Can Do-It-Yourself Publishing Really Work?
In 2007 I posted an offhand query asking for peoples' opinions on Createspace. This remains one of the most popular items on this blog - every so oft...
American e-commerce giant Amazon is better known for Amazon.com, its online retail website
and for its Kindle portable e-book reader. Few, however, are aware that Amazon is one of the world's leading providers of cloud services.......
Publishing Industry: Dead Or Alive?
Image via WikipediaThere certainly have been predictions of the death of the publishing industry.......
American Library Association Aims to Eradicate Cluelessness by 2050
The American Library Association announced a bold initiative today to eradicate cluelessness in the United States by 2050.......
Librarians are fighters, state conference speaker says
The executive director of the American Library Association said the myth of librarians as timid, 'quiet folk' is changing as they rise up against legi...
Saturday memorial to book seller Shirley Masengill
Note to authors, young readers, book store owners and publishing house representatives: Shirley Masengill continues to direct your literary lives from...
For Money Smart Week @ your library, April 2-9, Mason-Crest donating "Junior Library of Money" set
CHICAGO - The American Library Association is pleased to announce that Mason Crest Publishers will be donating one of its new "Junior Library of Money...
Rye Barcott is the author of It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine's Path to Peace and co-founder of the non-governmental organization Carolina For ...
Library executive to speak today
The executive director of the American Library Association is giving a library 'State of the State' address at 11:30 a.m. today at Tulsa's Southern Hi...
A Book for Sale on Tax Day, but Online Now
David Foster Wallace's posthumous novel was being sold online long before many bookstores would receive copies. ......
News from NOPL: March 30
National Library Week: April 10 to 16 First celebrated in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Assoc...
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - 03/30/11) - The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) announced today the program outline today for Digital Book 2...
Polls remain open until April 22 for ALA 2011 election
CHICAGO - Polls are still open for the 2011 American Library Association ( ALA ) election, in which members will choose their new president- elect and...
ALA's Michael Dowling discusses first ever Money Smart Week @ your library April 2 - 9
CHICAGO - Michael Dowling, director of the American Library Association's ( ALA ) Chapter Relations Office, discusses the first-ever Money Smart Week ...
Random House gains on Stieg Larsson trilogy
Matthew Flamm - The book publishing industry may be in flux right now, but 2010 was a very good year for Random House Inc. The world's largest trade b...
DealBook: With GSI Deal, eBay Shifts to Big Retail
The online marketplace and owner of PayPal is acquiring GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion in a deal that will heighten its rivalry with Amazon.com. ......
DealBook: EBay to Buy GSI Commerce for $2.4 Billion
The online marketplace and owner of PayPal is acquiring GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion in a deal that will heighten its rivalry with Amazon.com. ......
Presidential Task Force for Equitable Access to Electronic Content (EQUACC) establishes blog and forum
WASHINGTON , D.C. - The American Library Association ( ALA ) Presidential Task Force for Equitable Access to Electronic Content ( EQUACC ) has establi...
EBay buys GSI to take on Amazon
EBay Inc plans to buy e-commerce service provider GSI Commerce to build up its online marketplaces as it ramps up its battle with Amazon.com Inc.......
EBay Inc plans to buy e-commerce service provider GSI Commerce to build up its online marketplaces as it ramps up its battle with Amazon.com Inc.......