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Today the World Economic Forum will announce Scribd as a Technology Pioneer for 2011. Scribd is a social publishing and reading site that gives anyone with a document the tools to publish it. That means that everything from term papers to sheet music to whole books can be quickly converted from humdrum Word documents to fully searchable, shareable HTML5. CEO and co-founder Trip Adler believes that the iPad will profoundly change how people read. As more reading is done on devices, multimedia can become part of the experience—and so do other people. "For the first time ever, reading is a social experience," says Adler. Book club devotees might quibble with that, but Scribd has given rise to at least one totally new phenomenon: the viral book. Independent publisher Chelsea Green posted the entirety of a book called "Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink?" on Scribd. The book got over 100000 reads in the first 24 hours. "You have something that's already written, in a Word file or PDF," explains Adler. "We will instantly display it in a web browser in HTML5, and then we will make that content indexed by search engines, shareable on social sites, and available on any mobile device. This has huge, world-changing implications: now publishing is going to be completely democratized. A major publisher has the exact same publishing opportunity as a high school student." And the same opportunity to charge for their content, too. More info: Scribd web site: www ...
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Hailed as a classic of war writing in the UK, The Junior Officers' Reading Club is a revelatory first-hand account of a young enlistee's profound coming of age. Attempting to stave off the tedium and pressures of army life in the Iraqi desert by losing themselves in the dusty paperbacks on the transit-camp bookshelves, Hennessey and a handful of his pals from military academy form the Junior Officers' Reading Club. By the time he reaches Afghanistan and the rest of the club are scattered across the Middle East, they are no longer cheerfully overconfident young recruits, hungering for action and glory. Hennessey captures how boys grow into men amid the frenetic, sometimes exhilarating violence, frequent boredom, and almost overwhelming responsibilities that frame a soldier's experience and the way we fight today. View more: bit.ly
A celebratory discussion from the American Antiquarian Society to mark the completion of the series, from "The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World" to "Print Culture in Postwar America", published in collaboration with the University of North Carolina Press and with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress.Through these publications and the AAS Program in the History of the Book, the Society is acknowledged as a leader in the emerging international field of book history. The United States series- from Codex to the Kindle- is a lively consideration of authorship, reading, and publishing in the development of American life and culture. Speakers' Biographies: David D. Hall is general editor of "A History of the Book in America" and research professor of New England Church History, Harvard University Divinity School; Scott E. Casper is professor of history, University of Nevada, Reno; Mary C. Kelley is the Ruth Bordin Collegiate Professor of History, University of Michigan; Joan Rubin is professor of history, University of Rochester
Please do this tag, and post as a video response! Or just leave your five favorite books in the comments. My Writerscafe.org Account: www.writerscafe.org Vanity Press is when a publisher creates a book publishing small people, (often times not caring about what goes into it,) hoping that these young artists purchase the book, therefore, the publisher makes a profit. Books mentioned and where to buy: From the Borderlands Purchase: www.amazon.com Scream Queen by Edo van Belkom: www.amazon.com Everlost by Neal Shusterman: www.amazon.com Everything's Eventual by Stephen King: www.amazon.com The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King: www.amazon.com
First grade families celebrated a book publishing party with a poetry reading at the Santa Teresa Public Library in May 2010. Students displayed a generous amount of poise. It was a smashing affair - and if you choose - you are there. (Hey, that rhymes!)
Tehran international book fair is the biggest general public sale of books in Central Asia and Middle East. This program will analyze Iran's publication, distribution and readership challenges.
Tehran international book fair is the biggest general public sale of books in Central Asia and Middle East. This program will analyze Iran's publication, distribution and readership challenges.
New e-Book editions from UP offer a wealth of benefits to modern readers! They are highly portable, easily stored on your smartphone, where you may read online or offline, as you prefer. (You do not need to have a wireless connection or cell signal to enjoy your e-Books anytime.) You may search for key words and phrases at the touch of a button, enlarge the type, or even insert notes with ease. Add bookmarks for future reading, or read at night with the special backlight feature. There's even a handy voice notes tool that lets you record your ideas without typing! Of course, e-Books also save paper and trees, waste no gas for shipping, and don't pollute the air. Last but not least, they're affordable, usually priced less than a standard trade paperback, in spite of the many added benefits. We hope you will enjoy this e-Book, and invite you to visit www.unlimitedpublishing.com where you will find a wide selection of quality reading material, day or night.
Preorder the book: bit.ly See us on tour: www.sparksflyup.com In which John Green reads from the novel Will Grayson, Will Grayson, which he wrote with David Levithan. The book comes out on April 6th. Free book winners: coradee86, danasmana, DFTBAxNERDFIGHTER, DamiFray, and emmmmmbop Email me at hankandjohn-at-gmail or send a youtube message with your address. DFTBA!
Richard Robinson, Chairman, President and CEO of Scholastic Inc., the global children's publishing, education and media company, delivered a call-to-action to worldwide childrens book publishers, inviting them to join Scholastic in a campaign for global literacy for all children. Addressing a group of nearly 500 members of the children's book industry at the 2010 Bologna Childrens Book Fair, Mr. Robinson reminded the group that Scholastic, working with publishing, education and non-profit partners throughout the globe, delivers more books to more children in more places than any other publisher.
Canadian authors: how about filming an alfresco reading to promote all the wonderful things about your book and your Canadian province at the same time? Then how about posting that reading on YouTube for others to enjoy? Kim S. hopes you enjoy her alfresco reading of 11:11 in Canmore, Alberta, with Canmore's renown Three Sisters Mountain Range behind her. If you're looking for a bit of light reading and inspiration, look for Kim's books at shop.polishedpublishinggroup.com.
Sharing spaces in a multi-cultural world - This video introduces Tulika's books that tell stories in many languages and many voices.
Daniel & Steve Jobs präsentieren die neuen eBook-Funktionalitäten auf dem ipad (c) 2010 Apple; Mit dem iPad können Sie auf Knopfdruck Bücher kaufen und in einem virtuellen Regal bereithalten. Zum Lesen klicken Sie einfach auf das jeweilige Cover. Schon öffnet sich das Buch und die Seiten blättern um, als wären sie aus Papier.
Complete video at: fora.tv Penguin UK digital publisher Jeremy Ettinghausen discusses the "We Tell Stories" project, which aimed to tell stories using innovative online formats. The project broadcast stories live online as authors wrote them and utilized tools like Twitter and Google Maps. ----- Matt Locke of Channel 4 Education and Jeremy Ettinghausen of Penguin Books discuss how hyper-connectivity, interactive media and the changing demands of 21st century audiences are transforming stories and storytelling. They discuss how broadcasters and publishers are responding to this shift and share some tips for producing compelling storytelling experiences. - PICNIC 2009 Jeremy Ettinghausen is Digital Publisher at Penguin UK and has been responsible for a number of high profile digital initiatives including the Penguin Remix competition and the collaborative wikinovel, A Million Penguins. He recently brought William Gibson into Second Life and says "No publisher should ever have to buy skin, virtual or real, for an author."
www.UltraSpeedReading.com Speed reading has just gotten a whole lot easier. Say goodbye to expensive speed reading courses and software. No longer will you have to spend endless hours on studying and practicing speed reading techniques, tips, tricks and strategies. With The Easy Reader Publishing Model, improved reading speed is available to anybody regardless of their current reading skill or reading level. Download a copy of the new self help book A Plum In The Syrup absolutely free to see just how easy speed reading can be. A speed reading course or piece of software just doesn't work. They're expensive, time consuming and just generally very confusing. You'll find yourself studying speed reading techniques, tips, tricks and strategies that in the end will be completely ineffective. Why? Because your eye will potentially travel more quickly over what it is you're reading but will you remember anything? And that is the real trick to effective speed reading actually remembering what it is you've just read. To read faster is useless if your reading comprehension is lost. So just imagine how great it will be to instantly double your reading speed and at the same time easily recall and remember everything. Now it's possible and best of all, it's absolutely free. All that is required is to read an e-book or e-books or ebook or ebooks which have been formatted using The Easy Reader Publishing Model. It really is that easy. Just visit www.UltraSpeedReading.com now and find out ...
Kelly Gallagher, Vice President of Publisher Services at Bowker, speaks with The Publishing Point's Susan Danziger about what recent survey data is telling us about the e-book consumer. Using information collected directly from more than 4000 consumers each month, Gallagher reflects on the behaviors of today's e-book buyers and offers some insights into how they may change in the future.
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www.UltraSpeedReading.com Read faster without spending money on speed reading courses or endless hours studying and practicing confusing course materials. With The Easy Reader Publishing Model double your reading speed instantly. Speed reading has just gotten a whole lot easier. Say goodbye to expensive speed reading courses and software. No longer will you have to spend endless hours on studying and practicing speed reading techniques, tips, tricks and strategies. With The Easy Reader Publishing Model, improved reading speed is available to anybody regardless of their current reading skill or reading level. Download a copy of the new self help book A Plum In The Syrup absolutely free to see just how easy speed reading can be. A speed reading course or piece of software just doesn't work. They're expensive, time consuming and just generally very confusing. You'll find yourself studying speed reading techniques, tips, tricks and strategies that in the end will be completely ineffective. Why? Because your eye will potentially travel more quickly over what it is you're reading but will you remember anything? And that is the real trick to effective speed reading actually remembering what it is you've just read. To read faster is useless if your reading comprehension is lost. So just imagine how great it will be to instantly double your reading speed and at the same time easily recall and remember everything. Now it's possible and best of all, it's absolutely free. All that is ...
A writer pens a novel, and decides to share it with the world. Where to begin? Begin with "DITCH THE AGENT - The Book for Writers", written by a published author. This book answers the most pressing questions on every aspiring author's mind, from creating query letters, to submitting a manuscript, and to finding contact information for those elusive editors. See the entire process, in-depth, from the perspective of a published author. Invaluable first-hand experience that will save you time and aggravation, and help secure a publishing deal with a traditional book-publishing House (NOT POD, vanity, or self-publishing!) More: www.SPYWRITER.com/dta/
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October 15, 2009. Chinese-American author Lisa See was this years special guest of US Mission Germany and C. Bertelsmann Publishing House at the Frankfurt Book Fair. In her reading at the English Theatre on October 15, Lisa See spoke to an entranced audience about her family history as immigrants from China to California, her numerous relatives and their personal experiences in the United States, and about her bestselling book "Shanghai Girls" which was just published in German by C. Bertelsmann Publishing House. Shanghai Girls is the story of two sisters who are forced to leave Shanghai in 1937 to marry Chinese men in the United States, and the struggle of the sisters to find their place in Los Angeles in the 1940s through the McCarthy era in the 1950s.
PRODUCT CODE : CWE0004 The aim of Children World's Preschool English Book is to help children to learn listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The interactive VCD will assist children to identify the letters of the alphabet easily, and provides reading practice. Attractive pictures are used to aid in the identification of words, and the vocabulary is limited to what is familiar to children. Children's songs with moral values are provided so that children can have fun while learning. Preschool English Book is an excellent programme for children to learn English easily. Contents * Numbers. * Colours. * Animals. * Insects. * Shapes. * Days Of The Week. * Greetings. Website : www.childrenworld2u.com
Children's author Megan McDonald appears at the National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Megan McDonald is the author of the critically acclaimed Judy Moody series that has won numerous awards, including Publishers Weekly's Best Book of the Year and the International Reading Association Children's Choice Award. Pretending to be a pencil sharpener was her first experience as a writer, and she wrote the story for her school newspaper when she was 10. Her newest books are "The Rule of Three" (2009), which is a Sisters Club story about the Acton family's three sisters, and "Judy Moody & Stink: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt." McDonald lives in California.
Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon— private eye Doc Sportello comes, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era as free love slips away and paranoia creeps in with the LA fog. View more: us.penguingroup.com
June winners revealed for the Book Madam/McNally Robinson monthly giveaway. To be entered for your chance to win a free book, send ten words to describe yourself to @bookmadam on Twitter!
Author Owen Egerton reads his short story "Nativity" during Dalton Publishing reading at Bookpeople on July 15, 2008. (posted by vid/ed Anne Heller)
Listen to the whole interview: www.wnyc.org Clive Priddle, Vice President of PublicAffairs Books, talks with Brian Lehrer about their collaborative publishing project Book: The Sequel. The Public Affairs team is collecting first lines for imagined sequels to famous books (eg "See, I was right." from Das Kapital 2). Then, over the course of 48 hours later this month, they will edit, print, bind, publish and market the book, offering a glimpse into the entire book publishing process.
New York Times best-selling author David Baldacci discussed his new novel, "The Collectors," on its publication day as part of the Books & Beyond series sponsored by the Library's Center for the Book. In this sequel to "The Camel Club," renegade CIA agent Roger Seagraves has set himself up in the business of freelance assassination and treason. The Camel Club, a group of four dysfunctional crime solvers that includes a Library of Congress staff member, rises to the challenge after the sudden demise of the head of the Library's Rare Book and Special Collections Division. The Library's Preservation Office plays an important role in the story, as does the "Bay Psalm Book," the earliest extant book (1640) printed in British North America, which was bequeathed to the Library in 1966 by Adrian Van Sinderen.
Barbara Peters and Robert Rosenwald, owners of Poisoned Pen Books and Poisoned Pen Press in Scottsdale, Ariz., discussed both the mystery genre and the state of publishing in America. Drawing on their longtime experience in bookselling, publishing and editing, Peters and Rosenwald ask, "How does the medium influence the message?" Their program takes a brief look at book and print technology past, present and future, and how electronic manuscript submissions, e-books, digital ink and wireless reading devices have affected the industry. The publishers also talk about the potential of digital rights management. Other trends in the industry, such as the interplay of Web and print media, the use of video trailers for books, the popularity of the graphic novel and gaming based on books are a part of the program. Peters and Rosenwald founded the Poisoned Pen Bookstore in 1989. Peters also serves as editor and Rosenwald as publisher of Poisoned Pen Press, which has published more than 100 authors and has more than 600 titles in print.
A little bit about the writing process and how damn hard it is to get published. Luckily there are alternatives these days, so all our voices can be heard. Gay movie reviews, random musings and more at my website: www.jaybellbooks.com
BookGlutton.com has released a way to embed books and book communities into your website. The Book Launcher Widget allows you to chat inside a book across websites - from anywhere. This video outlines how to grab a book and drop it onto your site along with your reading group.
Wintergirls from Laurie Halse Anderson, the author of Speak. On Sale March 19, 2009 Dead girl walking, the boys say in the halls. Tell us your secret, the girls whisper, one toilet to another. I am that girl. I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through. I am the bones they want, wired on a porcelain frame. Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the skinniest. But what comes after size zero and size double-zero? When Cassie succumbs to the demons within, Lia feels she is being haunted by her friends restless spirit. In her most emotionally wrenching, lyrically written book since the multiple-award-winning Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lias descent into the powerful vortex of anorexia, and her painful path toward recovery. Five Starred Reviews for Wintergirls: "A devastating portrait of the extremes of self-deception." -Booklist, starred review "As difficult as reading this novel can be, it is even more difficult to put down." -Publishers Weekly, starred review "Anderson perfectly captures the isolation and motivations of the anorexic." -Kirkus Reviews starred review "The intensity of emotion and vivid language here are more reminiscent of Anderson's Speak..." -School Library Journal, starred review "Readers will be absorbed by this gripping tale..." -BCCB, starred review
NEW YORK (YouTube.com/AdAge -- Could Kindle-like devices put the KABOOM! on the comic book business? That's the fear of some publishers who see the hand-held digital book readers as a DIRECT THREAT to their viability. Sales of paper-based graphic novels are actually up 5% but at the recent Comic Con New York, industry analysts cast a wary eye at electronic reading devices. They agreed that comic book fans would be early adopters of the new technology but they explained why that could be devastating for the industry.
Capstone Publishers, a leading publisher of children's books put together a short video talking about the book making process.
sistasense.com Click Link to Continue Reading This Article - How to Sell eBooks Online, eBook Marketing and Sales Tips from LaShanda Henry, creator of the SistaSense.com Blog
The aim of Children World's Preschool English Book is to help children to learn listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The interactive VCD will assist children to identify the letters of the alphabet easily, and provides reading practice. Attractive pictures are used to aid in the identification of words, and the vocabulary is limited to what is familiar to children. Children's songs with moral values are provided so that children can have fun while learning. Preschool English Book is an excellent programme for children to learn English easily. Contents - Fruits. - Objects In A Classroom. - Toys. - Vehicles. - Vegetables. More: www.childrenworld2u.com
The aim of Children World's Preschool English Book is to help children to learn listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The interactive VCD will assist children to identify the letters of the alphabet easily, and provides reading practice. Attractive pictures are used to aid in the identification of words, and the vocabulary is limited to what is familiar to children. Children's songs with moral values are provided so that children can have fun while learning. Preschool English Book is an excellent programme for children to learn English easily. Contents - ABC Song. - Learn To Write The Alphabet. - Letters Of The Alphabet. - Letters And Words. More: www.childrenworld2u.com
We visit a book fair held in Phnom Penh in October, 2007, and find out a little about the state of reading in Cambodia today. Note that for some reason, YouTube has done an even worse than usual job of encoding this video, the quality is really crappy...for a much higher-resolution version, go to studykhmer.com and either watch the FLV version on the home page or download the iPod-compatible m4v version on the podcast page. Also check out the podcast page for "extras" for this episode: contact info for select publishers at the Book Fair.
www.quillp.com - Book recommendations from friends and people who love the same books as you! Readers - Discover new books matching your taste - find people with the same taste in books as you - find new books you might like - find out what your friends are reading Authors - Find an audience for your manuscripts - upload manuscripts - find an audience - attract publishers Sounds interesting? - http
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Amanda reads a short section from her new book, The Unthinkable:Who Survives When Disaster Strikes And Why. "Amanda Ripley takes Amanda reads a short section from her new book, The Unthinkable:Who Survives When Disaster Strikes And Why. "Amanda Ripley takes us on a sometimes stunning, sometimes sobering journey through disaster, using great stories and respected science to show why some prevail and others do not. The Unthinkable isn't merely a book about disaster; it's a book about survival — maybe yours." ——Gavin de Becker, author of the New York Times bestseller The Gift of Fear "With The Unthinkable, Amanda Ripley succeeds in two different ways. First, she covers, with great clarity and accuracy, the science of how the body and mind respond to crisis. In the process, she prescribes certain actions that will increase the chances of surviving a disaster. But it's the second aspect, the stories, that makes the book so compelling. These tales leave your viscera enflamed because they compel two questions: 'What would it feel like to go through that?' and 'Would I do the right thing and survive?' This is an irresistible book." —Robert M. Sapolsky, John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University www.amazon.com www.gregmartinphoto.com
A guy reading a book gets a bucket of water to the side of the head after ignoring someone asking where the bathroom is. Too funny. 1 of 10 in a series. Visit www.jeremyrobinsononline.com for more info.
The film documents the making of a five-year-old's imaginative story of Pancakeland, a kingdom where they eat breakfast at every meal. The story was brought to life by The PARAGRAPH Project and Lulu.com. Proceeds from the book will benefit child literacy programs.
How can you be sure you have an authentic Hare Krishna book, get the facts and ask yourself questions said in the video. www.Prabhupada.name Search Keywords: Reading, Writing, Language, Sanskrit, Vedic, English, Alphabet, Prabhupada, Guru, Hare Krishna, Krsna, Ritvik, Rtvik, GBC, ISKCON, BBT, Gurukuli, Sanglish, India, Yoga, Transcendental, IIT, Hindu, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Bangalore, Mumbai, Bombay, Bollywood, Delhi, Chennai, Gujarat, Kolkata, Calcutta, Hyderabad, New York, United Nations, Hollywood, Sankirtan, Music, Prasad, Chanting, Mantra, Ratha Yatra, Publishing, Printing, Vrindavan, Mayapur, Ram, Rama, Gita, Mahabharat, Mahabharata, IRM, PADA, PSS, Religion, God
cullensabcs.com At the website see Cullen's video book review of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star that includes tips on how to creatively use the book. Also, your child can watch Cullen sing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and you can even buy the book. Reading Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is "Used with permission by Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc." www.CullensAbcs.com AtCullen's Abc's find more free entertaining child educational videos, and activity ideas for you. Also, purchase DVDs and CDs of popular Cullen's Abc's videos and songs.
This 4 minute teaser is a sampling of Copyright Clearance Center's Beyond the Book -- A Conference on the Business of Writing and Publishing.
Today on Book Stories, we'll take a look at book related news stories, We talk Caitin Hamilton Summie about a novel titled "The House of the Deaf" and we explore the simularities between Desperate housewives and the first American novel.
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