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• Little, Brown Buys Piatkus Books

  Published: July 25, 2007, 4:40 pm

  Tags: Little Brown, Piatkus Books, Books, Book Publishing, Book Publishers

  The Bookseller reports that Little, Brown has purchased British independent publisher Piatkus Books. Founder Judy Piatkus will continue as m.d. until the end of the year, when she will retire from publishing. Piatkus, which has a turnover of around £10m, will become an independent imprint within Little, Brown. It will continue trading at

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• Book lover Nicole Vaidisova promotes reading

  Published: July 28, 2007, 4:34 pm

  Tags: Nicole Vaidisova, Reading, Vaidisova, Spreading, Publishers, Service, Literacy, Mitch, Morrie

  the Association of American Publishers in 1999 to promote the joy of reading. Vaidisova is now spreading the literacy word by being photographed reading Mitch Albom's bestselling Tuesdays with Morrie. Other celebrities that have also appeared in the campaign include Whoopi Goldberg, Alicia Keys, Queen Latifa, Robin Williams, NY Yankee

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• New Author Group Targets Piracy

  Published: August 7, 2007, 12:47 pm

  Tags: Prevention, Articles, News, Content Theft, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Ebooks, P2p, Pdf, Piracy, Plagiarism, Publishers, Publishing

  “how authors and publishers can prevent electronic publications from being freely distributed by software pirates and pirate Web sites.” If you wish to join this group, you need to contact Maria and introduce yourself, being sure to include your most recently published work. Other than those requirements, membership is free.

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• Have you changed your Text Link Ads to tinyurl yet?

  Published: August 27, 2007, 9:11 am

  Tags: Text Link Ads, Link To Share, Make Money, Record, Ended, Tinyurl, Dropped, Email, Publishers, Text, Spam

  Link Ads wants all their publishers to change their links to tinyurl. So far, I only managed to complete one blog. Sigh..so much work to do. I suspect the tinyurl will not look so obvious to Google. BTW, you are aware that TextLinkAds cannot be found on the first few pages of Google searches, right? I noticed that since June and had

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• Dead Head Fred In Stores Now

  Published: August 28, 2007, 5:26 pm

  Tags: Sony, Portable, Games, Game Companies, D3 Publishers, Dead Head Fred, Psp, Vicious Cycle Software

  D3 and Vicious Cycle Software have shipped Dead Head Fred to retail stores across North America. Specifically for the PSP, Dead Head Fred draws players into an original and innovative head swapping third-person action game, where players can collect, upgrade and switch heads with enemies in a quest for revenge and redemption. Dead Head Fred

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• Attention Publishers: From the mailbag: "You know what I would ...

  Published: August 30, 2007, 10:30 am

  Tags: Attention Publishers, From The Mailbag, Ken Layne, New Orleans

  From the mailbag: "You know what I would pay good money for? A 120-page history of the Bush Administration written by Ken Layne—his just-the-facts history of the past seven years." Now that is...

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• Self-Publishing 101: Beware of Wolves Dressed as Publishers

  Published: September 12, 2007, 1:31 am

  Tags: Self Publishers, News, Self Publishing Tips, Self Publishing

  or not. These so called 'publishers' promise to make your book available all over the world and in bookstores. Beware. These companies are wolves. And they are out to get your money.BlackBerry Literary Services was founded in 2005 by author Sandra Peoples-Gates after she bought into the hype that she would be self-publishing a book, her book

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• Confused about choosing a Self Publishing Company or Self Publishing Service?

  Published: September 11, 2007, 11:34 pm

  Tags: Self Publishers, Self Publishing, Questions On Publishing

  Here's what you need to know before you sign on... It seems that self publishing is becoming more and more popular by the minute. Authors are realizing that they now have the power to retain control of their books and to keep profits for themselves.However, with this rising popularity comes the emergence of more and more self publishing companies

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• How Should I Choose a Self-Publishing Company?

  Published: September 11, 2007, 11:28 pm

  Tags: Self Publishers, Self Publishing Tips, Self Publishing, Questions On Publishing

  by Christina M. SchumacherChoosing a self-publishing company can really be a difficult decision. There are many of them to choose from and they all offer a multitude of options for you to choose from. I have specific guidelines that I use now that I wished I had used when I published my first book.The first of these is: Is the self-publishing

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• A List of Self-Publishing Companies

  Published: September 11, 2007, 11:22 pm

  Tags: Self Publishers, Self Publishing

  This list is by no means complete, but will give you somewhere to start if you are searching for a self-publishing company that is right for you. Just click on the link to be taken to each company's

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• Best Tips For Book Marketing For The Self Publisher

  Published: September 11, 2007, 11:11 pm

  Tags: Self Publishers, Self Publishing Tips, Self Publishing

  is completed. Self publishers need to have a good marketing plan to sell books and should be written prior to writing your book and in place a year prior to publishing your book.Your book press release should not be written as you would a sales letter or flier, it should be written for the editor and tell about your book in a factual

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• How to self-publish a book ... and who should be doing it

  Published: September 12, 2007, 9:01 pm

  Tags: Self Publishers, Self Publishing Tips, Self Publishing, Questions On Publishing

  books, something all major publishers allow.)There's a longer article on this phenomenon here.Self-publishing is a huge topic, and I've only scratched the surface. In 99% of cases you're better off persisting with agents and publishers, who will give you distribution self-publishers can only dream of. As mentioned earlier, self-pub is ideal for

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• PubMatic Launches Beta Testing

  Published: September 18, 2007, 2:15 pm

  Tags: News, Ad Serving, Advertisers, Publishers, Pubmatic, Small Medium Businesses

  of its service that will web publishers maximize their revenue by automating and optimizing ad serving decisions. The company touts over 400 publishers, selling millions of ad impressions daily have seen increases of anywhere between 20% and 90% with PubMatic. The service runs on continuous auction on many larger ad networks worldwide. When we

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• PlaySpan Raises 6.5 Million in Venture Capitol - 12 Year Old Owner Thrilled

  Published: September 20, 2007, 1:15 pm

  Tags: Games Industry, Gamer Life, Computer, Games, Game Platforms, Game Companies, Arjun Mehta, Commerce Network, Game Publishers, Mmo, Mmorpg, Online Games, Playspan, Silicon Valley

  technologies enable game publishers and developers to generate new revenues, acquire new users and extend the loyalty of existing users. Leading game providers and virtual world publishers have selected PlaySpan as their official marketplace for virtual goods commerce.” In August, PlaySpan Signed-up seven MMO games with a combined user

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• Self Publishing

  Published: September 20, 2007, 8:46 pm

  Tags: Self Publishers, Self Publishing, Questions On Publishing

  of the reading public. Publishers and agents regret the situation, but can't work on thin margins. Anthologies forming part of teaching courses textbooks, in effect will turn a profit, as will works of the few poets who are household names, but for the remainder self publishing is probably the way forward. Argument for Self

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