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The Polynesian Tattoo Today

March 12th, 2010
by Tricia Allen The Polynesian Tattoo Today by Tricia Allen Polynesian tattooing has enjoyed a robust revival in recent decades. This compilation of over 200 det [...]
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"Make 'em laugh ..."

March 5th, 2010
Posted by Michael Little
Our guest blogger today is New York Times bestselling author and Kauai resident Jill Marie Landis.  Welcome, Jill! --------------------------------------- After reading Michael' [...]
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Hawai‘i's First Children's book iphone app

January 27th, 2010
For the first time, BeachHouse Publishing brings you our best-selling board books to be viewed and read on your iphone or ipod touch as an interactive, animated app. In addition to the colorful, whimsical illustrations and text in the printed book, our ibeachhouse books are narrated and animated so [...]
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Calendar Celebrates Honolulu Stadium and Glory Days of Island Sports

December 10th, 2009

The Honolulu Stadium 2010 Calendar features twelve months of memories from Mickey Mantle to Elvis Presley, the Hawaii Islanders to high school football. With rare photos and important dates from Arthur Suehiro’s bestselling book, Honolulu Stadium: Where Hawaii Played, both calendar and book celebrate the golden era of Hawai‘i athletics, a time when Honolulu was young and sport was king.

The Honolulu Stadium 2010 Calendar is currently part of a special promotion at Hawaii Barnes & Noble bookstores: purchase a copy of Honolulu Stadium, the book, and receive a complimentary calendar while supplies last at the three Hawaii Barnes & Noble locations (Ala Moana, Kahala Mall and Lahaina Gateway). The promotional period runs now through October 14, 2009.

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Kau Kau: Cuisine & Culture in the Hawaiian Islands, Available for Pre-order

November 11th, 2009

Kau Kau: Cuisine & Culture in the Hawaiian Islands by Arnold Hiura

Kau Kau: Cuisine and Culture in the Hawaiian Islands by Arnold Hiura, an upcoming release from Watermark Publishing, will be in stores January 2010.

But you can pre-order an advance copy now for holiday delivery via the publisher’s Web site or enter to win a copy in a series of weekly drawings via Facebook and Twitter.

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Watermark Launches Online Giveaway Contest for Upcoming Release

November 2nd, 2009

Watermark Publishing has launched an online giveaway contest to promote upcoming release Kau Kau: Cuisine and Culture in the Hawaiian Islands by Arnold Hiura.

One winner will be selected each week at random to receive a copy of Kau Kau. The contest runs Nov. 2 - Dec. 18, 2009. Kau Kau will debut in bookstores in January, but can be pre-ordered at the publisher’s Web site, www.bookshawaii.net.

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The world's largest book event: Frankfurt Book Fair

October 30th, 2009
Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest book event in the world, took place October 14-18, 2009. This year it attracted almost 300,000 visitors, plus 10,000 journalists, to the booths of more than 7,300 exhibitors from 100 countries. Buddy Bess and Bill Hamilton at the 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair Bess Press h [...]
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Internet Archive's BookServer could 'dominate' Amazon

October 22nd, 2009
Posted by Roger Jellinek

An initiative in the works from the nonprofit Internet Archive to centralize the electronic distribution of commercially viable books could upend the publishing industry and declaw Amazon.com

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Bamboo Ridge Issue 94 Book Launch and Reading

October 21st, 2009
Join us in celebrating the release of the latest regular issue of Bamboo Ridge, Journal of Hawai‘i Literature and Arts (no. 94), the book launch and reading: Monday, November 23, 2009 7:00 p.m. – reception and book signing; 7:30 p.m. – reading* University of Hawai‘i Campus Center Ballroom FR [...]
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In the Company of Strangers Book Launch and Reading

October 21st, 2009
Release of In the Company of Strangers will be celebrated with a launch reception and reading at Punahou School (information provided below), followed three weeks later by a reading and reception at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Book Launch and Reading Tuesday, November 17, 2009 6:30 p.m. re [...]
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