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What’s Your Favorite Book of 2011 That Nobody’s Talking About?

A good book lives on in memory. But isn’t it better if you can get others to read it, too? By Edward Nawotka The end  … 

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Happy Fourth of July!: What Is In Your Book Bag this Holiday Weekend?

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Do you spend your holiday’s buried in an easy mystery, a light romance, or a great classic?

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How Do You Use Enhanced Content?

By Hannah Johnson In an interview with Publishing Perspectives, Emmanuel Benoit of Jouve said that publishers use enhanced content in different ways. In the trade  … 

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Is the Print-and-Pray Model of Book Publishing Dead?

By Edward Nawotka Publishers typically can’t predict bestsellers. Wouldn’t a better model be to bring the customers to them first? Today’s lead story looks at  … 

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Ho Ho Humbug: Weather Delays German Overnight Book Deliveries

By Siobhan O’Leary Next day delivery nationwide is standard among German book wholesalers, giving small and large brick and mortar stores alike a chance to  … 

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Could Social Media Replace Some Books?

By Edward Nawotka In today’s thoughtful editorial by Franz Wisner, he argues that the immediate, fragmentary nature of most writing on the Internet and social  … 

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Indie Swiss Pubs Promote Books on Juice Bottle Labels

By Siobhan O’Leary An association of independent Swiss publishers known as Swips is juicing up its marketing activities on behalf of its members. Literally. Founded  … 

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Lorna Evans of Ubisoft on Turning Games into Comics, Books and Movies

By Daniel Kalder Lorna Evans is Cross Media Producer for video game developer Ubisoft, and also helps the UK games industry find new business opportunities  … 

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In the Digital World, What is the Future of the Institutional Library?

By Edward Nawotka Today’s lead story looks at life at a prison library. Numerous institutions — prisons, hospitals, law firms, magazines, intelligence agencies — have  … 

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Delft University’s Massive Library Desk Made from Books

By Siobhan O’Leary A library in the Netherlands has given a whole new meaning to the concept of recycling paper. When a fire destroyed part  … 

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