E-book ISBN Mess Needs Sorting Out, Say UK Publishers
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The situation is like it was back in the 1960s, in the pre-ISBN days of printed books: a bit of a mess

David Foster Wallace's Archive Acquired By University Of Texas
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Manuscripts, annotated books and juvenilia to be made available following the acquisition of the late David Foster Wallace's archive by the University of Texas's Harry Ransom Centre

Google Partners With Italy For Groundbreaking Book Scanning Deal
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Google is to scan up to one million old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence

Amazon.com Removes Buy Buttons From All Of Diamond's Publishers
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Comics from Marvel, Dark Horse and IDW now temporarily unavailable

Penguin US Launches Science Books Imprint
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Makes A Bet On Niche Publishing

Best Translated Book Award Winners
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Poetry award goes to Elena Fanailova for The Russian Version, with fiction award to Gail Hareven for The Confessions of Noa Weber