Recently, the industry was shaken by an announcement by Amazon that the company was changing its order fulfillment policy. In a nutshell, Amazon threatened to disable a book's "Buy Now" button if that book's publishing company did not subscribe to
Bibliophilia: the love, and collecting, of books. No problems there: the odd fit of extravagance, possibly, but everything more or less under control. But watch out. The next step up may be bibliolatry: an extreme fondness for books. And beyond
After scouring the shelves of my nearest bookshop last weekend, I reckon I can now offer you some handy Cain Classifications to guide you through the labyrinth of literature in 2008.
Sometimes you just want to live inside a book. In Paris this can happen quite literally, thanks to what might be the world's most exciting bookshop: Shakespeare and Company. Originally opened in 1919 by Sylvia Beach, who published Joyce's Ulysses
Over the past few years, publishers have successfully reduced expenses by improving the efficiency of the supply chain. But now soaring costs of paper and energy are forcing publishers to reexamine ways to keep costs from spiraling out of control.
Showing its commitment to video as a promotional tool for books, HarperCollins has unveiled plans to launch its own in-house production arm. The studio, which will make internet video, will be, according to the house, "modeled on a newsroom environment."
Peter W. Olson, the chief executive of Random House and one of the most powerful figures in American book publishing, will step down in the next few weeks, according to two executives at Bertelsmann, the German media conglomerate that owns
In advance of the American Booksellers Association's new initiative to be announced at the Celebration of Bookselling on Thursday night at BEA, the organization has been giving booksellers a sneak peek at the direction it will take at nine regional
The Independent reports HSBC brokers as commenting that "The recent disclosure of the terms by which Sir Richard Branson offloaded the Virgin retail chain (now renamed Zavvi) increases our conviction that HMV's major UK competitor is likely to diminish as
Roddy Doyle, Esther Freud, David Hare and Ahdaf Soueif will this week launch the first international literary festival in the occupied Palestinian territories. Seventeen British, American, Indian and Arab authors will visit four West Bank cities for the inaugural Palestinian
When Robert Miller announced last month that he was leaving Hyperion, the Walt Disney Co. book unit he created, to start a new imprint at HarperCollins, he made headlines.
Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media , a book that addresses the use of second-person narration in games and related media. You are also likely to be eaten by a Grue."
Features/Review:"Haematology is one of the most dynamic and rapidly evolvingdisciplines of medicine. Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology, 11th edition, is a comprehensive, yet up-to-date reference textbook. It is anabsolute must for all practising haematologists. The subject matter isup-to-date, and the language is
Book DescriptionSome 200 million people, or 5 percent of the global population age 15-64, have used illicit drugs at least once in the last 12 months. More people are involved in the production and trafficking of illicit drugs and still
Review...a reasonable good summary of many of the basic principles of burn care.-Annals of Plastic Surgery...an interesting and intriguing book. I think it really fills a niche which has stood vacant for some time-a wide-ranging, practical and highly focused book
Summary:Clinical Hypnosis has proved successful in a variety of clinical situations. This handbook, with its practical approach, covers both the scientific and clinical aspects of hypnosis providing information on a range of available psychological and physical treatments.* Explains how to
Author: James WhittleProduct Details216 pages, Thomson Delmar Learning; 1st edition (May 8, 2001) $30.95Format: 0.8MB PDFSummary:Responding for Life is a self-directed study guide of case studies in emergency care. It integrates the theoreticial knowledge of prehospital emergency medicine with the
El Atlas Sobotta es conocido en todo el mundo por la enorme calidad de sus ilustraciones, tan minuciosas. La anatomía macroscópica del cuerpo humano se expone en más de 1.500 ilustraciones.El Sobotta está orinentado a las necesidades prácticas de los
