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  326 readersHaving trouble finding what you want to read next? Penguin can help. The book lovers at Penguin have gathered together a collection of excerpts from popular past, present, and future Penguin titles. This eSampler is packed with over 40 excerpts from Penguin’s perennial favorites, biggest bestsellers, and award-winners. This collection includes familair old classics like Tales

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  Penguin Launches Digital ‘On The Road’

  1084 readersJack Kerouac‘s classic novel On the Road has a new life as a digital book app from Penguin Digital. The app includes the original 1957 novel, as well as a number of interactive features. The app brings to life the road novel with interactive maps of Kerouac’s travels. Alongside Kerouac’s original sketches of his road map,

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  Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. I’m Now An E-Book!

  1172 readers“This is an exciting day for me,” says beloved children’s book author Judy Blume. By Dennis Abrams Judy Blume Random House Children’s Books announced that it will publish 13 of Judy Blume’s classic and often controversial books for young readers as e-books. The new e-book editions will be available beginning March 21 in the U.S. and Canada, wherever

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  ‘Atlas Shrugged’ Released As App

  1041 readersJust in time for the GOP presidential campaign season, Ayn Rand‘s controversial text Atlas Shrugged is now available as an interactive iPad app from the Penguin Group. The digital adaptation of the philosophic text of “Objectivism,” includes scans of the original manuscript pages and author’s notes, and video and audio excerpts from Rand’s lectures. Penguin has been

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  Penguin Launches ‘Artist’s Way Toolkit’ App

  1133 readersPenguin has launched a new app to help inspire creativity called Artist’s Way Toolkit. The free app, which is based on Julia Cameron‘s bestselling novel The Artist’s Way, the app gives readers exercises and meditations to help artists and writers get inspired. The app lets users take notes, photos and listen to soundbites. There is also

• Ebooks up, Overall Sales Down at Penguin in Third Quarter

  1358 readers While revenue from ebooks was up 35% at Penguin, overall sales were down 1% compared to the third-quarter in 2011. From Penguin parent Pearson’s third-quarter earnings note: At Penguin, sales were down 1% compared to 2011 with the third quarter benefiting from ebooks revenue up 35% on 2011, and, as expected, a stronger publishing schedule. Key titles

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  BookDrum Helps You find Your Way In a Book

  1098 readersHave you ever wondered exactly where in the world an event in a book occurred? BookDrum now has you covered. BookDrum launched a map feature recently. It’s based on Google Earth (that’s not going to help much with some SF books), and it’s marked with the key locations from 150 books. It’s a collection of points, not

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  13 Judy Blume titles to be released as e-books

  998 readersRandom House Children’s Books will be releasing ten of author Judy Blume’s well-known (not to mention often controversial) children’s books as e-book titles on March 21st. The titles include Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Blubber, and Tiger Eyes. Three more titles, including Freckle Juice, will be published at a later date. Blume, currently living

• Meet the Author: Funny Side Up—an Eggcellent Book of Puns

  3908 readers  (via BaristaKids) Get ready to crack up with an eggsceptional collection of photos that are sure to start any day sunny side up. Local author and illustrator, AJ Allison, will share her new book Funny Side Up at Watchung Booksellers on Saturday, June 1. Funny Side Up, which plays upon visual puns and antics to get

• Meet the Author: Funny Side Up—an Eggcellent Book of Puns

  3929 readers  (via BaristaKids) Get ready to crack up with an eggsceptional collection of photos that are sure to start any day sunny side up. Local author and illustrator, AJ Allison, will share her new book Funny Side Up at Watchung Booksellers on Saturday, June 1. Funny Side Up, which plays upon visual puns and antics to get