Mental Floss: Half a century before e-books turned publishing upside down, a different format threatened to destroy the industry. Here’s a little perspective: In→

Genevieve LaGreca: Without any middlemen or gatekeepers, with virtually no costs involved, and with self-marketing possible through social media and other Internet channels, electronic→

The Guardian: Penguin USA will provide the service through its genre-fiction online community, Book Country, which launched in May offering wannabe authors the opportunity→

From the front lines of the e-book revolution, here are five trends Philip Ruppel, president of McGraw-Hill Professional, is watching. 1. Enhanced E-Books Are→

Launched last month by a California company with the same name, the Looxcie (pronounced “look-see”) is a wearable Bluetooth camcorder that lets users capture→

According to VentureBeat, aspiring book authors face two hurdles: Rejection from publishers, and the high cost and hassle of trying to publish a book→

Vanity press used to be for authors that weren’t capable of finding someone else to publish their book. Not anymore, as the WSJ explains:→

Ars Technica is reporting that Tunecore has been a boon for musicians like Trent Reznor, who pay the Brooklyn-based company a flat fee of→

According to a story at Digital Beat, big publishers are flocking to the iPad, readying to publish electronic versions of their bestselling books on→

Reuters reports that the Internet is helping older British readers rekindle a love of books and writing, and an overwhelming majority of senior citizens→

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photo credit: Matt Callow Bill Wyman: The problem of the daily press in the U.S. is exclusively this: the collapse of its business model.→

Copyblogger has done a great review of How to Launch the **** Out of Your Ebook In five concise modules, How to Launch covers→

The Laughable News is a black and white newsletter printed on the front and back of one sheet of 11 X 17 inchIt is→

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The Courier-Journal: Film and television director/writer Josh Becker never thought his first book, “The Complete Guide to Low-Budget Feature Filmmaking,” would get a lot→