"As the trade show BookExpo America revved up its new abbreviated version here Tuesday, the digital publishing industry was given a prominent place at the annual gathering of one of the country's most traditional businesses -- the ink and paper world of book publishing."...

Supervisors debated today before narrowly approving the spending for the county librarian's plans to attend a conference in Washington, D.C. County Librarian Nora Conte is scheduled to take the trip to the 2010 American Library Association Conference in the nation's capital from June 23 through June 29. It is set to cost $2,070. Supervisors approved spending for the out-of-state trip in a 3-2 ......

Despite efforts by the book publishing industry to take a greener approach to production, four-color children's books are still being produced using paper fiber linked to the destruction of endangered rainforests, according to a report released Monday by Rainforest Action Network....

In the old days - which, in this case, you might define as "two years ago" - getting your book published would entail finding an agent, sending it off to publishing houses like Random House or, when that failed, paying a vanity press to put the thing in... Random House - Publishing - Book - Shopping - E-book...

Matthew Flamm - Despite efforts by the book publishing industry to take a greener approach to production, four-color children's books are still being produced using paper fiber linked to the destruction of endangered rainforests, according to a report released Monday by Rainforest Action Network. The organization tested a random sampling of 30 books from the top 10 U.S. children's publishers ......

Matthew Flamm - Despite efforts by the book publishing industry to take a greener approach to production, four-color children's books are still being produced using paper fiber linked to the destruction of endangered rainforests, according to a report released Monday by Rainforest Action Network. The organization tested a random sampling of 30 books from the top 10 U.S. children's publishers ......

This week at the Book Expo America and IDPF Digital Book 2010 conferences in New York, executives from LibreDigital (IDPF Digital Book Zone Booth #2224) will participate in several conference sessions exploring the impact that social media and mobile devices are having on the publishing industry. Company CMO Frank Lyman will moderate a panel session titled: "When Gutenberg Meets Zuckerberg ......

Amazon Services today launched its newest version of Amazon WebStore ( http://webstore.amazon.com ), providing customers with new capabilities, greater control, increased flexibility and lower pricing. Amazon WebStore is a full-featured e-commerce product that enables small- to medium-sized retailers and manufacturers to quickly design, build and manage their ......

CHARLESTON, S.C.----From major publishing houses to independent authors, more and more people are able to reach broad audiences through the CreateSpace platform. CreateSpace, part of the Amazon.com, Inc. group of companies, today announced an exciting milestone: more than 2 million book, DVD and CD titles have now been made available through the innovative full-service and do-it-yourself ......

At a period in American literary history when "Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang" and "The Bedwetter" are currently among the premier products of our publishing industry, is another reflection on the sinking fortunes of "the book" in order?...