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Pulling Back Apple’s Magic Curtain: Fortune’s Lashinsky Talks About New Book (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on January 24 at 10:01 am PT

And you’ll be interested to see what he found.

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Steve Jobs Biography Arrives in October, a Month Early

Peter Kafka in Media on October 6, 2011 at 7:25 am PT

Steve Jobs’s death has prompted Simon & Schuster to move up the publication date for his much-anticipated biography by Walter Issacson. The CBS-owned publishing unit has moved up the release date for “Steve Jobs” from Nov. 21 to Oct. 24. Not surprisingly, preorders for the book are skyrocketing, and the title now tops bestseller lists at both Amazon and Apple’s iTunes.

Fortune’s Lashinsky Penning an “Inside Apple” Book

Kara Swisher in Media on September 3, 2011 at 1:16 pm PT

Adam Lashinsky, Fortune magazine’s high-profile Silicon Valley reporter, will be penning a book titled “Inside Apple: How America’s Most Admired — and Secretive — Company Really Works.”

Thanks, Netflix! You Too, Amazon! Why CBS Loves the Digital Rerun Business.

Peter Kafka in Media on August 2, 2011 at 2:20 pm PT

Digital distributors want more content, and Les Moonves and company are happy to oblige — as long as it’s not stuff they’re still putting on TV.

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Book Publishers, AOL To Launch New Book Recommendation Site

Peter Kafka in Media on May 6, 2011 at 6:14 am PT

Three big publishers and AOL are set to launch Bookish, a “new digital platform for readers.” Hachette Book Group, Penguin Group, and CBS’ Simon & Schuster are backing the new site, which is supposed to launch this summer; AOL will promote the property and handle ad sales. A press release describes Bookish as “a place for readers to find great content about books and authors from a variety of publishers.”

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E-Book Boom Boosts Simon & Schuster

Peter Kafka in Media on May 3, 2011 at 1:21 pm PT

All of those Amazon Kindle sales — and, presumably, sales of competitive e-book readers from Barnes & Noble and Apple — have made an impact at publisher Simon & Schuster. The CBS unit says Q1 digital sales doubled over the previous year, and now represent 18 percent of the company’s revenue. Overall sales were up only 2 percent, to $155 million, but the higher margin on those digital sales means profits “more than doubled” to $7 million.

Update: Steve Jobs Bio Moving Forward, But No Launch Date As Yet

Kara Swisher in News on March 15, 2011 at 11:42 am PT

A little over a year ago, news of a Steve Jobs’ biography, penned by well-known author Walter Isaacson, made the rounds. Since then, according to numerous sources in Silicon Valley, Isaacson has been busy interviewing well over 100 people in the Apple CEO’s past and present, both inside and outside the company.

Why E-Books Aren't Scary

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 29, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Stephen King has filled HIS share of printed pages: Since “Carrie” was accepted for publication in the spring of 1973, he has written more than 40 books and countless short stories. His latest work, coming Nov. 9, is a collection of four stories titled “Full Dark, No Stars.” In an author’s afterword, Mr. King notes that he wrote one of them, “A Good Marriage,” after reading a piece about Dennis Rader, the “BTK Killer” (for “bind, torture and kill”) who murdered 10 people in Kansas between 1974 and 1991.

Kids' Digital Books Take the App Route

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 15, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Picture this: A child cozies up for a bedtime story, but with an electronic book that allows her to, say, tickle a character, record her own voice reading or complete a maze.

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