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Blackwell, Ingram Ink Pact to
Supply e-Books
Blackwell, the U. K. academic
and library wholesaler, and
Ingram Digital have reached an
agreement that will give
Blackwell access to the 185,000
e-books in Ingram’s MyiLibrary
platform for distribution to
schools and libraries through
Blackwell Digital’s Collection
Manager
Myebook Wants Your E-Book
The YouTube model—free
uploads of all types of
user-generated content to
attract public traffic and
consumption—has worked for some
media sites like Scribd.com, and
now innovative publishers at
Myebook.com are banking that it
will work for them too.
Myebook.com is an online
publishing venture that allows
users to upload content—either
complete works or the materials
to build o...
Spreading 'Fire’
Few words strike deeper
dread in the heart of a writer
than “orphaned manuscript”—a
book acquired by an editor who
leaves before seeing it to
publicatio
Retailers Enjoy Big Bounce
Led by a remarkable
rebound by book retailers, the
Publishers Weekly Stock Index
jumped 23.9% in the first six
months of 2009, easily beating
the Dow Jones Industrial
Average, which declined 3.7% in
the January through June period.
Borders Group, whose stock spent
the end of 2008 trading below
$1, had the best performance on
the PWSI with its share price
skyrocketing 820%, as
investors....
Chart Toppers for 2009... So Far
Coming off a record year
and in the middle of a
recession, it was thought that
the Hachette Book Group would
have a difficult time matching
2008's performance this year.
According to Nielsen BookScan
data for the first half of 2009,
the star publisher of last year
has more than a fighting chance
of retaining its status this yea
Barnes & Noble.com Launches
Bookstore iPhone App
Users can purchase items,
view B&N Recommends lists, watch
video interviews with authors
and access other features of
BN.com
"Still Alice," written by Lisa Genova, is a novel about a 50-year-old Harvard professor's struggle with Alzheimer's disease. It's also a book, Genova was told, that nobody would want to read.
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