Search Results by tag: Green publishing

Obama becomes publishing world “divider”

U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama is at the center of a burgeoning publishing world brouhaha, with Barnes & Noble on one side and Amazon.com on the other. According to the Associated Press: Chelsea Green Publishing, ... Read More »

August 20, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Rycroft in her own words

By Sara Forsyth

As Quillblog recently reported, Nicole Rycroft, the executive director of Markets Initiative, took part in a pro-Tibetan demonstration late last week wherein she and four others spread a banner that read "Free Tibet" over an ... Read More »

August 19, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Nicole Rycroft of Markets Initiative busted in Beijing

By Stuart Woods

Nicole Rycroft, the executive director of Markets Initiative, has been arrested in Beijing for her part in a pro-Tibet demonstration. According to her spokesperson, Bruce Walsh, Rycroft scaled a wall near the China Central Television ... Read More »

August 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

BookMooch making a killing

By Scott MacDonald

We've linked to stories about BookMooch “ a website that allows book lovers to swap books free of charge “ before, but here's a more in-depth look at the site and its creator, the young ... Read More »

April 22, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

DK goes green

By Jacob Sheen

As part of the U.K. publishing industry's eco-kick, Dorling Kindersley has released a series of green books “ greener than all those that have come before. The four new titles are printed using non-toxic glue ... Read More »

April 8, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

No more bubble envelopes

By Nathan Whitlock

New books are not particularly fragile. Everyone knows that. In fact, that's one of the big reasons why paper-and-ink texts are still preferred by such a wide margin over breakable, expensive-to-replace e-books and e-readers. So ... Read More »

February 21, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Coming up in the May Q&Q

By Leigh Anne Williams

The May 2007 issue of Quill & Quire is on its way to stores and subscribers now. It features a Science Fiction Spotlight, which includes a cover profile of star SF novelist Robert J. Sawyer, ... Read More »

April 11, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

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