April 9, 2013
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| Tablets Overtake Dedicated E-readers as Most Popular Devices The latest edition of BISG's Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading survey shows that for the first time multi-function tablets have surpassed dedicated e-readers as the device of choice among consumers who read e-books. more »   Cornelia Funke Partners with Mirada to Create MirrorWorld App Before bestselling fantasy author Cornelia Funke met Matthew Cullen, cofounder and chief creative officer of Mirada Studios, in 2011, she had never given a thought to making an app for any of her books. A year later, however, she found herself deeply involved with Mirada in the creation of MirrorWorld: Past the Reflection of Your World Into a Realm of Magic and Adventure, which releases as an app on April 17. more » Bloomsbury is relocating, and consolidating, its New York City office. On April 29, the publisher will move into space at 1385 Broadway, leaving its current main office in the Flatiron Building (at 23rd Street and Broadway), in space overseen by its distributor, Macmillan. more » Follett Corporation continues to try to make it easier for college and university students to access course materials with its acquisition of BetterKnow. The technology platform enables instructors to identify course materials from a variety of sources, including traditional textbooks and digital materials, and allows students to compare prices and purchase them in one place. more »
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Library in a Shipping Container: Welcome to The Amin Library in Batu, Indonesia, a new eight-room public library and clinic designed by dpavilion architects and made entirely out of recycled shipping containers 'Beautiful Bastard' Authors Do Big Deal: Lauren Billings and Christina Hobbs, the writing duo behind the erotic romance hit, will follow their bestseller with two new novels and three novellas. Thatcher Sparks Publishing Flurry: Two biographies planned this month. Teacher Knows If You've E-Read: Several Texas A&M professors know something that generations of teachers could only hope to guess: whether students are reading their textbooks. Mary Roach Explains Passing Gas: "Our most embarrassing bodily function has scientists — and big business — obsessed."
PWxyz Blog Peter Brantley Extending the Arc of Publishing: Preprints at PeerJ This month the open access journal PeerJ launched a new preprint server where scholars can post papers prior to submission for formal peer review and publication. Preprints are common in many disciplines, but have been unusual in the biology and biomedical areas that PeerJ focuses on. more » Barbara Vey Remembering Annette I couldn't let today pass without mentioning the passing of the amazing Annette Funicello. more » Josie Leavitt Comedy and Authors It's not every comic who has a bestselling author write a column about them the day of a big show. more »
 'An Apple a Day' CelebratedAlec Baldwin and Hilaria Thomas celebrate the release of An Apple a Day (Race Point) with author Melissa Petitto, RD. |  Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.
 Tracking Amazon: 'Brain on Fire' Cracks Top 10 Susannah Cahalan's Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness was published by Simon & Schuster last year, and has seen a good deal of success--it has sold 25,000 copies at the outlets tracked by Nielsen BookScan. But it's the e-book edition that's currently flying high: priced at just $2.99, the Kindle edition is currently ranked #6 overall (outpacing the print edition by leaps and bounds) and, as of April 9, is enjoying is 14th day in the top 100. more » | |||||||||||||||||||||
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