Author Archives: Helen Gregg

Race to the Bottom for E-readers Part II: Amazon Strikes Back

By Helen Gregg It’s on. In response to Barnes and Noble’s price reduction on its Nook e-reader, Amazon.com Inc. quickly slashed the price on its  … 

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Project Gutenberg Offers Free E-Books

By Helen Gregg Is your iBookshelf unacceptably sparse? Project Gutenberg, the free online database of public domain literature, has begun to put some titles into  … 

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Free Book Giveaway: One More Story by Ingo Schulze

By Helen Gregg This month, the German Book Office NY is giving away 10 copies of our Book of the Month, One More Story by  … 

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What Booksellers Want

By Helen Gregg On Thursday in New York City, a panel of three independent booksellers told a room full of marketers and publicists that free  … 

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Goethe-Institut Officially Opens Spring Street Location

By Helen Gregg The Goethe-Institut New York officially opened on April 15, with a press conference in the late afternoon to introduce the new space,  … 

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When Twilight Fades: Young Adult Fiction and the Dawn of the Next Big Thing

By Helen Gregg At a sold-out seminar last Tuesday hosted by Publisher’s Weekly, three panelists and a room full of representatives from the publishing industry  … 

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