Monthly Archives: July 2010

Wylie and Amazon: Authors Guild Apportions Blame Share This Article

The Wylie literary agency are causing a stir in the publishing industry following their announcement of a two year agreement to sell ebooks only through Amazon. The works in question are apparently governed by old publishing contracts in which the authors didn’t expressly grant electronic rights to the print publishers (because electronic rights didn’t exist … Continue reading

Reader Review: "K Blows Top"

by Thomas Riley (Sunnyvale, CA): Great read! Even tho’ I’m not old enough to remember Kruschchev and much of the cold war, I enjoyed these history of Nikita’s visit to US in 1959. Surprisingly funny. Great background info on how foreign dignitaries are handled or, in K’s instance, not. Full of characters, well known and … Continue reading

Reader Review: "K Blows Top"

by Thomas Riley (Sunnyvale, CA): Great read! Even tho’ I’m not old enough to remember Kruschchev and much of the cold war, I enjoyed these history of Nikita’s visit to US in 1959. Surprisingly funny. Great background info on how foreign dignitaries are handled or, in K’s instance, not. Full of characters, well known and … Continue reading

Amazon selling 180 Kindle books for every 100 hardcovers, but traditional book sales stable elsewhere

(7/20): According to its press release yesterday, Amazon claims to be selling 180 Kindle books for every 100 hardcovers; and to have sold three times as many Kindle books in the first half of 2010 compared to the first half of 2009. However it is still reticent about total Kindle sales or total eBooks sold. … Continue reading

Reader Review: "Tuesdays With Morrie"

by Alyssa Hedding (Seattle): Mitch Albom, in his novel “Tuesdays with Morrie,” explores one man’s answers to many of the questions commonly asked throughout the journey of life. Morrie Schwartz, Albom’s college professor, made a larger impact on Albom’s life than he ever knew – until Albom showed up in his drive-way one day towards … Continue reading

$20 e-Reader targeted at developing world and NGOs

The $20 Humane Reader is designed to provide low-cost computing solutions to places without internet access. The unit can store up to 500 books so they can be read on a TV screen. According to Humane Informatics, televisions are far more common in developing countries than computers or internet connections. Read more on bookbrowse.com

Lawyers open cache of unpublished Kafka manuscripts

Four desposit boxes were prised open in a Zurich bank on Monday. Inside were manuscripts, drawings and letters from Franz Kafka that had been locked away for more than 50 years. But the expectant Kafka enthusiasts, historians and critics will have to wait longer, after two Israeli sisters who insist they own the papers by … Continue reading

Amazon selling 180 Kindle books for every 100 hardcovers

According to its press release yesterday, Amazon claims to be selling 180 Kindle books for every 100 hardcovers; and to have sold three times as many Kindle books in the first half of 2010 compared to the first half of 2009. However it is still reticent about total Kindle sales or total eBooks sold. Read … Continue reading

Reader Review: "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society"

by Lynn (Wautoma, WI): This was the most fun I had reading a book since I read "To Kill a Mockingbird" many, many years ago. The story in some places is very sad, and the history is very interesting, but never do you tire of the diverse characters. Just like in Mockingbird, they develop until … Continue reading

Reader Review: "The Poisonwood Bible"

by Elizabeth (Pennsylvania): "Beto nki tutasala? What are we doing?" quote from Page 523……and…I asked myself that question throughout the book as the Price Family continued with their missionary work and all the hardships and heartache the family endured. The Price Family…Father Nathan, Mother Orleanna, and their four daughters pack for their mission in the … Continue reading