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Jefferson's Library Once Again Complete
The Library of Congress has managed to re-create ?with the help of rare-book collectors ?-the missing two-thirds of Thomas Jefferson's Lib... Gilberto Gil on Democracy Now
Gilberto Gil by Joi Ito Today?s Democracy Now! episode features an extensive interview with CC advocate and Brazilian Minister of Culture Gilbe... Jefferson's Library Rebuilt
The Library of Congress has managed to re-create ?with the help of rare-book collectors ?-the missing two-thirds of Thomas Jefferson's Lib...
Amazon.com Inc. announced today it has acquired Fabric.com, an online fabric store that offers custom-measured and cut fabrics as well as patterns, se...
iUniverse , the leading book marketing, editorial services and supported self-publishing company, has launched the RISING STAR Recognition Program...... Creative Commons Launches Collaborative Global Case Studies Project
Poster by Blender Foundation, CC BY 3.0 Over the past few months several of us at Creative Commons have been collaborating with our colleagues at Cre...
Australian self publishing company, BookPal, is launching an audacious global initiative to challenge more established players in the self publishing...
Australian self publishing company, BookPal, is launching an audacious global initiative to challenge more established players in the self publishing... CrossCheck Plagiarism Screening Service Launches
CrossRef (www.crossref.org) has announced the official launch of CrossCheck, a new initiative to aid publishers in verifying the originality of schola...
Is the Kindle about to catch fire? Could Amazon.com's seven-month-old wireless e-book reader be the tipping point that marks the decline and fall of t...
Books by politicians on a wide range of subjects, including political exposes and the frank disclosure of a broken marriage, are on sale at bookstores...
Making sense of change in the Indian publishing industry, by meeting the people at the forefront. Big things are happening in the little world of publ... Media doctor hit with suspension
Celebrity psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud's has been suspended from practising for three months over plagiarism.......
Many e-commerce companies have boosted their fortunes by expanding their markets beyond the U.S. Avail Intelligence is hoping to help such merchants b...
The Integrated Technology Group (ITG), a division of Vernon Library Supplies, Inc., will introduce the Apex DiscXpressII(TM) at the American Library A...
NORCROSS, Ga.----The Integrated Technology Group , a division of Vernon Library Supplies, Inc., will introduce the Apex DiscXpressIIâ„¢ at the Americ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Overstock.com announced recently that it would file suit against New York State over expansive Internet sales tax legislation sig... Future Writers, Future Books
The Futurist online has an interesting think piece by Patrick Tucker on the possible future of writers, books, and writing in this century. Riffing p...
The multinational publisher announces it will close its 36 bookstores in Chinese cities; the fate of its online sales and book club in the country yet...
Amazon is saying little about its tactics. But critics accuse Amazon, which bills itself as "Earth's most customer-centric company," of transforming i...