<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Book-publishing News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=2&amp;catid=14</link><description>News Feed for - Book-publishing</description><item><title>Borders chain enters administration</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96548038&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T20:16:00</pubDate><description>Book chain Borders has gone into administration, insolvency and restructuring firm MCR has confirmed.</description><source>The Scotsman</source></item><item><title>UPDATE 2-UK bookseller Borders files for administration</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96584332&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T18:52:00</pubDate><description>LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Bookseller Borders UK called in the administrators on Thursday, joining a string of British high-street retailers that have fallen victim to the economic slump and tough competition. </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Author Naomi Klein turns attention to climate change</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96585369&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T19:25:00</pubDate><description>Naomi Klein says her next book will examine the environmental movement that has galvanized young people the same way the anti-corporate movement did 10 years ago. The journalist and activist documented </description><source>Toronto Star Online</source></item><item><title>Bookseller Borders UK goes into administration</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96594317&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T20:45:00</pubDate><description>Bookstore Borders UK has collapsed into administration putting 1,150 jobs at risk. The chain's collapse follows rampant competition from internet retailers, which caused sales to fall and led to supply </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>Amazon Kindle</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96413410&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T04:02:00</pubDate><description>Editor's note: the RRP listed is in US dollars and is subject to fluctuations in the current exchange rate between the US and Australian dollar. The price is also listed minus postage.    Once upon a </description><source>CNET.com.au</source></item><item><title>Kindle, Nook and Other E-Readers to Take Off in 2010</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96507401&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T10:57:00</pubDate><description>Will 2010 be the year of the It sure looks that way. continues to improve its popular lineup, and claims it can't keep up with customer demand for its new e-reader. Meanwhile, a host of competitors, including </description><source>CIO IT-Strategie für Manager</source></item><item><title>New Book on Rwanda's Progress since Genocide Published: Book written by Dean of </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96556491&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T08:58:00</pubDate><description>Genocide ravaged Rwanda in 1994 and resulted in the death of close to a million Rwandans. Fifteen years later, Rwanda has risen from the ashes and is becoming a model nation politically, socially and </description><source>University of the Pacific</source></item><item><title>Sarah Palin memoir tops US book sales (AFP)</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96367166&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T04:52:00</pubDate><description>ET NEW YORK (AFP) Republican former governor Sarah Palin's memoir 'Going Rogue' shot to the top of the US bestseller list in its first week after publication, industry figures showed Wednesday. With almost </description><source>AFP via Yahoo!</source></item><item><title>Book chain Borders in administration</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96595159&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T20:55:00</pubDate><description>RETAIL chain Borders has been placed into administration, putting a question mark over the future of its 1,150 employees.The chain of 45 book shops blamed competition from the Internet and supermarket...</description><source>The Business Desk.com</source></item><item><title>Liquid Mirror Publishes a New Book Called How to Get a Job in 30 Days by Michael </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96594771&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T20:51:00</pubDate><description>Get a $25 an hour job in 30 Days. Learn essential interview and jobs skills. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PR Log (Press Release) â?? Nov 26, 2009 â?? Author Michael Skinner has penned an 84 page how-to book </description><source>PRLog</source></item><item><title>Bookstore Borders goes into administration</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96591496&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T20:14:00</pubDate><description>The bookstore Borders has gone into administration citing increased levels of internet competition for its downturn in takings. There had been rumours the book retailer was set to make the announcement </description><source>In The News.co.uk</source></item><item><title>French publishers slam new Google book proposals</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96588821&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T19:47:00</pubDate><description>French book publishers gave a hostile reception Thursday to new proposals by the Internet giant Google to clear the way for millions of books to be sold online. The proposals 'do not mark any progress </description><source>Turkish Press</source></item><item><title>Court Dismisses Claims That Warner Music CEO Owed Former Simon &amp; Schuster Exec for </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96581188&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T16:47:00</pubDate><description>Warner Music Group mogul Edgar M. Bronfman Jr. is not obligated to pay former Simon &amp; Schuster CEO Richard E. Snyder more than $100 million for work Snyder insists he did to facilitate Warner Music's </description><source>Yahoo! Canada</source></item><item><title>Barnes &amp; Noble reports Q2 web sales rose by 9%</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96577236&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T16:09:00</pubDate><description>sales rose by 9% InternetRetailer.com - Daily News                             E-Commerce  GuideNEW  Search  Guide                   EC  GuideNEW Search  Guide          Wednesday, November 25,        </description><source>InternetRetailer.com</source></item><item><title>Verizon Teams With First Book and Random House Children's Books to Share the Gift </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96486993&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T16:26:00</pubDate><description>Verizon Teams With First Book and Random House Children's Books to Share the Gift of Reading Through Annual Season's Readings Campaign WEBWIRE Thursday, November 26, 2009 Public Invited to Take Part in </description><source>WebWire</source></item><item><title>Barnes &amp; Noble Widens Losses</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96418860&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T00:04:00</pubDate><description>Powered By: FinancialContent Services, Inc. Nasdaq quotes delayed at least 15 minutes. All other data is delayed at least 20 minutes. By accessing this page, you agree to the following terms and conditions. </description><source>About</source></item><item><title>I work seven days a week in my bookshop and have only taken two days off since June </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96564079&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T14:02:00</pubDate><description>In these days of recession, are we becoming a nation of workaholics? asks Anna Carey 'I can't remember the last time I had a weekend off," says Cathy Hegarty. Hegarty works from home as a writer for industry </description><source>Irish Independent</source></item><item><title>Amazon Rolls Out Improvements To Kindle 2</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96379288&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T13:55:00</pubDate><description>Back in August, Nicholson Baker wrote a devastating review of the Kindle 2 in the New Yorker. Noting that everyone from Newsweek to the tech blogs to just-plain-folks was calling the new Kindle "important," </description><source>CIO Today</source></item><item><title>UK Fundraising opens Eclector bookshop</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96550120&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T07:46:00</pubDate><description>Bath-based company Eclector has launched a new tool that lets charities create an online bookshop and receive 50% of the profits of sales generated via the shop. The shops feature more than a million </description><source>UK Fundraising</source></item><item><title>Author Pays Tribute to Darwin in Encyclopedic Book, Musical Stage Show</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96536562&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T04:50:00</pubDate><description>Charles Darwin's groundbreaking book On the Origin of Species was first published 150 years ago, November 24, 1859. Educator and author Richard Milner has spent his career promoting Darwin's discoveries </description><source>VOA News</source></item><item><title>Sam Weller's bookstore still searching for new downtown spot: This could be the </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96534206&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T04:25:00</pubDate><description>(McClatchy-Tribune Informa) If everything goes as planned, this will be the last holiday shopping season that Sam Weller's Zions Bookstore spends at the downtown Salt Lake City location that has been </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Bakesale &amp; 50/50 Draw for United Way at the Bookstore</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96532268&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T04:03:00</pubDate><description>Bakesale &amp;amp; 50/50 Draw for United Way at the Bookstore</description><source>St. Thomas University</source></item><item><title>Kindle gains longer battery life, PDF support</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96414220&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T04:39:00</pubDate><description>Be the FIRST to comment on this article! More News Articles More By Eric Brown To Friend Print Version Of Article PDF Version Of Article FUEL Database on MontaVista Linux Whether building a mobile handset, </description><source>Linux Devices</source></item><item><title>Amazon Updates Kindle 2</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96522950&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T03:32:00</pubDate><description>Amazon is providing consumers with extended battery life up to eighty-five percent, and the ability to view PDFs natively instead of converting it to a Kindle format. While the new update does not include </description><source>Overclockers Club</source></item><item><title>Kindle update brings native PDF support</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96430329&amp;Channel_ID=2&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T03:39:00</pubDate><description>at 12:04 Amazon has brought native PDF support and a significant increase in battery life to the Kindle, courtesy of a major firmware update. In the past, anybody hoping to read PDFs on the eBook reader </description><source>PC Pro</source></item></channel></rss>