2008 02:47:00 GMT

Booksellers hold protest against raids

Ambala, May 10 The arguments on framing charges against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh started in the CBI court here today. Special Judge of CBI court R.K. Saini adjourned the next hearing for May 24. The CBI had filed chargesheets in
Sun, 11 May 2008 00:07:00 GMT

New SIX Harcourt HFXS-Index for Sweden up 2.1 per cent in June

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Sat, 10 May 2008 23:35:00 GMT

Political Advisors Talk Digital Publishing - Xinhua

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Sat, 10 May 2008 19:25:00 GMT

[ HARDCOVER: US ] Is the Chinese Communist Party fit for survival?

Page 14 Chinas Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation By David Shambaugh 234 pages University of California Press Following the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s, predictions that the Chinese
Sat, 10 May 2008 19:09:00 GMT

[ SOFTCOVER: US ] Treating teenage trauma: The movie cure way

By Larry AYDLETTE NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA Sunday, May 11, 2008, Page 14 THE FILM CLUB By David Gilmour 225 pages Twelve Books If your teenager was cutting classes, failing at school and on his way to becoming a juvey James Dean,
Sat, 10 May 2008 19:09:00 GMT

Penguin Canada to distribute Bloomsbury

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Sat, 10 May 2008 19:04:00 GMT

HarperCollins partners with cooking website

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Sat, 10 May 2008 19:04:00 GMT

Rising star in top spot in Harcourts' Wellington

Rising star in top spot in Harcourts Wellington Search Scoop WIRES: SECTIONS: Scoop Business Rising star in top spot in Harcourts
Sat, 10 May 2008 18:09:00 GMT

Mag Bag: Barnes & Noble Teams With Zinio

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Sat, 10 May 2008 17:34:00 GMT

Schuster: I didn't expect it so easy

Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster paid tribute to the professionalism of his team after their 4-1 destruction of arch-rivals Barcelona on Wednesday and admitted that he is surprised by how easily Real have won the league this season. Goals from captain
Sat, 10 May 2008 04:45:00 GMT

Social networking site Authonomy launched in beta by HarperCollins

A new social networking site, Authonomy, has been launched in private beta by publisher HarperCollins. Authonomy enables aspiring authors to upload a minimum of 10,000 words of their manuscript and create a virtual bookshelf. Members of Authonomy can
Sat, 10 May 2008 04:19:00 GMT

Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE:BKS) to Hold Q1 2008 Earnings May 22

Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE:BKS) will hold a conference call on Thursday, May 22 at 10:00 am to discuss the first quarter earnings for 2008. Interested parties may listen to the call by visiting barnesandnobleinc.com/webcasts. Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Sat, 10 May 2008 02:16:00 GMT

Plug-In-Hybrid Accelerating Progress Symposium E-Book

By Sharon C. Richardson Transcripts from the Plug-in-Hybrid Accelerating Progress Symposium (Vol. 1) is now available as IEEE-USA's latest e-book. Bill Williams, a senior IEEE-USA legislative representative on the IEEE-USA Government Relations staff,
Sat, 10 May 2008 01:48:00 GMT

Experimenting Pays Off, BISG Panelist Say

Todd Anderson, director of the University of Alberta Bookstore, gave his unqualified support to the Espresso Book Machine, which the bookstore installed last November 1. The $144,000 machine allows the bookstore to print individual books from a variety
Sat, 10 May 2008 00:16:00 GMT

Proprietor of National Booksellers arrested

By our correspondent KarachiThe Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) conducted a raid on a major book pirate of Karachi, National Booksellers of Urdu Bazaar, and recovered a large quantity of pirated Oxford University Press textbooks. National Booksellers
Fri, 9 May 2008 23:56:00 GMT

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Rowling Wins Privacy CaseHarry Potter author J.K. Rowling has won her battle to ban further publication of a long-lens photograph of her son, in a privacy case her legal team called a major development in British law. DoubleOn May 28 Doubleday will
Fri, 9 May 2008 22:23:00 GMT

Barnes & Noble adding magazines sales channels

Barnes & Noble started selling magazine subscriptions online earlier this week, in a move that could help boost sales for many titles. More than 1,000 print and digital magazines have gone up on BN.com at largely reduced rates. A year-long print
Fri, 9 May 2008 20:58:00 GMT

Barnes & Noble to open two new bookstores in Florida and Louisiana

Bookseller Barnes & Noble has announced that it will open two new bookstores on May 21, 2008 in Winter Garden, Florida and Covington, Louisiana.According to the company, the new two stores will stock close to 200,000 book, music, DVD and magazine titles
Fri, 9 May 2008 20:51:00 GMT

Hachette Book Publishing India Opens; Orbit Expands

Abraham said, This is a dream start, and the team has done a great job. Were very upbeat when we look at whats to follow. Hachette India currently has a staff of seven with two more signed on to join by the end of the month, and the company plans to up
Fri, 9 May 2008 18:58:00 GMT

Tales from the Slush Pile #122

'Tales from the Slush Pile' is an original comic strip that follows the trials and tribulations of a children's book writer. Its creator, Ed Briant, is the illustrator of Paper Parade (Atheneum, 2004) and Gizmo (Roaring Brook/Porter, April 2007), and the
Fri, 9 May 2008 16:25:00 GMT

Ex Manager at AOL, New York Times Writes Inspirational Book on Recovery

The book 'Simply Quit Drinking: An Inspirational Journey from Near Death' describes how Karen Gregg Price nearly died coping with anxiety and alcoholism. Price was a product manager at both AOL and New York Times during her difficult struggle, and as a
Fri, 9 May 2008 16:16:00 GMT