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1762 readersWhy can’t you find a bestselling Chilean book in an Argentinian bookstore, and vice versa? Pablo Dittborn of Random House Chile discusses this and other issues in Latin American publishing
By Andres Hax
It may seem strange, but throughout Latin America you won’t find a great deal of sharing of current and new local releases between countries.
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2351 readersThe New York Times today is reporting that the sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was the head of the IMF, and the presumed future head of the French Socialist Party, is "on the verge of collapse as investigators have uncovered major holes in the credibility of the housekeeper who charged that he attacked
2358 readersBy Edward Nawotka
Looking back, 2011 will be remembered as the year when publishing was turned on its head.
Self-published authors, once the pariahs of the book business, gained credibility — outselling many established names and giving hope to would-be authors everywhere. Borders, the second-biggest bookstore chain in the country, went under, signaling a shift in priority
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1140 readersBy Daniel Kalder
SANTA MONICA: For over 60 years now the RAND Corporation has carried out research and analysis for governments, organizations, and institutions around the world. Famously, it was the work of Dr. Herman Kahn — a ...
1128 readersPresident Barack Obama is visiting Facebook in San Francisco today. The social networking site helped Obama build momentum during his campaign.
CNN is reporting that Obama will be having dinner with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, along with other techno...
2459 readersFortune has a new eBook out about Steve Jobs. The book, titled All About Steve: The Story of Steve Jobs and Apple From the Pages of FORTUNE, is about the rise of Apple over the last three decades.
From the Lisa to the iPad, the book chronicles the company and its chief using Fortune reporting from Brent
1006 readersAmazon released its bestselling products of 2011 lists today and interestingly the most gifted Kindle eBook of the season was Walter Isaacson‘s biography Steve Jobs. (It was also the most gifted print book on Amazon’s list as well).
The “Most Wished For” Kindle book this season was Kathryn Stockett‘s The Help.The book was also Amazon’s bestselling Kindle
1211 readersBy Publishing Perspectives
The Ashai Shimbun reports that as anti-Japanese sentiment in China over the disputed Senaku Islands has spread, books by Japanese authors have been removed from bookstore shelves.
Murakami is among the Japanese authors being pulled from Chinese bookstores
On September 17th, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Press and Publication, which oversees publishers in the Chinese capital,
1484 readersNews sites all over the Internet are carrying the news that Steve Jobs has passed away. There are plenty of eulogies, looks back at his life, and links to videos or texts of speeches he made or interviews he gave at one time or another, and since you can hardly turn around without finding them
3753 readersThis is a sad way to end the week, taking about about a "Steve Jobs 1955-2011" issue of TIME magazine. But that's life, I suppose, so here we are.
The issue is available at your local magazine newsstand, if you have one. Mine, the local Borders bookstore, recently closed down and is now a Halloween costume