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Books
Pulitzer sur-Prize: No fiction winner
Apr 17, 2012
The Pulitzer board opted not to award a prize for fiction this year. Normally, the winning author gets a sales bump. So what happens in the book market now?
On-demand printing helps sustain the printed page
by
Blake Farmer
Apr 13, 2012
Technology allows old books to stay "in print" indefinitely.
House lust
Apr 6, 2012
Tess interviews "Norumbega Park" author Anthony Giardina about the place that the house occupies in the American dream.
Is automated publishing the future?
by
Caitlan Reeg
Mar 20, 2012
Real books and bookstores are becoming a thing of the past. Does new technology mean authors are next to go?
Remembering the Encyclopedia Britannica
by
Kai Ryssdal
Mar 14, 2012
The paper version of the encyclopedia was killed off by its publisher yesterday, in order to focus on its digital editions.
For public good, not for profit.
Apple to introduce “Garage Band for books” on Thursday?
by
John Moe
Jan 17, 2012
We can all be indie publishers
Investment book
Jan 9, 2012
On our local NPR station, WFYI, a guest Saturday morning on Marketplace Money recommended an investment advice book to a young caller. We can't recall the title of the book. Know which one we mean? Thanks in advance, Tom, Indianapolis, IN
Barnes & Noble could spin off the Nook
Jan 5, 2012
The company's e-reader has been a big success, while the rest of Barnes & Noble's business is suffering.