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Penguin, Random House announce merger
LONDON — Two of the world’s biggest publishing houses are to link up in a deal that will bring the writings of classics like George Orwell’s ‘1984’ and this year’s […]
Bookworm: Nuggets of advice for budding entrepreneurs
How can you ensure that the glow remains and your dreams don’t just go up in smoke? You can open “How to Start a Business & Ignite Your Life” by Ernesto Sirolli and keep the spark alive.
Despite publishers’ settlement, Guild v. Google goes on
The Authors’ Guild Inc. also has a separate suit against Google, seeking $750 in damages for every copyrighted book that Google has scanned over the past eight years. Despite that […]
Lawsuit against PublishAmerica over J.K. Rowling claim dismissed
FREDERICK — Book publisher PublishAmerica is celebrating the dismissal of a federal lawsuit alleging it deceived several authors with a false promise to show summaries of their books to “Harry […]
From ‘Juiced’ to bankrupt
Jose Canseco, the man famous for starting the clock on one of baseball’s darkest hours, is in the news again. ...
Manager of Boonsboro bookstore named bookseller of the year
BOONSBORO — There are those who believe bookstores — the ones that offer reading material in the paper and ink variety — will one day go the way of vinyl […]
Judge dismisses lawsuit against ‘Three Cups’ author
HELENA, Mont. — A federal judge on Monday dismissed a civil lawsuit against author Greg Mortenson, calling claims “flimsy and speculative” that the humanitarian and his publisher lied in his […]
U.S. sues Apple, publishers over electronic books
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and 15 states sued Apple Inc. and major book publishers Wednesday, alleging a conspiracy to raise the price of electronic books they said cost consumers […]
Bookworm: Make visiting your business a part of customers’ routine
If there’s one thing in the world that everyone can count on, it’s that you’ll be in your office by a certain time each morning. You get there via the […]
The quest to go paperless
In an effort to become more organized and more environmentally friendly, I am attempting to make my life paperless (or at least, my work life paperless). Throughout the course of […]
Walters Art Museum wins grant to digitize medieval books
The National Endowment for the Humanities is awarding the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore a $265,000 grant to digitize, catalog and distribute 113 medieval Flemish manuscripts, including a collection of […]
Silver Spring company gains rights to Agatha Christie estate
SILVER SPRING — Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot and other Agatha Christie characters are now under American ownership. Acorn Media Group announced Wednesday that it had acquired majority ownership of Agatha […]
