By BRAD STONE and MOTOKO RICH, New York Times
Last update: December 24, 2008 - 8:23 PM
I use a free reader on my Blackberry
I downloaded the free Mobiplayer software to my Blackberry. With this setup I also have a backlit screen and can adjust the screen … read more brightness, I also have the ability to add bookmarks, highlights, and notes to the books I am reading, the ability to download a sample of the book from MobiPocket before I buy it, and the ability to convert any text I want to Mobiplayer format, using free software on my desktop computer, and transfer it to my Blackberry to read when I have a spare moment. The screen is small but I can select any font size I wish and advance a page at the touch of a button. Likely the Kindle and Sony players have more features, but with my Blackberry and Mobiplayer, I have the books I am reading with me whenever I want them and I don't need to keep track of another electronic device much less keep it charged.
Could book lovers finally be willing to switch from pages to pixels? For a decade, consumers mostly ignored electronic book devices, which were often hard to use and offered few popular items to read. But this year, partly because of the popularity of Amazon.com's wireless Kindle device, the e-book has started to take hold.
The $359 Kindle, which is slim, white and about the size of a trade paperback, was introduced a year ago. Although Amazon will not disclose sales figures, the Kindle has at least lived up to its name by creating broad interest in electronic books. Now it is out of stock and unavailable until February. Analysts credit Oprah Winfrey, who praised the Kindle on her show in October, and blame Amazon for poor holiday planning.
The shortage is providing an opening for Sony, which embarked on an intense publicity campaign for its Reader device during the gift-buying season. The stepped-up competition may represent a coming of age for the entire idea of reading longer texts on a portable digital device.
"The perception is that e-books have been around for 10 years and haven't done anything," said Steve Haber, president of Sony's digital reading division. "But it's happening now. This is really starting to take off."
Sony's efforts have been overshadowed by Amazon's. But this month it began a promotional blitz in airports, train stations and bookstores.
The company's latest model, the Reader 700, is a $400 device with a reading light and a touch screen that allows users to annotate what they are reading. Haber said Sony's sales had tripled this holiday season over last, partly because the device is now available in the Target, Borders and Sam's Club chains. He said Sony had sold more than 300,000 devices since the Reader's 2006 debut.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
More Book Publishers Rush To Sell Best-Sellers On The iPhone
Tricia Duryee
mocoNews.net
Monday, December 22, 2008; 8:00 PM
Earlier this month, Random House and Penguin Group said they were getting ready to release digital editions of their best-selling books on the iPhone and iPod Touch, and now a host of other publishers are following their lead. Committed publishers also include Houghton Mifflin, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette with more to come, reports Wired. In the center of the action is ScrollMotion, a New York-based mobile app developer, which will start launching books on Monday through its iPhone application. The company will release titles such as Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight," Philip Pullman's "The Golden Compass" and a number of others by Christopher Paolini, Brad Meltzer and Scott Westerfeld.
Wired writes that having big book publishers on board, like these, squarely puts iTunes in the digital book business, and makes the iPhone a viable competitor against Amazon's Kindle and the Sony (NYSE: SNE) E-Reader. Especially since ScrollMotion is using Apple's DRM. The one difference perhaps is that the Kindle is truly mobile since it uses Sprint's wireless network, whereas ScrollMotion users will be able to purchase additional books over Wi-Fi when available.
mocoNews.net
Monday, December 22, 2008; 8:00 PM
Earlier this month, Random House and Penguin Group said they were getting ready to release digital editions of their best-selling books on the iPhone and iPod Touch, and now a host of other publishers are following their lead. Committed publishers also include Houghton Mifflin, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette with more to come, reports Wired. In the center of the action is ScrollMotion, a New York-based mobile app developer, which will start launching books on Monday through its iPhone application. The company will release titles such as Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight," Philip Pullman's "The Golden Compass" and a number of others by Christopher Paolini, Brad Meltzer and Scott Westerfeld.
Wired writes that having big book publishers on board, like these, squarely puts iTunes in the digital book business, and makes the iPhone a viable competitor against Amazon's Kindle and the Sony (NYSE: SNE) E-Reader. Especially since ScrollMotion is using Apple's DRM. The one difference perhaps is that the Kindle is truly mobile since it uses Sprint's wireless network, whereas ScrollMotion users will be able to purchase additional books over Wi-Fi when available.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Book Marketing – 4 Ways to Make Your Books More Profitable
It’s so much easier to find a new market than it is to find or write a new book. Repurposing material is an ingenious way to make money from a book. With each repurposing there’s more profit. And that’s the name of the game.
Here are four ways to repurpose your content and accelerate your profits:
Hard Cover Book
Creating a book out of repurposed content or a creating a compilation book is an inspired way to profit from a book. If you have anything that is collection-based, such as letters, articles, lectures, seminars or product reviews, you can create pr writing book. Compilations are created a lot in the music industry – think of your compilation book as your “greatest hits,” no matter the topic.
Soft Cover Book
A soft cover or paperback book is the repurposing of you hard cover book. Know that a soft cover is nothing more than a repurposed message that is more affordable to a certain segment of the market. And I’ll tell you something – many people who purchase hard covers also purchase soft covers.
Digital eBook
An eBook, or electronic book, is the digital equivalent of your printed book. eBooks are downloaded directly from the Internet as a PDF file and distribute press release be read on any computer or specialized eBook reading device. Many people prefer eBooks because they can pay, download the book and be reading it in moments. eBooks satisfy people’s want for things “now.” And for you – there is no cost to print, ship or store a printed book.
Audio
Audio is another powerful way to repurpose a physical or eBook. An audio CD is reading your book. Think of people driving in their cars on long trips. They obviously can’t read a book, but they can listen to an audio book. product press release during a commute can listen to audio content and make the most of their time in the car. Other digital formats you might look at as well include an AudioGenerato or an MP3 download format. No matter what the format – read your book.
(As a side note to these four ways of repurposing, I think everyone should have at least three virtual book tours to promote their books – one before the hard cover is launched, one pr newswire press release it is launched and one for the launch of the soft cover. You can even have events to launch you eBook and audio book. This is a great Internet marketing strategy all authors should be taking advantage of.)
Remember that your hard cover book, soft cover book, eBook and audio book are just a vehicle. You are the message and that’s what is most inspiring – no matter which way the content is repurposed.
Here are four ways to repurpose your content and accelerate your profits:
Hard Cover Book
Creating a book out of repurposed content or a creating a compilation book is an inspired way to profit from a book. If you have anything that is collection-based, such as letters, articles, lectures, seminars or product reviews, you can create pr writing book. Compilations are created a lot in the music industry – think of your compilation book as your “greatest hits,” no matter the topic.
Soft Cover Book
A soft cover or paperback book is the repurposing of you hard cover book. Know that a soft cover is nothing more than a repurposed message that is more affordable to a certain segment of the market. And I’ll tell you something – many people who purchase hard covers also purchase soft covers.
Digital eBook
An eBook, or electronic book, is the digital equivalent of your printed book. eBooks are downloaded directly from the Internet as a PDF file and distribute press release be read on any computer or specialized eBook reading device. Many people prefer eBooks because they can pay, download the book and be reading it in moments. eBooks satisfy people’s want for things “now.” And for you – there is no cost to print, ship or store a printed book.
Audio
Audio is another powerful way to repurpose a physical or eBook. An audio CD is reading your book. Think of people driving in their cars on long trips. They obviously can’t read a book, but they can listen to an audio book. product press release during a commute can listen to audio content and make the most of their time in the car. Other digital formats you might look at as well include an AudioGenerato or an MP3 download format. No matter what the format – read your book.
(As a side note to these four ways of repurposing, I think everyone should have at least three virtual book tours to promote their books – one before the hard cover is launched, one pr newswire press release it is launched and one for the launch of the soft cover. You can even have events to launch you eBook and audio book. This is a great Internet marketing strategy all authors should be taking advantage of.)
Remember that your hard cover book, soft cover book, eBook and audio book are just a vehicle. You are the message and that’s what is most inspiring – no matter which way the content is repurposed.
Monday, December 15, 2008
BC-Best-sellers-Books-PW
Thursday, December 11, 2008; 3:10 PM
-- HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "Scarpetta" by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam)
2. "The Christmas Sweater" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)
3. "Cross Country" by James Patterson (Little, Brown)
4. "Arctic Drift" by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler (Putnam)
5. "Just After Sunset: Stories" by Stephen King (Scribner)
6. "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski (Ecco)
7. "The Hour I First Believed" by Wally Lamb (Harper)
8. "Your Heart Belongs to Me" by Dean Koontz (Bantam)
9. "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)
10. "Charlemagne Pursuit" by Steve Berry (Ballantine Books)
11. "Divine Justice" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
12. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
13. "The Gate House" by Nelson DeMille (Grand Central Publishing)
14. "The Private Patient" by P. D. James (Knopf)
15. "A Mercy" by Toni Morrison (Knopf)
NONFICTION/GENERAL
1. "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion)
2. "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
3. "Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World" by Vicki Myron, Brett Witter (Grand Central)
4. "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House" by Jon Meacham (Random House)
5. "Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets" by Jon and Kate Gosselin, Beth Carson (Zondervan)
6. "Too Fat To Fish" by Artie Lange and Anthony Bozza (Spiegel & Grau)
7. "The Purpose Of Christmas" by Rick Warren (Howard Books)
8. "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity" by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway)
9. "Guinness: World Records 2009" by Guinness World Records (Guinness)
10. "Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients" by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter)
11. "YOU: Being Beautiful: The Owner's Manual to Inner and Outer Beauty" by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet Oz (Free Press)
12. "Hot, Flat and Crowded" by Thomas Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
13. "Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America" by Mike Huckabee (Sentinel HC)
14. "The Snowball" by Alice Schroeder (Bantam)
15. "Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid" by Denis Leary (Viking Adult)
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Pagan Stone" by Nora Roberts (Jove)
2. "The Appeal" by John Grisham (Dell)
3. "T is for Trespass" by Sue Grafton (Berkley)
4. "Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog" by John Grogan (Harper)
5. "Dead Until Dark" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
6. "The Venetian Betrayal" by Steve Berry (Ballantine)
7. "The 6th Target" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Vision)
8. "The Manning Grooms" by Debbie Macomber (Mira)
9. "Dead After Dark" by Sherrilyn Kenyon, J.R. Ward, Susan Squires and Dianna Love (St. Martin's)
10. "Double Cross" by James Patterson (Vision)
11. "A Prisoner of Birth" by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin's)
12. "The Darkest Evening of the Year" by Dean Koontz (Bantam)
13. "When the Duke Returns" by Eloisa James (Avon)
14. "Zen and the Art of Vampires" by Katie MacAlister (Signet)
15. "Duma Key" by Stephen King (Pocket)
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Shack" by William P. Young (Windblown Media)
2. "Dreams from My Father" by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press)
3. "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press)
4. "Three Cups Of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin)
5. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)
6. "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Simon & Schuster)
7. "The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2009" by World Almanac Books, edited by C. Alan Joyce (World Almanac)
8. "Halo: The Cole Protocol" by Tobias S. Buckell (Tor)
9. "The Love Dare" by Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick (B&H)
10. "Rachael Ray's Big Orange Book" by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter)
11. "World Without End" by Ken Follett (NAL)
12. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)
13. "Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog" by John Grogan (Harper)
14. "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin)
15. "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: An All-American Road Trip...with Recipes!" by Guy Fieri with Ann Volkwein (Morrow)
-- HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "Scarpetta" by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam)
2. "The Christmas Sweater" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)
3. "Cross Country" by James Patterson (Little, Brown)
4. "Arctic Drift" by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler (Putnam)
5. "Just After Sunset: Stories" by Stephen King (Scribner)
6. "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski (Ecco)
7. "The Hour I First Believed" by Wally Lamb (Harper)
8. "Your Heart Belongs to Me" by Dean Koontz (Bantam)
9. "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)
10. "Charlemagne Pursuit" by Steve Berry (Ballantine Books)
11. "Divine Justice" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
12. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
13. "The Gate House" by Nelson DeMille (Grand Central Publishing)
14. "The Private Patient" by P. D. James (Knopf)
15. "A Mercy" by Toni Morrison (Knopf)
NONFICTION/GENERAL
1. "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion)
2. "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
3. "Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World" by Vicki Myron, Brett Witter (Grand Central)
4. "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House" by Jon Meacham (Random House)
5. "Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets" by Jon and Kate Gosselin, Beth Carson (Zondervan)
6. "Too Fat To Fish" by Artie Lange and Anthony Bozza (Spiegel & Grau)
7. "The Purpose Of Christmas" by Rick Warren (Howard Books)
8. "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity" by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway)
9. "Guinness: World Records 2009" by Guinness World Records (Guinness)
10. "Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients" by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter)
11. "YOU: Being Beautiful: The Owner's Manual to Inner and Outer Beauty" by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet Oz (Free Press)
12. "Hot, Flat and Crowded" by Thomas Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
13. "Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America" by Mike Huckabee (Sentinel HC)
14. "The Snowball" by Alice Schroeder (Bantam)
15. "Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid" by Denis Leary (Viking Adult)
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Pagan Stone" by Nora Roberts (Jove)
2. "The Appeal" by John Grisham (Dell)
3. "T is for Trespass" by Sue Grafton (Berkley)
4. "Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog" by John Grogan (Harper)
5. "Dead Until Dark" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
6. "The Venetian Betrayal" by Steve Berry (Ballantine)
7. "The 6th Target" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Vision)
8. "The Manning Grooms" by Debbie Macomber (Mira)
9. "Dead After Dark" by Sherrilyn Kenyon, J.R. Ward, Susan Squires and Dianna Love (St. Martin's)
10. "Double Cross" by James Patterson (Vision)
11. "A Prisoner of Birth" by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin's)
12. "The Darkest Evening of the Year" by Dean Koontz (Bantam)
13. "When the Duke Returns" by Eloisa James (Avon)
14. "Zen and the Art of Vampires" by Katie MacAlister (Signet)
15. "Duma Key" by Stephen King (Pocket)
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Shack" by William P. Young (Windblown Media)
2. "Dreams from My Father" by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press)
3. "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press)
4. "Three Cups Of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin)
5. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)
6. "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Simon & Schuster)
7. "The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2009" by World Almanac Books, edited by C. Alan Joyce (World Almanac)
8. "Halo: The Cole Protocol" by Tobias S. Buckell (Tor)
9. "The Love Dare" by Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick (B&H)
10. "Rachael Ray's Big Orange Book" by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter)
11. "World Without End" by Ken Follett (NAL)
12. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)
13. "Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog" by John Grogan (Harper)
14. "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin)
15. "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: An All-American Road Trip...with Recipes!" by Guy Fieri with Ann Volkwein (Morrow)
The New York Times Best Sellers List
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: December 14, 2008
Updated: 12/13/2008 08:10 pm
Fiction
1. Cross Country, by James Patterson. Little, Brown, $27.99.
2. The Christmas Sweater, by Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Jason Wright. Threshold Editions, $19.99.
*3. Arctic Drift, by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler. Putnam, $27.95. In his 20th adventure, Dirk Pitt searches for a crucial element that will help reverse global warming.
4. Just After Sunset, by Stephen King. Scribner, $28.
5. The Hour I First Believed, by Wally Lamb. Harper, $29.95.
*6. Your Heart Belongs to Me, by Dean Koontz. Bantam, $27. A man is stalked by a woman who resembles the donor of the heart he received in a transplant operation.
7. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski. Ecco, $25.95.
8. Divine Justice, by David Baldacci. Grand Central, $27.
*9. The Lucky One, by Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central, $24.99. A Marine returning home sets out to track down the woman whose photo he found in Iraq.
*10. The Host, by Stephenie Meyer. Little, Brown, $25.99. Aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won't surrender.
Nonfiction
1. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown, $27.99.
2. American Lion, by Jon Meacham. Random House, $30.
3. Dewey, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. Grand Central, $19.99.
4. Do the Right Thing, by Mike Huckabee. Sentinel, $25.95.
5. Too Fat to Fish, by Artie Lange with Anthony Bozza. Spiegel & Grau, $24.95.
6. Hot, Flat and Crowded, by Thomas L. Friedman. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.95.
7. Why We Suck, by Denis Leary. Viking, $26.95.
8. A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, by Bill O'Reilly. Broadway, $26.
9. The Snowball, by Alice Schroeder. Bantam, $35.
*10. The Ascent of Money, by Niall Ferguson. Penguin Press, $29.95. A financial history of the world, stressing the link between politics and economics.
* -- Indicates first appearance on the list.
Published: December 14, 2008
Updated: 12/13/2008 08:10 pm
Fiction
1. Cross Country, by James Patterson. Little, Brown, $27.99.
2. The Christmas Sweater, by Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Jason Wright. Threshold Editions, $19.99.
*3. Arctic Drift, by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler. Putnam, $27.95. In his 20th adventure, Dirk Pitt searches for a crucial element that will help reverse global warming.
4. Just After Sunset, by Stephen King. Scribner, $28.
5. The Hour I First Believed, by Wally Lamb. Harper, $29.95.
*6. Your Heart Belongs to Me, by Dean Koontz. Bantam, $27. A man is stalked by a woman who resembles the donor of the heart he received in a transplant operation.
7. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski. Ecco, $25.95.
8. Divine Justice, by David Baldacci. Grand Central, $27.
*9. The Lucky One, by Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central, $24.99. A Marine returning home sets out to track down the woman whose photo he found in Iraq.
*10. The Host, by Stephenie Meyer. Little, Brown, $25.99. Aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won't surrender.
Nonfiction
1. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown, $27.99.
2. American Lion, by Jon Meacham. Random House, $30.
3. Dewey, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. Grand Central, $19.99.
4. Do the Right Thing, by Mike Huckabee. Sentinel, $25.95.
5. Too Fat to Fish, by Artie Lange with Anthony Bozza. Spiegel & Grau, $24.95.
6. Hot, Flat and Crowded, by Thomas L. Friedman. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.95.
7. Why We Suck, by Denis Leary. Viking, $26.95.
8. A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, by Bill O'Reilly. Broadway, $26.
9. The Snowball, by Alice Schroeder. Bantam, $35.
*10. The Ascent of Money, by Niall Ferguson. Penguin Press, $29.95. A financial history of the world, stressing the link between politics and economics.
* -- Indicates first appearance on the list.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Latest Best Sellers
1. THE GATE HOUSE by Nelson DeMille. A tax attorney and his ex-wife explore reconciliation.
2. EXTREME MEASURES by Vince Flynn. Mitch Rapp teams up with a CIA colleague to fight a terrorist cell and the politicians who would rein them in.
3. THE BRASS VERDICT by Michael Connelly. Two men team up to find a killer.
4. THE LUCKY ONE by Nicholas Sparks. A Marine returning home sets out to find the woman whose photo he found in Iraq.
5. A GOOD WOMAN by Danielle Steel. A society girl who made a new life as a doctor in World War I France returns to New York.
6. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE by David Wroblewski. A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the woods after his father's death.
7. BONES by Jonathan Kellerman. A psychologist-detective is called in when women's bodies keep turning up in a marsh.
8. ROUGH WEATHER by Robert B. Parker. A private eye gets involved when a gunman kidnaps the bride from her wedding on a private island.
9. TESTIMONY by Anita Shreve. A sex scandal at a prep school is caught on tape.
10. A LION AMONG MEN by Gregory Maguire. A looming civil war in Oz, seen through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion.
HARDBACK NON-FICTION
1. DEWEY by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. The kitten left freezing in the returned-book slot of a library, and his rise to fame.
2. AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE by James Patterson and Hal Friedman. A family's struggle to get treatment for their son's Tourette's syndrome.
3. THE SNOWBALL by Alice Schroeder. The life of Warren Buffett.
4. A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY by Bill O'Reilly. The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.
5. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED by Thomas L. Friedman. How a green revolution can renew America.
6. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT by Jill Bolte Taylor. A brain scientist shares what she learned from her stroke.
7. LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER by Maya Angelou. Reminiscences, appreciations and poems.
8. MULTIPLE BLESSINGS by Jon Gosselin, Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson. A couple with twins have sextuplets.
9. THE LONGEST TRIP HOME by John Grogan. A memoir of growing up Catholic.
10. JOHN LENNON by Philip Norman. Life in the Beatles and beyond.
HARDBACK ADVICE
1. BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS by Ina Garten. Cooking techniques and nearly 100 new recipes for elegant meals.
2. FLAT BELLY DIET! by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass. Nutrition advice and workout tips from the editors of Prevention magazine.
3. THE LAST LECTURE by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. A dying professor's thoughts on "seizing every moment."
4. MARTHA STEWART'S COOKING SCHOOL by Martha Stewart with Sarah Carey. How to roast, broil, braise, stew, saute, poach and more.
5. THE SECRET by Rhonda Byrne. The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want.
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
2. MARLEY & ME by John Grogan. Lessons learned from a neurotic dog.
3. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER by Barack Obama. The president-elect on life as the son of a black African father and a white American mother.
4. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE by Barack Obama. The president-elect asks Americans to move beyond political divisions.
5. EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert. A writer's yearlong journey in search of self.
PAPERBACK ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS
1. TWILIGHT by Mark Cotta Vaz. A behind-the-scenes look at the film based on the vampire romance for young adults by Stephenie Meyer.
2. THE LOVE DARE by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough. A 40-day challenge for spouses to practice unconditional love.
3. SOUL COMMUNICATION by Zhi Gang Sha. Techniques for getting in touch with your soul, your angels, your spiritual guides.
4. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel. Advice for parents-to-be.
5, A NEW EARTH by Eckhart Tolle. A spiritual teacher prescribes letting go of the ego to help end conflict and suffering.
MASS-MARKET FICTION
1. THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR by Dean Koontz. A woman who rescues golden retrievers and one special dog are shadowed by an evil stranger.
2. SMALL TOWN CHRISTMAS by Debbie Macomber. A reissue of two books: "Return to Promise" and "Mail-order Bride."
3. DOUBLE CROSS by James Patterson. Alex Cross and his new girlfriend, a police detective confront a boastful killer.
4. FOUL PLAY by Janet Evanovich. A veterinarian hires a woman who has lost her TV job to a dancing chicken, then helps her prove her innocence when the chicken disappears; a reissue of a 1989 book.
5. DUMA KEY by Stephen King. A Minnesota contractor moves to Florida to recover from an injury and starts creating paintings with eerie powers.
6. QUICKSAND by Iris Johansen. A forensic sculptor tracks a killer who claims to have murdered her daughter years earlier.
7. THE CHASE by Clive Cussler. In the early 20th century, a detective tracks a killer across the West.
8. DEAD UNTIL DARK by Charlaine Harris. A psychic cocktail waitress in rural Louisiana falls in love with a bad-boy vampire.
9. DEADLY HARVEST by Heather Graham. A cop and an occult expert in Salem, Mass., investigate mysterious abductions and murders.
10. DARK OF THE MOON by John Sandford. Virgil Flowers investigates three murders in a small town.
The New York Times
2. EXTREME MEASURES by Vince Flynn. Mitch Rapp teams up with a CIA colleague to fight a terrorist cell and the politicians who would rein them in.
3. THE BRASS VERDICT by Michael Connelly. Two men team up to find a killer.
4. THE LUCKY ONE by Nicholas Sparks. A Marine returning home sets out to find the woman whose photo he found in Iraq.
5. A GOOD WOMAN by Danielle Steel. A society girl who made a new life as a doctor in World War I France returns to New York.
6. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE by David Wroblewski. A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the woods after his father's death.
7. BONES by Jonathan Kellerman. A psychologist-detective is called in when women's bodies keep turning up in a marsh.
8. ROUGH WEATHER by Robert B. Parker. A private eye gets involved when a gunman kidnaps the bride from her wedding on a private island.
9. TESTIMONY by Anita Shreve. A sex scandal at a prep school is caught on tape.
10. A LION AMONG MEN by Gregory Maguire. A looming civil war in Oz, seen through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion.
HARDBACK NON-FICTION
1. DEWEY by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. The kitten left freezing in the returned-book slot of a library, and his rise to fame.
2. AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE by James Patterson and Hal Friedman. A family's struggle to get treatment for their son's Tourette's syndrome.
3. THE SNOWBALL by Alice Schroeder. The life of Warren Buffett.
4. A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY by Bill O'Reilly. The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.
5. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED by Thomas L. Friedman. How a green revolution can renew America.
6. MY STROKE OF INSIGHT by Jill Bolte Taylor. A brain scientist shares what she learned from her stroke.
7. LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER by Maya Angelou. Reminiscences, appreciations and poems.
8. MULTIPLE BLESSINGS by Jon Gosselin, Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson. A couple with twins have sextuplets.
9. THE LONGEST TRIP HOME by John Grogan. A memoir of growing up Catholic.
10. JOHN LENNON by Philip Norman. Life in the Beatles and beyond.
HARDBACK ADVICE
1. BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS by Ina Garten. Cooking techniques and nearly 100 new recipes for elegant meals.
2. FLAT BELLY DIET! by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass. Nutrition advice and workout tips from the editors of Prevention magazine.
3. THE LAST LECTURE by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. A dying professor's thoughts on "seizing every moment."
4. MARTHA STEWART'S COOKING SCHOOL by Martha Stewart with Sarah Carey. How to roast, broil, braise, stew, saute, poach and more.
5. THE SECRET by Rhonda Byrne. The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want.
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
2. MARLEY & ME by John Grogan. Lessons learned from a neurotic dog.
3. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER by Barack Obama. The president-elect on life as the son of a black African father and a white American mother.
4. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE by Barack Obama. The president-elect asks Americans to move beyond political divisions.
5. EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert. A writer's yearlong journey in search of self.
PAPERBACK ADVICE, HOW-TO AND MISCELLANEOUS
1. TWILIGHT by Mark Cotta Vaz. A behind-the-scenes look at the film based on the vampire romance for young adults by Stephenie Meyer.
2. THE LOVE DARE by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough. A 40-day challenge for spouses to practice unconditional love.
3. SOUL COMMUNICATION by Zhi Gang Sha. Techniques for getting in touch with your soul, your angels, your spiritual guides.
4. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel. Advice for parents-to-be.
5, A NEW EARTH by Eckhart Tolle. A spiritual teacher prescribes letting go of the ego to help end conflict and suffering.
MASS-MARKET FICTION
1. THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR by Dean Koontz. A woman who rescues golden retrievers and one special dog are shadowed by an evil stranger.
2. SMALL TOWN CHRISTMAS by Debbie Macomber. A reissue of two books: "Return to Promise" and "Mail-order Bride."
3. DOUBLE CROSS by James Patterson. Alex Cross and his new girlfriend, a police detective confront a boastful killer.
4. FOUL PLAY by Janet Evanovich. A veterinarian hires a woman who has lost her TV job to a dancing chicken, then helps her prove her innocence when the chicken disappears; a reissue of a 1989 book.
5. DUMA KEY by Stephen King. A Minnesota contractor moves to Florida to recover from an injury and starts creating paintings with eerie powers.
6. QUICKSAND by Iris Johansen. A forensic sculptor tracks a killer who claims to have murdered her daughter years earlier.
7. THE CHASE by Clive Cussler. In the early 20th century, a detective tracks a killer across the West.
8. DEAD UNTIL DARK by Charlaine Harris. A psychic cocktail waitress in rural Louisiana falls in love with a bad-boy vampire.
9. DEADLY HARVEST by Heather Graham. A cop and an occult expert in Salem, Mass., investigate mysterious abductions and murders.
10. DARK OF THE MOON by John Sandford. Virgil Flowers investigates three murders in a small town.
The New York Times
Monday, May 26, 2008
eBay Live Auctions Will End
EBay has announced that eBay Live Auctions will cease a year’s end. This is a stroke of bad luck to Live Auctioneers (www.liveauctioneers.com)which started over 5 years ago. The firm has boast at having 60,000 to 100,000 lots on eBay at any given time. The combined value of these lots is over 2 billion dollars. After the end of the year Live Auctions will become a separate entity, using its own platform to create what will be the future of online art, antiques and collectibles marketplace.
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