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Perseus Books Group announced that it is offering its independent publisher clients (which number in the hundreds) the same sort of digital... What I Know So Far (about ebooks)
After doing research for a number of clients on the ebook market over the last year, I've managed to come up with some actual data.My... Sites we love
Lorcan Dempsey's Weblog - because if I can read a post, I feel really really smart. If I can understand a post, I promptly lie down and take a nap... Ravenous Romance
Hollan Publishing has recently spun off RavenousRomance.com, an online erotic romance publishing company. Launching December 1, they will offer... First Chapters on Gardner's Affiliates
Stanley Greenfield of Dial-A-Book has sent us a release regarding his latest deal with Gardner's Books. Dial-A-Book has 215,000 excerpts from... USO and CourseSmart
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Mike Shatzkin reports this morning that he has been helping author Eric Greenberg crash an important book through the supply chain in time for the... Googling is not vetting
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| International Literacy Day | 9.8.2008 |
| BISG Annual Meeting of Members | 9.12.2008 |
| Banned Books Week | 9.27 - 10.4.2008 |
| Frankfurt Book Fair | 10.15 - 10.19.2008 |
| O\'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference | 2.9 - 2.11.2009 |
