Books of the World newsletter

NUMBER 024
(October 2001)
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NEWS AND ARTICLES
  • Boundless Books Abound Figures show e-books are cheaper and titles more plentiful than what's often reported. Also: It's not who you know but where to find them.... Kids can publish too ... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook.
  • Expo Focus on Securing E-Books The arrest of a Russian hacker who figured out how to crack Adobe Acrobat files makes this week's BookTech West conference timely indeed. Kendra Mayfield reports from San Francisco.
  • Interact With BN and Buy a Book Interactive, televised e-commerce moves another step closer to mainstream acceptance as Barnes & Noble, DirecTV and Wink Communications launch a new channel. By Michael Stroud.
  • Library: We Don't Want No Filters San Francisco's board of supervisors bans filters at city libraries, lobbing another salvo at those who want public libraries and schools to keep porn away from children. By Julia Scheeres.
  • Print-on-Demand Books Cost More Cover prices for books that don't exist until buyers order them rise as much as 30 percent. Also: Writers just want to get paid, a 10-hour read and more in M.J. Rose's notebook.





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