Passion for nature: two nature lovers made a business out of what they enjoy doing. Bee Choo and Morten run an outlet selling books, gifts, and souvenirs. They have gone into nature publishing as well.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NESTLING next to the gushing waterfalls and foliage of the Singapore Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre is a shop specialising in nature books and merchandise. The shop is owned and managed by a husband and wife team, Morten Strange and Ng Bee Choo. As...

DM2 Events Sets the Digital Publishing & Advertising Conference.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-12 October 2008-DM2 Events Sets the Digital Publishing & Advertising Conference(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com DM2 Events, an organizer of conferences and exhibitions for the digital content and advertising community, will host its second Digital Publishing & Advertising Conference (DPAC) on October 27-28 at the Marriott...

Research and Markets Offers Report: 2009 U.S. Book Publishing Report.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-14 October 2008-Research and Markets Offers Report: 2009 U.S. Book Publishing Report(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2009 U.S. Book Publishing Report" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights...

Authors band together to help move first novels.
Byline: Pamela H. Sacks COLUMN: SPEAKING VOLUMES Authors are good at the solitary occupation of writing. Marketing their wares? That's another story. Publishing houses used to take on the task for them, but that doesn't often happen anymore. What to do. ...

Cartoonist takes his act on the road.
Byline: The Register-Guard Ever want to take a peek into the warped brain of a cartoonist? Leigh Rubin, creator of the internationally syndicated "Rubes" panel, will shed a little light on his dark side during his presentation of "A Twisted Mind Is a Terrible Thing...

Elmo Teaching Kids How to Brush Right.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-16 October 2008-Elmo Teaching Kids How to Brush Right(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Sesame Street's lovable Elmo is helping teach children how to brush their teeth in a new book called Ready, Set, Brush!. The book features images of Elmo, Cookie Monster, the Count...

Hoaxer wins suit on Holocaust tale; Publisher loses fight over $32M.
Byline: Denise Lavoie BOSTON - A Dudley woman who admitted fabricating a best-selling memoir about surviving the Holocaust as a child by living with wolves has won a court battle with her former publisher. Misha Defonseca's 1997 book, "Misha: A Memoire of the Holocaust Years,"...

Frank's way; Frank Cass and fifty years of publishing.
9780853038405 Frank's way; Frank Cass and fifty years of publishing. Black, Gerry. Vallentine Mitchell 2008 237 pages $34.95 Hardcover Z325 Black, a retired UK solicitor and former president of the Jewish...

Niche publishing; publish profitably every time!
9780979629525 Niche publishing; publish profitably every time! Burgett, Gordon. Communication Unlimited 2008 196 pages $19.95 Paperback Z285 Making a persuasive case for a targeted, direct marketing approach being less risky and...

Rodale Names VP Publishing Directors.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-5 August 2008-Rodale Names VP Publishing Directors(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Rodale announced the appointments of Colin Dickerman and Pam Krauss as VP Publishing Directors of Rodale Books. Dickerman will join Rodale effective September 2 and will be responsible for Rodale's narrative non-fiction list....