Beijing, 31st August 2010: Penguin Books, the international publishing company, is celebrating its fifth anniversary in China with a range of book promotions, new title releases, and reader events through to the end of the year....

BEIJING--(Marketwire - 08/30/10) - Exclusive Forum organized by Chinese General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) Beijing (August 30, 2010) Wolters Kluwer, a market-leading global information services and publishing company focused on professionals, announced that Nancy McKinstry, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board, has been invited by Mr Liu Binjie, Minister of General ......

"Publishers are all cohorts of the devil. There must be a special hell for them somewhere." - Goethe If I were a commissioning editor in a major publishing house, I'd be feeling a little unloved right now. Like the wife of a guy who runs over his neighbour's cat: why does everyone hate me ? What did I do? Maybe hate is too strong a word: hate is when you hope that someone will burst into flames ......

According to the American Library Association, bookmobiles cost almost $200,000 on average, with an expected lifespan of 15 years....

Earlier this month, we wrote about Odyssey Editions , the new venture by literary super-agent Andrew Wylie and Amazon's Kindle e-books division to bypass the traditional big six "legacy" publishing houses and make the digital rights to 20 "modern classics" available exclusively from Amazon....

The battle for tech-savvy bookworms is on, with Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Sony competing to sell e-book reader hardware. And as the major players struggle for better position in the electronic-publishing industry, recent months have seen price drops, new devices and defeats. Barnes & Noble - Sony - Amazon Kindle - E-book - Business...

For the non-beliebers out there, a 16-year-old boy writing a memoir was another sign that the publishing industry is dying. I've assembled some comforting thoughts that may help us survive these tough times....

Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: RC2, Methanex, Amazon.com, Sony and Barnes and Noble...

Recently Random House Audio made a "community recording" of L. Frank Baum's beloved classic, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. What's a community recording? Good question....

More than 300 volunteer narrators contributed to this recording of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, now available for download at www.firstbook.org/wizard. All proceeds from the download will benefit First Book, a leading children's literacy organization....