Articles about Books – Page 9 of 9

Amazon Publishing inks deal with best-selling author Timothy Ferriss

Timothy Ferriss, the best-selling author of the 4-Hour Workweek and The 4-Hour Body, has chosen Amazon.com to publish his upcoming… Read More

Amazon releases Student App, challenging college bookstores

Amazon.com this morning released a new “Student App” for iPhone, aiming to connect college students to the Amazon.com catalog even… Read More

Bill’s Book Club: Twenty books Bill Gates has been reading

Look out, Oprah: A new Books section of Bill Gates’ website, The Gates Notes, offers a glimpse of some of… Read More

Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little (Book Excerpt)

[Editor’s Note: Seattle author Christopher Johnson, aka The Name Inspector, shares an excerpt from his newly-released book, Microstyle: The Art of… Read More

Poll: How much do real bookstores matter anymore?

The demise of Borders is causing many of us to consider the role of bookstores — heck, the role of any… Read More

Amazon buys Book Depository, UK’s top indie online bookseller

Amazon.com this morning announced a deal to buy The Book Depository online bookseller, based in the UK. Although the companies… Read More

Summer reading list: 10 picks for early stage tech startups

Guest Commentary: There’s nothing wrong with that trashy novel you’ve tucked away for the vacation, long weekend, or mere sunny… Read More

College bookstores question Amazon’s legal tactics

The National Association of College Stores, battling with Amazon.com over the online retailer’s textbook advertising, is questioning Amazon’s decision to… Read More

Amazon.com sells more Kindle books than paperbacks and hardcovers

Amazon.com is now selling more Kindle books than printed hardcovers and paperbacks, a milestone that comes four years after the… Read More

Amazon gets further into publishing with its own ‘Montlake Romance’ line

Apparently there’s more bodice-ripping going on in Montlake than we ever knew. Amazon.com is expanding its publishing business with a… Read More

Idea Man? Ex-Microsoft geek reviews Paul Allen’s memoir

Guest Commentary: I want to thank Paul Allen for writing his memoirs. It’s great to hear the story of the… Read More

Cheezburger Network’s latest book celebrates the best ‘DIY disasters’

Cheezburger Network may be the master of online comedy snippets, surprises and hijinks. But the Seattle Internet company, which just… Read More

Bill Gates and Paul Allen: The raw truth, as told by Allen

The first excerpt from Paul Allen’s upcoming memoir, Idea Man, was published online by Vanity Fair tonight. After reading it,… Read More

Excerpt: Setback for Google in book-scanning case

In the mood for some evening reading about the future of online books? Here’s the full text of the ruling… Read More