Beginning as early as the end of the week, 6,000 Borders employees will be out work, and publishers will likely lose millions of dollars in bad debt. Hardest hit will be “midlist” authors — those whose books aren’t bestsellers…
Pitch sessions are a staple at most writers conferences, offering authors the opportunity to sit down face-to-face with a literary agents to talk about their projects. But while they make lots of money for conference organizers…
She lost her fortune, her marriage and her home — and now Sarah Ban Breathnach, author of the 1995 self-help top seller Simple Abundance, may have written one of the best personal finance books ever.
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Worried about the meaning of existence? You might want to check out Raj Patel’s best-selling book The Value of Nothing. Its message about how we value — and misvalue — the world and ourselves charts a middle path toward a society in which our economic choices aren’t dominated by Big Brother or big corporations.
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Buddhist Economics? Raj Patel Suggests a New Way to Define Value originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:30:00.
Expect lots of hand gestures, pinching, and other actions now familiar to users of Apple’s iOS devices when Push Pop Press — founded by former Apple designer Mike Matas — launches its new digital book company.
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