<?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=69&amp;catid=14</link><description>News Feed for - Book-publishing</description><item><title>Some Nook e-readers won't make it for the holidays either</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96091757&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T01:19:00</pubDate><description>Just two days after Sony said that its wireless e-reader, the Daily Edition, might not make it to buyers before the end of the year, Barnes &amp; Noble said its Nook e-reader is sold out. The Nook hasnt started </description><source>Good Gear Guide</source></item><item><title>Bookshops chain Borders battles to stave off collapse</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96242773&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T21:44:00</pubDate><description>â?¢ The chain hopes to sell about 36 of its 45 bookshops  â?¢ Lack of credit insurance led to difficulties in buying stock    The sale of Borders UK, the troubled book retailer, appeared to be foundering </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Former bathroom book may sell for $99,000</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96243326&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T19:35:00</pubDate><description>Christie's auction house in London said a first edition copy of Charles Darwin's 'The Origin of Species' that once resided in a bathroom could sell for $99,000. The Oxford Mail said Sunday the book written </description><source>UPI</source></item><item><title>Institute for Blind to Print book on PM in Braille</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96238560&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T17:56:00</pubDate><description>date: 21 11, 2009 Manama, Nov 21 In appreciation for the efforts of His Royal Highness the Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa in building the Kingdom of , the Saudi i Institute for the </description><source>Bahrain News Agency</source></item><item><title>French town could not let bookstore die</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96215295&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T06:57:00</pubDate><description>POLIGNY, France - Just off the town square, a few hundred feet down La Grande Rue, a bookstore has been dispensing culture and entertainment to the people of Poligny for 150 years. Over the generations, </description><source>Boston Globe</source></item><item><title>Book of great price re-enters market</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96199877&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T02:06:00</pubDate><description>ARTSMART EVEN well-heeled collectors occasionally find themselves a bit short of ready cash when something special comes up. Rodney Davidson, the amiable Melbourne former solicitor who has built up a </description><source>The Age</source></item><item><title>Buying books, selling dreams</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96195402&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:44:00</pubDate><description>Book Nook by ABBY WONG A former professional book buyer reminisces. I FELT small, I really did. As the plane slowly descended towards Sydney International Airport, I was confronted by swathes of sky, </description><source>TheStar.com.my</source></item><item><title>Winnipeg students with fetal alcohol spectrum publish book</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96191996&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:07:00</pubDate><description>WINNIPEG Ã¢ Not everyone can say they're a published author. But some kids with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder at Winnipeg's can. One of them is Dani Kaye. Until she was in Grade 2, Dani was an elective </description><source>Canada.com</source></item><item><title>Paws On A Page: Customized hardcover books that celebrate, honor and remember your </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96255753&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T23:11:00</pubDate><description>Paws on a Page merges words, pictures and graphics to create a unique hardcover book that honors, celebrates and remembers the life of your pet. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) â?? Nov 22, </description><source>PRLog</source></item><item><title>Charleston authors sign copies of books</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96171931&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T23:54:00</pubDate><description>Aiken played host to a pair of renowned Charleston authors Saturday with a pair of book signings for married authors Jack Bass and Nathalie Dupree. Bass was promoting his latest book, "The Palmetto State: </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>VIDEO: Sarah Palin arrives at Asheville airport</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96188307&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T01:12:00</pubDate><description>vine    In your Read reactions to this story Newest first Oldest first Add your comment (max characters) You must be logged in to leave a comment.    wrote: Report item as: (required)  Obscenity/vulgarity </description><source>Asheville Citizen-Times</source></item><item><title>Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Statement Regarding Curious George Book for Pre-Schoolers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96083162&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T21:35:00</pubDate><description>BOSTON, BUSINESS WIRE -- Gary Gentel, president, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade and Reference Publishers, released the following statement in support of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's new Curious George </description><source>Digital Media Designer</source></item><item><title>Sarah Palin's book selling like hot cakes</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96019656&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T19:09:00</pubDate><description>Washington, Nov 21 : Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' is selling like hot cakes with a bookseller even claiming to have sold over 2000 of his stock of 3000 copies after the former Alaska governor left </description><source>NewKerala.com</source></item><item><title>Barnes and Noble: Nook E-Book Readers Are Sold Out.</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96235949&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T17:56:00</pubDate><description>Barnes and Noble, the worlds largest seller of books, said that it had sold out its Nook e-book reader even before the actual release. The announcement correlates with similar claims made by other makers </description><source>X-bit Labs</source></item><item><title>Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn., Anne Braly column: Braly: Dining coupon book </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96229936&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T15:03:00</pubDate><description>Adventures in Dining is back this year with a dynamic lineup of two-for-one offers at 64 area restaurants and more than a dozen attractions. This is the 14th year for the dining and entertainment book, </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Hundreds waiting for Palin's book signing in Roanoke; video of overnight campers: </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96173528&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T15:38:00</pubDate><description>7:10 a.m.: More than 300 people camped overnight Saturday outside Barnes &amp; Noble Booksellers at Valley View Mall to await former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's signing of her new </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Harlequin Comics Now Available on Amazon's Kindle</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96097529&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T06:43:00</pubDate><description>TORONTO, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Harlequin Enterprises Limited ( www.eHarlequin.com ), a global leader in series romance and one of the world's leading publishers of women's fiction, and SOFTBANK Creative </description><source>Oceania</source></item><item><title>FEATURE: Bookstore owner lauds effects of books on kids</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96208185&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T05:09:00</pubDate><description>Masako Yokoyama believes that books are an important way for kids and parents to bond, even though portable game consoles and digital gadgets have become hugely popular among children. Thirty years after </description><source>Kyodo</source></item><item><title>City National Bank Teams With Barnes &amp; Noble for the Holidays</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96109189&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T23:38:00</pubDate><description>LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- City National Bank is partnering with Barnes &amp; Noble this holiday season for a multi-state book drive that will celebrate the joy of reading and benefit </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Floods in north west England and Scotland cause travel chaos</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95905428&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T12:19:00</pubDate><description>Floods in north west England and Scotland have caused travel chaos on trains and roads. Rail services throughout Scotland and north west England were badly affected, with trains not running and buses </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>British journal Granta stirs sales in Chicago</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96053033&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T03:59:00</pubDate><description>Buyers snap up Chicago issue of literary magazine X Text Size In a holiday season abuzz about the Kindle gadget and e-books, the prominent British literary quarterly Granta has caused a stir of its own. </description><source>Chicago Tribune</source></item><item><title>Beck's plan: Rally followers, sell books</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96188477&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T17:41:00</pubDate><description>Tags: Barack Obama , White House , Glenn Beck , Fox News , Text Size - + reset In a letter posted on his personal website, Beck announced plans to conduct a series of conventions to teach his followers </description><source>Michigan Live</source></item><item><title>Planet of the Apps: ebook readers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96194111&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:29:00</pubDate><description>One in five new apps in the Apple app store last month was an electronic book. There are now 10,000 ebooks for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, most of them free and many available for download as entire </description><source>Times Online</source></item><item><title>M2 Media Group Offers Magazine Gift Subscriptions at Barnes &amp; Noble Stores Nationwide</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95926617&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-18T20:42:00</pubDate><description>With over 1,000 titles, the Magazine Gift Subscription makes the perfect holiday gift choice! STAMFORD, Conn., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- M2 Media Group today announced that it is now offering Magazine Gift </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>BookPal, the "Amazon.com" of Bulk Books Expands</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95905136&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=14</link><pubDate>2009-11-18T16:12:00</pubDate><description>IRVINE, CA, Nov 18 (MARKET WIRE) -- BookPal, LLC one of Orange County's fastest growing small businesses, has experienced a major sales boost of over 400% in the third quarter and is forecasting the increased </description><source>Reuters</source></item></channel></rss>