TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » books http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Ted Heller comes out without a jacket http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ted-heller-comes-out-without-a-jacket/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ted-heller-comes-out-without-a-jacket/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 14:15:14 +0000 Paul St John Mackintosh http://www.teleread.com/?p=85480 As already noted in TeleRead, author Ted Heller has recently been bemoaning his woes as a self-publisher in Slate. He’s now followed up with a further bulletin on his tribulations as an e-reader, first run on The Weeklings and also aired since on Slate. In particular, he cites the demise of that mobile billboard, the [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/social-media/booklikes-a-new-social-reading-platform-do-we-really-need-another/feed/ 3 Reports of the Bookstore’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/reports-of-the-bookstores-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/ http://www.teleread.com/bookstore/reports-of-the-bookstores-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 00:50:36 +0000 Aggregated Content http://www.teleread.com/?p=84939 By Michael Weinstein There’s been a great deal of conjecture lately about the future of the bookstore: What will happen to the B&N stores (especially if they do plan to reduce the number of stores)? What about independent bookstores? Will Amazon crush bricks-and-mortar stores out of existence? Oh, lordy, will there even be such a [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/morning-links-what-news-organizations-are-learning-from-their-e-book-efforts/feed/ 2 Dust jacket envelopes make it easy to donate your books by mail http://www.teleread.com/books/dust-jacket-envelopes-make-it-simple-to-donate-your-books-by-mail/ http://www.teleread.com/books/dust-jacket-envelopes-make-it-simple-to-donate-your-books-by-mail/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 19:09:25 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=84282 A social entrepreneurship company based in Australia, Mailbooks for Good, has recently launched a literary-minded project that combines good design and a simple but strong idea with the joy of philanthropy. The company’s tagline, “Re-gift the gift of reading,” does a decent job of explaining the concept. But here’s the general idea, direct from the [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/books/dust-jacket-envelopes-make-it-simple-to-donate-your-books-by-mail/feed/ 0 James Patterson and His Publishing Bailout Non-Plan http://www.teleread.com/publishing/james-patterson-and-his-publishing-bailout-non-plan/ http://www.teleread.com/publishing/james-patterson-and-his-publishing-bailout-non-plan/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:55:30 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=84107 I know I’m coming a bit late to this party, but I was out of town while everyone was discussing James Patterson’s ad. And I’m kind of glad I was. It gave me time to digest what other people were saying and form my own opinions. I wasn’t in favor of the government bailout of [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/library/amazons-book-city-1-may-cut-library-hours/feed/ 0 What does it take to turn your Tumblr into a book? http://www.teleread.com/books/what-does-it-take-to-turn-your-tumblr-into-a-book/ http://www.teleread.com/books/what-does-it-take-to-turn-your-tumblr-into-a-book/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:00:34 +0000 Susan Lulgjuraj http://www.teleread.com/?p=83976 Tumblr has millions of active users, creating 90 million new posts a day. There are informative sites, funny sites and reflective sites. Throughout the years, some of Tumblr’s sites have become so popular some have even gotten book deals – well, 70, to be exact. Tumblr CEO David Karp revealed that number at the paidContent [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/library/infographic/feed/ 0 The Top Ten Challenged Books of 2012 http://www.teleread.com/banned-books-week/the-top-ten-challenged-books-of-2012/ http://www.teleread.com/banned-books-week/the-top-ten-challenged-books-of-2012/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:40:03 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=83446 Thanks to Jason Boog at GalleyCat for alerting me to this article from the American Library Association which, among other things, lists the top ten ‘challenged’ (aka ‘banned’) books of 2012. Here they are: • Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey • “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” by Sherman Alexie • “Thirteen Reasons Why,” by Jay [...]

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