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April 26-April 28, 2012

Annual Writers Conference
New York, NY
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No eBooks in Libraries is A License to Steal (Books)

By Salley Shannon

When it comes to public library use of eBooks, we writers are in a pickle. We are insatiable readers, every one of us. We love libraries. Yet the publishers who midwife our books seem poised to kill off, or else severely limit, eBook lending in our nation's public libraries.

If there is one certainty in book publishing today, it's that publishers feel like the guy in the movie sword fight: back against the wall and myriad contenders taking cuts at him. Publishers are worried about staying alive.

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Gerald Bartell reviewed Patricia Cornwell's Red Mist for the Washington Post (12/30/11).
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Today's Daily Links. For more, visit these members' profiles and web sites:
Sheila Callahan: based: Poland
Subject Specialties: Profiles, food, drink, destination and cruise travel ...
Periodicals: Continental, U.S. Airways, American Way, Cooking Light; more
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Tom Callahan: based: New York
Subject Specialties: Human interest, politics and news, blues music, history ...
Skills and Media: Ghost writer. On-line journalist. Magazine and newspaper ...
Periodicals: Parade, New York Times, Penthouse, The Writer, American Heritage ...
Books: Doctrine of Injustice (ghost written for The Jenkins Group, 2011); others ...
Online: bookreporter.com, blurt-online.com
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Andrea Campbell: based: Arkansas
Subject Specialties: Forensic science, criminal law, entertaining/parties ...
Skills and Media: Books, speaker, e-teacher, columnist, indexing, more ...
Books: Legal Ease: A Guide to Criminal Law, Evidence and Procedure 3rd ed. ...
Online: E-instructor w/ WOW! Women on Writing
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Shirley Camper (Soman): based: New York
Subject Specialties: Health, children, families, social issues, aging, travel ...
Skills and Media: Writing, editing, production, teaching, consulting, lecturing ...
Periodicals: Newspapers, magazines ...
Books: Preparing For Your New Baby; Let's Stop Destroying Our Children; others ...
Online: Computers For Seniors, nypc.org
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