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Friday, May 25th, 2012
Fun Facts about the 11 “Greatest Books for Kids”
Mental Floss
More Than Meets the Eye A book with only 50 words . . . some items to look for in the illustrations . . . just a few things to learn in these fun facts. You'll want to go back to reread these classic books!
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Friday, May 25th, 2012
8 Microsoft Word Shortcuts You Probably Don’t Know
Yahoo! News
Might Just Change Your Life! We've been working with Word for a long (sometimes frustrating) time. Some of these shortcuts were new to us too! "Change case" and "Quick Parts"? Bring it on!
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Friday, May 25th, 2012
Are audiobooks books?
Digital Book World
How Fast Do Your Ears Read? An audiobook can be your best friend on a long drive. But in the end, have you read anything? Our company president blogs about the place of audiobooks among content formats.
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Friday, February 24th, 2012
What 10 Classic Books Were Almost Called
Mental Floss
The Importance of Titles "The Dead Un-Dead"? "Catch-11"? "Fiesta"? Somehow these almost titles just don’t have the same ring to them. . . .
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Friday, February 24th, 2012
11 Best Business Decisions of 2011
Book Business
Tried and True CEOs from 11 publishing companies share the best decisions their businesses made in 2011. What about your company?
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Friday, February 24th, 2012
Self-Published Marriage Proposal
Media Bistro
Who Could Say No to That? A book lover creates his own book about the lives "so far" of him and his girlfriend—and pops the question right there in the book! We book lovers are swooning!
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Friday, February 24th, 2012
Nitpicking grammar in the digital age
Chicago Tribune
Does Our Red Pen Work on Texts? So how careful are you with grammar when you text, post, or email? Maybe we editorial types need to give it a rest.
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Friday, February 24th, 2012
Secretary Clough on Jefferson’s Bible
Smithsonian Magazine
An Early Bible Creator Imagine that! Thomas Jefferson creating a Bible product for his personal use.
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Friday, February 24th, 2012
Introducing the Life Application Study Bible iPhone/iPad App
Tyndale House Publishers
Life App You knew the Livingstone team created the Life Application Study Bible, right? Only one of the best-selling Bibles EVER! Well, now there’s an app for that. . . .
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Friday, August 26th, 2011
Time for Book Publishers to Fight Dirty
Chicago Tribune
Fighting Back to Sell the Printed Page How to sell books—take a "page" from the way Kindle is marketing and fight back: "Publishers should tantalize consumers by evoking books’ sensory pleasures: the smell; the feel in your hands; that crisp, appealing crinkle of a turned page and smooth snap of a dust jacket . . ." You had us at "sensory pleasures . . ."
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