J.L. Jarvis

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June 2012

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Your E-Book Is Reading You - WSJ.com → online.wsj.com

Illustration by John Cuneo

The perfect man, according to data collected by digital publisher Coliloquy from romance-novel readers, has a European accent and is in his 30s with black hair and green eyes.

Jun 29, 2012
#perfect man #romance novels #internet privacy #ebooks
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Jun 29, 2012
#farming #agriculture #midwest
Jun 27, 20122,406 notes
#castles #knights in shining armor
Jun 26, 201215 notes
#scotland #lambs #titles
Thanks to OnlyHistorical.com for including Highland Soldiers on its site → onlyhistorical.com

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Jun 26, 20123 notes
#Leonardo DiCaprio #Great Gatsby #F. Scott Fitzgerald #costume dramas
Jun 26, 201281 notes
#Scotland #castles
Jun 26, 20123 notes
#historical romance #romance novels #romance books #romance novel #romance book
Jun 25, 20122,307 notes
#sailing #ships #the sea
Jun 25, 2012126 notes
#James McAvoy #Jude Law #Robert Downey Jr.
Song of Mor'du Billy Connolly

merverb:

true-loves-gifs:

Brave | Song of Mor’du (2012)

I’m so glad we get to hear it clearly and just through the walls!

love it!!!!!

Jun 25, 201298 notes
#Brave #Scotland #scottish music
Jun 25, 20121 note
#ebooks #French #France
Jun 24, 201215,426 notes
#romance #sea #water #sailing #ocean
Jun 24, 2012167 notes
#WWI #soldiers #romantic #war #love #love and war
U.S. judge sets 2013 trial date for Apple e-book lawsuit → tech2.in.com

A U.S. judge on Friday set a 2013 trial date for a lawsuit from the U.S. government accusing Apple and book publishers of conspiring to fix the prices of electronic books. Following a hearing in Manhattan federal court, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote said a bench trial in the case will begin June 3, 2013, for Apple and two publishers who are fighting the antitrust charges.

…The publishers Macmillan and Penguin Group, which are respectively units of Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH and Pearson Plc , are fighting the antitrust case. News Corp’s HarperCollins Publishers, CBS Corp’s Simon & Schuster and Lagardere SCA’s Hachette Book Group settled the case with the U.S. Justice Department.

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Jun 23, 20123 notes
#ebooks
Jun 23, 201236 notes
#Gregory Peck #soldiers #Men of My Dreams
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Jun 22, 20123 notes
#Anna Karenina #Jude Law #Tolstoy #Keira Knightly
E-book sales revenue officially tops revenue from hardcover - USATODAY.com → books.usatoday.com

By Deirdre Donahue, USA TODAY

For the first time, revenue from the sale of e-books has outstripped revenue from hardcover sales.

…This week on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list, the e-books outsold the print versions for 19 of the top 50 books.

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Jun 21, 20121 note
#ebooks #publishing
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Jun 18, 20126 notes
#Brave #Scotland #Disney #Pixar
Jun 17, 2012669 notes
#Nellie Bly #19th century #Victorian #asylums #journalism #submission
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