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Possibility of combined ALA and BEA book shows from 2012

Sep 07 2010: Reed Exhibitions, parent company of BookExpo America, is in discussion with the American Library Association (ALA) about taking over the organization's two main meetings--the June annual convention and the January midwinter meeting.

The process is far enough along ...

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Publishers Weekly accepting paid reviews

Aug 26 2010: Publishers Weekly, one of the USA's oldest publishing industry magazines, today announced that they are accepting registrations from self-published authors who want to appear in its December self-publishing supplement. Cost of inclusion is $149 with a number of added ...

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Larsson's ex-partner hits out at renaming of trilogy

Aug 23 2010: Stieg Larsson would not have approved of the renaming of the opening book to his Millennium trilogy from "Men Who Hate Women" to "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", the late author's partner has claimed saying, "The theme of all three books is the subjugation of women, ...

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Bertelsmann and Holtzbrinck joint venture approved by EC

Aug 18 2010: The European Commission has cleared the creation of a joint-venture by German media companies Bertelsmann and Holtzbrinck to operate an online distribution platform to sell e-books.

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Are printed books an endangered species? Not if you look at the 'paperless office'

Aug 13 2010: With pundits predicting the end of printed books within the decade, The Christian Science Monitor concludes that, if the much vaunted 'paperless office' is anything to go by, it's going to take more than a few years to wean people off paper! ...

"So, are paper books ...

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Literary agent Elaine Koster dies

Aug 13 2010: Elaine Koster, the literary agent behind Khaled Hosseini and one time publisher of Stephen King, died on Tuesday in New York aged 69.

In a statement Hosseini said: "I am deeply saddened by Elaine's passing. Elaine was a wonderful agent, and I owe my career to her. ...

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Project Gutenberg on quest to digitize 1 billion books

Aug 13 2010: Shortly after Google's announcement that they have calculated that there are about 130 million books in the world, comes Project Gutenberg founder Michael Hart's plan for one billion ebooks.

To quote the Los Angeles Times...

"Hart's grand plan is centered around ...

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Obama Signs 'Libel Tourism' Law

Aug 12 2010: Culminating a years-long lobbying campaign organized by the Association of American Publishers, President Obama this week signed the Speech Act, a law that prohibits federal courts from recognizing or enforcing foreign libel judgments in the U.S. that do not pass First ...

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