Children will delight in this small collection of traditional Hawaiian riddles. Presented in Hawaiian with English translations, children from Hawai‘i and those from around the world can learn about Hawaiian culture and wisdom through these simple riddles. Kimo Armitage is a life-long student of H [...]
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Price, speed, and convenience will probably determine how information that is carefully argued and presented in book form will be distributed.

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For several months, all eyes in the world of books—authors, publishers, librarians, and a great many readers—were trained on the district court for the Southern District of New York and Judge Denny Chin, because a seemingly small-scale squabble over copyright looked likely to determine the digital future for all of us.

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What’s the connection between land and power? It’s the central question in LAND AND POWER IN HAWAII. The potent answer: Land – the ownership, control and use of it – is power. The book begins earnestly in the 1950s. Democrats then control the territorial legislature and most of the county go [...]
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There will always be festivals around their creative use — storytelling in its many forms and nonfiction in it many categories. The word “book” may need to be reconsidered sooner rather than later.

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How do we marry traditional book publishing to various online and digital media in a way that makes sense to readers?

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A recent trading day resulted in a 27% jump in Amazon.com (AMZN) ….In short, Amazon.com is selling an enormous (but secret) number of Kindle e-book readers.

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A breakout can be the result of mysterious magic of word-of-mouth, or an outstanding performance. Breakouts often look obvious in retrospect, but they usually require extraordinary luck or skillful strategy.

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Houghton will be providing a computer-based teaching system it developed with Microsoft Corp. that will connect teachers, students, and administrators. It’s a radical shift away from the classic textbook publishing model and represents an industry transformation, as technology supplants textbooks.

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For every publisher the initial “P&L” (Profit & Loss) statement arouses anxiety, self-delusion, and a classic never-ending tension between editorial instincts and marketing experience.

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