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  Brazil’s Publishers Prep for Digital “D-Day” 2014

  1439 readersWith the Brazilian government to begin purchasing “digital content” in 2014, Brazil’s publishing industry gathered to discuss the opportunities and pitfalls of digital. By Edward Nawotka Bob Stein keynoted Brazil's 2nd digital book conference SAO PAOLO: Though many observers believe that Brazil may be four to five years behind the US in e-book adoption, Brazilians are among the

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  Brazil’s E-book Market: Order, But Slow Progress

  1430 readersE-book distribution and retailing is ramping up, but only 4,000 e-book titles are available in Brazilian Portuguese. By Maria Fernanda Rodrigues Over the past 12 months, Brazilians put aside their fears that the e-book would be the death of the printed book and put more energy into finally moving into the digital era. Waaaaay back in March,

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  #PubNewsCheat Brazil: E-book Distribution to Libraries, Upcoming Events

  1701 readersBy Hannah Johnson Check out the latest news from our sister site, PublishNews Brazil, which features the latest publisher and author news, trends and bestsellers from the Brazilian publishing industry. Subscribe to the free, bi-weekly newsletter. Textbook Consortium Launch “Minha Biblioteca” E-book Service for University Libraries Four major publishers — Grupo A, GEN, Saraiva and Atlas — with

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  PublishNews Brazil: Kobo Hires First Exec, 50 Shades Dominates

  650 readersThis week’s issue of PublishNewsBrazil, a collaboration between Publishing Perspectives and Publish News, brings you all the latest news from the booming Brazilian book market, including: Kobo Hires Ex-Xeriph Exec as Brazilan Publisher Relations Manager Kobo’s Brazilian adventure began to take shape last week with the hiring of Camila Cabete, the company’s first Brazilian staff member, as its

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  Getting the Book Invented Properly: A Douglas Adams Tribute Contest

  1600 readersBy Sophie Rochester, Founder, The Literary Platform In 1993 Douglas Adams, the world-renowned author of The Hitchhikers Guide of the Galaxy, recorded a short piece of audio for his US publisher of the time – Bob Stein, then of Voyager Expanded Books, later founder of the Future of the Book Institute and SocialBook. Nearly 20 years later

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  Getting the Book Invented Properly: A Douglas Adams Tribute Contest

  1497 readersBy Sophie Rochester, Founder, The Literary Platform In 1993 Douglas Adams, the world-renowned author of The Hitchhikers Guide of the Galaxy, recorded a short piece of audio for his US publisher of the time – Bob Stein, then of Voyager Expanded Books, later founder of the Future of the Book Institute and SocialBook. Nearly 20 years later

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  Interview: “The Social Context of Reading: Five Questions for Bob Stein”

  2534 readersFrom an Interview by Buzz Poole (via Imprint) I first learned about The Institute for the Future of the Book while working on a magazine assignment that eventually became this piece for The Millions. In getting to know Bob Stein, his colleagues and the projects they championed I became convinced that concerns about the death of

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  MPS Launches eBook Platform For Adult Continuing Education

  3317 readers The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) has partnered with MPS Limited, a Macmillan company, to launch an eBook store for its adult learning content. The content will be hosted by MPS as the Institute expands the site’s eBook collection from its current base of 19 titles. The organization will also add enhanced eBooks to

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  MPS Launches eBook Platform For Adult Continuing Education

  3565 readers The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) has partnered with MPS Limited, a Macmillan company, to launch an eBook store for its adult learning content. The content will be hosted by MPS as the Institute expands the site’s eBook collection from its current base of 19 titles. The organization will also add enhanced eBooks to

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  Afternoon news break: North Carolina, Greece, and more

  647 readersIt's the afternoon and there seems to be far more going on in the world of political news than there is media news. Why fight it, here is a round-up of some items of interest: North Carolina: Yesterday North Carolina became the 30th state to pass some sort of constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage. The amendment