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Simply Audiobooks webstore to carry DRM-free Random House Audio downloads (Boing Boing)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:52:20 GMT

Simply Audiobooks -- an excellent audiobook retailer in Toronto -- has launched an online store selling all of Random House's DRM-free downloadable titles. Random House is one of the many audiobook publishers that wants to give up on DRM, but they've been thrwarted by Audible (the exclusive supplier of audiobook downloads to Amazon and the iTunes Store) because the company...

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Toronto Company Offers DRM-Free Audiobooks (Michael Geist's Blog)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:36:31 GMT

BoingBoing points to a Publishers Weekly article on Simply Audiobooks, a Toronto-based audiobook seller that will offer more than 5,000 Random House audiobooks without DRM.

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San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers July 6 / (San Fransisco Chronicle)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT

This weekFICTION Bay Area Last weekWeeks on list 1THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE, Salman Rushdie (Random House; 368 pages; $26): A beautiful, mysterious woman conquers the hearts of powerful men. 2THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, David Wroblewski (Ecco; 576 pages; $...

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Two new novels tackle broken lives and self-destruction (ScrippsNews)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:25:02 GMT

"AMERICA, AMERICA." BY ETHAN CANIN. RANDOM HOUSE. $27. "THE GARDEN OF LAST DAYS." BY ANDRE DUBUS III. NORTON. $24.95. We seldom know why books are published when they are. A new novel by Andre Dubus III, anointed by Oprah Winfrey and Hollywood for his 1999 "House of Sand and Fog," would seem to be a "big" fall release. read more

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Editor Spotlight: Betsy Mitchell, Del Rey (Dear Author.Com)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:00:32 GMT

We had such a nice response to Anne Sowards’ post about the books she was editing in 2008 that I thought I would seek out some additional editors that we might not ordinarily think about. Betsy Mitchell is Vice President, Editor-in-Chief of Del Rey Books, a division of Random House publishing. Ms. Mitchell [...]

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The Books of Summer (The New York Observer)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:51:22 GMT

Racy Rushdie Want to feel uncomfortable? The Enchantress of Florence (Random House, $26, in stores) inspired the L.A. Times to “wonder how Salman Rushdie’s literary fortunes would have fared without the infamous fatwa.” Ouch! We can’t decide if that’s better or worse than the New York Post ’s more subtly erudite observation that “TV mannequin Padma Lakshmi really did a number on Salman...

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"The Axis of Idiots" by Sergeant Major J.D. Pendry (Theodore's World)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:39:31 GMT

(Too bad we don't have folks on Capitol Hill willing to speak out like this. J.D. Pendry is a retired Marine Sergeant Major who writes for Random House. He is eloquent, and he seldom beats around the bush! )...

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San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers June 29 (San Fransisco Chronicle)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:07:18 GMT

This weekFICTION Bay Area Last weekWeeks on list 1THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE, Salman Rushdie (Random House; 368 pages; $26): A beautiful, mysterious woman conquers the hearts of powerful men.74 2THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO, Junot Díaz (Riverhead;...

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Review: 'Franklin & Lucy' by Joseph E. Persico (New York Newsday)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

FRANKLIN & LUCY: President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherfurd, and the Other Remarkable Women in His Life, by Joseph E. Persico. Random House, 443 pp., $28.

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Books and beyond (The Telegraph India)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:34:44 GMT

When foreign publishing houses like Random House, Routledge, Hatchettes, Simon Schuster are "discovering" the Great Indian Market and setting up shop in India, one Indian publisher is doing exactly the reverse.

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Shirley meets The Professor (BrontëBlog)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:12:00 GMT

A new edition of Shirley and The Professor, published last month by Everyman's Library (Alfred A. Knopft, Random House): Shirley and The Professor Written by Charlotte Bronte Introduction by Rebecca Fraser Hardcover Pub Date: May 2008 ISBN: 978-0-307-26821-1 (0-307-26821-7) These two classic novels, together with Brontë's well-known Jane Eyre and Villette, comprise a magnificent oeuvre,...

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A Vindication of the Rights of Men (The New York Observer)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:35:23 GMT

SAVE THE MALES: WHY MEN MATTER AND WOMEN SHOULD CARE By Kathleen Parker Random House, 215 pages, $26 In Save the Males , syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker defends that least likely of underdogs: the American Man. Parodied in pop culture, disenfranchised by the family courts, emasculated by Lamaze class and forced to endure crazy, empowered women "rhapsodizing about their vaginas and...

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Indigo Books & Music Inc.: Random House of Canada, McClelland & Stewart and Indigo Books & Music Kick Off Canada Day With Great Canadian Reads for Free (Market Wire - Media and Entertainment)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:46:00 GMT

Jun 26, 2008 12:46 ETRandom House of Canada, McClelland & Stewart and Indigo Books & Music Kick Off Canada Day With Great Canadian Reads for FreeFree Downloads of Best-selling Authors Paul Quarrington, Peter Robinson and Miriam Toews available at www.chapters.indigo.ca for a limited timeTORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 26, 2008) - Editors Note: A photo is included with this press...

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Online Collaboration on LiveJournal Results in Book Deal (Slaw)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:25:33 GMT

Havemercy, a book created via online collaboration on LiveJournal between two 21-year-old women in Victoria and New York, is now on sale. This 400-page book, after being written online in only 18 days, caught the attention of a senior editor at Spectra, the science-fiction imprint of Random House’s Bantam Dell Publishing Group. It offered a [...]

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Libraries: Book Slam: Random House, Inc. (Unshelved)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:35:45 GMT

Our second Book Slam is up. Jen Childs and Marcia Purcell from Random House, Inc. tell Gene and me their picks for the coming season in ten minutes (or so). Jen will forever have my respect for leading with a broadside against Gene. Posted by Bill on 6/23/2008 7:17:00 PM

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Shared parenting should be law (MND/BlogWonks: Your Alternate Daily)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:14:34 GMT

What is an extremist? Random House defines it as “a tendency or disposition to go to extremes or an instance of going to extremes, esp. in political matters.” The American Heritage Dictionary defines extremism as “One who advocates or resorts to measures beyond the norm, especially in politics.” Reasonable people might disagree where “extremism” begins [...]

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Publishing Deal - Mark Mills (Euro Crime)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:50:00 GMT

From Publishers Lunch: Author of literary historical suspense novels Amagansett and The Savage Garden Mark Mills' THE INFORMATION OFFICER, to Jennifer Hershey at Random House, in a two-book deal, by Stephanie Cabot as The Gernert Company (NA). The Information Officer will be out in the UK next May.

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Good News For Book Lovers (The Writing Life)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:54:00 GMT

After attending Book Expo America last month in Los Angeles, I continue to sort through the information that I carried home. While people are touting the demise of reading and the printed book, I found this Random House / Zogby Poll encouraging for book lovers. I picked up a news release about it in the press room at BEA. The headline declares, "82% of Readers Prefer Curling Up With a...

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News Roundup: Publishers Push to Meet Russert Book Demand, Seth Godin's Kindle Analysis, BN.com Redesign Nets Big Traffic (Tools of Change for Publishing)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Publishers Pushing to Meet Russert Book Demand Random House and Hyperion Books are rushing to meet demand for Tim Russert's two books, Wisdom of Our Fathers and Big Russ & Me. From Newsday: Carol Schneider, executive director of publicity at...

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eMusic Publishing Partners (Idea Lawyer Blog)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:15:56 GMT

Random House Naxos Hachette Penguin McSweenies BBC Worldwide Simon & Schuster Brainsync L.A.Theater Works Tantor Media Phoenix Books Listen and Live Reagent Press Audio Evolution Hay House Publishers

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