Bloomberg exec in talks to run New Corp's Dow Jones
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Reuters - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is in "serious talks" to poach veteran Bloomberg LP executive Lex Fenwick to run its Dow Jones publishing business, which houses the Wall Street Journal, according to two people familiar with the discussions.
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:23:12 GMT
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Ala. attorney questions death penalty in new book
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AP - After defending more than 60 people charged with capital murder and getting three men off Alabama's death row, attorney Richard Jaffe wants to get people talking about the death penalty and what he believes are its flaws.
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:24:56 GMT
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS
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AP - 1. "Private: Number 1 Suspect" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown)
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:16:41 GMT
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USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS
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AP - 1. "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press)
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:15:46 GMT
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WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS
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AP - Best-Selling Books Week Ended Jan. 28th.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:15:05 GMT
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"Private: #1 Suspect" tops Bestsellers List
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Reuters - "Private: #1 Suspect" soared to the top spot of the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list on Thursday.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:08:27 GMT
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Book Talk: The fall and rise of a North Korean Everyman
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Reuters - Pak Jun Do is a dutiful North Korean. Raised in an orphanage, he follows orders to become a soldier, a kidnapper of Japanese citizens and an intelligence officer, once submitting to being bitten by a shark to prove his loyalty.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:24:07 GMT
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New library e-catalogs offer expanded selection
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AP - Library users searching for e-books will soon get to look through a much bigger catalog and help decide what their local branch might carry.
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:08:52 GMT
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Novelist Andrew Miller wins UK Costa Book Award
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 AP - Author Andrew Miller on Tuesday won Britain's lucrative Costa Book Award for his historical novel, "Pure," set in Paris in the years leading up to the French Revolution.
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:54:13 GMT
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Novel "Pure" wins Costa prize amid "bitter dissent"
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Reuters - Andrew Miller's novel "Pure" won the 2011 Costa Book of the Year Award on Tuesday, beating four other category winners after what the chair of judges described as "fierce debate".
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:32:44 GMT
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Atlanta Jewish newspaper publisher resigns
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AP - The owner of a small Jewish publication in Atlanta is resigning over a column he wrote suggesting Israel might consider a hit on President Barack Obama.
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:25:45 GMT
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Gantos' 'Dead End in Norvelt' wins Newbery Medal
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AP - This year's winners of the top prizes in children's literature were honored for stories of resilience over the most everyday troubles: a boy grounded by his parents, a dog that loses its favorite toy.
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:10:29 GMT
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Apple?s new textbook offering sees 350,000 downloads in three days, report says
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Appolicious - It appears that Apple?s new digital textbook service is off to a flying start, with one research firm estimating that 350,000 textbooks have been downloaded after only three days since Apple announced iBooks 2.
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:50:00 GMT
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Eugenides, Lethem among critics' awards nominees
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AP - Novelist Jeffrey Eugenides, science-technology writer James Gleick and the late historian Manning Marable were among the nominees announced for the National Book Critics Circle awards
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:33:56 GMT
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Best-selling Indian author says banned writers not "heroes"
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Reuters - Best-selling Indian writer Chetan Bhagat on Saturday criticised the support leant to authors whose books are banned for offending religious communities, a day after Salman Rushdie cancelled a trip to India citing threats against his life.
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:21:36 GMT
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Book Banning Violates Students' Right to Read
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ContributorNetwork - In a Jan. 20 press release by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Michigan opposes Plymouth-Canton Community School District's ban of two novels - Beloved by Toni Morrison and Waterland by Graham Smith - citing the banning of the books violates students' constitutional rights.
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:20:54 GMT
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Studying up on Apple?s new education apps
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Appolicious - Thursday?s big Apple event in New York was all about education. Phil Schiller, senior VP of marketing, took center stage. He unveiled a trio of products that, combined, create an educational ecosystem that will surely lead to more educational iPad pilot programs, and likely to many mainstream unsubsidized classrooms. You can watch the keynote address here.
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:12:00 GMT
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Slim biography suits America's shortest presidency
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 AP - "William Henry Harrison" (Times Books), by Gail Collins: At some point every schoolchild learns that William Henry Harrison was America's briefest president, his death from pneumonia in 1841 coming just a month after a record two-hour inaugural address on a wintry day. For young minds the message is clear: Don't go outside without a warm coat, and don't talk so much.
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:29:38 GMT
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"Believing the Lie" soars to top of best-sellers list
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Reuters - "Believing the Lie" soared to the top spot of the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list on Thursday.
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:11:34 GMT
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Apple set to shake up textbook publishing with iBooks 2 and iTunes U, if it can get iPads to students
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Appolicious - It seems the rumors were right: Apple used its announcement today in New York to drop iBooks 2 on the world, with brand new support for textbook publishing in the app that stands to revolutionize the way students consume learning materials, and how publishers create it.
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:54:00 GMT
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