Still awaiting the big tick of approval from a US judge, Google's settlement with US authors and publishers over its book scanning scheme looks as if...
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US justice department examining Google books settlement
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 | 1:31 PM
Govt. to scale back NZ National Library revamp
The Government has decided to scale back the revamp of the National Library's Wellington building but will ensure the nation's treasures are protected by increasing storage, fixing leaks, upgrading equipment and addressing deferred maintenance.The revamp...
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Conde Nast pulls plug on high profile business magazine
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 | 2:07 PM
Just two years ago, PORTFOLIO magazine was born in the midst of a business media boom. The idea of the parent company was to tap demand from mushrooming...
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Do Pulitzers sell books?
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 | 2:50 PM
As we all know, the Pulitzers have been announced, and, as Publisher's Lunch remarks, it is interesting to follow the figures. Sales as tracked by Nielsen...
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Earliest dust jacket identified
It's official. In March 2009, the earliest known publisher's dust jacket was found in the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. Don't hold your breath...
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What publishers should do
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Monday, April 20, 2009 | 1:43 PM
Jonathan Karp, of Twelve Publishing, makes much sense in an oped written for Publishers Weekly. After browsing bookstores and finding a plethora of blatantly...
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The excellence of "Defying Empire" recognized
Some time ago, I posted a piece a most intriguing book, Defying Empire, Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York. This morning, I was delighted to...
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Penguin having fun with their logo
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Friday, April 17, 2009 | 2:39 PM
Joseph Sullivan, in his fine site, which is replete with comment and reviews of book designs, points out that Penguin is having fun playing with the company...
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The Tatler has a birthday
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 | 3:58 PM
April 12, 2009, is the 300th birthday of the founding of the original Tatler by Richard Steele, (pictured) and to mark the occasion, The Oxford Dictionary...
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Conan Doyle and the fairies
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Saturday, April 4, 2009 | 3:48 PM
Back in 1917, when the world was perhaps a more credulous place, two young girls spread the story that they had been frolicking with fairies.It happened...
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Need to advertise for a butler?
Even in these straitened times, it seems there are folks who need a discreet place where they can announce they are anxious to hire a lady's maid, and...
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New Zealand publisher honored
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Friday, April 3, 2009 | 2:07 PM
Elizabeth Caffin, who managed Auckland University Press for 21 years, will receive an honorary Doctor of Literature degree in Auckland next week (Maidment...
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Art inspires debate
Versions of Picasso's Guernica appeared on walls in Belfast during The Troubles amongst all the guerrilla art. Now the tapestry version of the painting...
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Non-profit newspapers?
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 | 12:16 PM
If it wasn't for banks and carmakers, the big news would be the prospective demise of the newspaper as we know it. U.S Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (Democrat,...
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