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Has Google Developed The Next Wave Of Online Education?
www.eschoolnews.com

Campus decision makers say Google Wave's Web 2.0 features mark an evolution in distance learning, but some IT officials remain skeptical

Campaign Encourages 'Silver Scribblers' To Write Books
news.bbc.co.uk

A campaign to encourage older people to join book clubs and even write their own novels has been launched

Publishers Win A Bout In E-book Price Fight
www.nytimes.com

Could book publishers suddenly be in the position of telling Google what to do?

Crumb's 'Book Of Genesis' Rules Bestseller Lists
www.publishersweekly.com

Cartoonist R. Crumb has come a long way from his days as a star of the underground comics movement of the 1960s

Masters Of American Literature
www.guardian.co.uk

With the death of JD Salinger last week, a remarkable era in US literature came to its end

Percy Jackson: My Boy's Own Adventure
www.guardian.co.uk

A series of bestselling books and now a Hollywood movie

ABA Winter - Better Than Ever
news.shelf-awareness.com

Judging from the energy that ran through most of the 500 booksellers in attendance, the spirit of the show will continue for quite some time

Consumer Survey Shows Opportunities For Booksellers
news.shelf-awareness.com

Some of the more extreme predictions of an e-only book future are, well, extreme

Imagine If Publishers Turned Brick-and-mortar Bookstores Into 'Agents' Who Got A Thirty-percent Commission?
www.huffingtonpost.com

Have we stumbled upon a model that actually works better than the current model?

Kindle Books In Snack Sizes
www.nytimes.com

Who has time to read a whole book anymore?

Internet, Critics Motivate Book Buyers In Germany
publishingperspectives.com

What draws customers into bookstores in Germany and how well informed are they about what they will find there?

Book Publishers. Stop Scaring Me
www.huffingtonpost.com

How will publishing avoid being trapped by its own environment?

Billionaire Gets A Good Read On Barnes & Noble's Value
www.crainsnewyork.com

Can Ron Burkle invigorate bookseller?

HMV Uses Radical 'Non-confrontational' Interview Techniques To Prevent Fraud In UK
www.theretailbulletin.com

It started life as 'His Master's Voice' but listening has become the latest weapon in fighting fraud for HMV

Unknown UK Crime Writer Simon Beckett Wows Europe
entertainment.timesonline.co.uk

Last year's bestselling British fiction writer in continental Europe was a former odd-job man from Sheffield

The Return Of The Werewolf
www.independent.co.uk

Suddenly, they are everywhere, in bookshops, on television and in the cinema

What Is The Google Books Settlement?
www.telegraph.co.uk

What does Google's proposed plans for digitising millions of books mean for publishers, authors and web users?

Novelist Kader Abdolah On Attacking The Iranian Regime From His Dutch Exile
entertainment.timesonline.co.uk

'I kill the ayatollahs with literature'

Amazon Outlook Bright Despite New Threats
www.time.com

Concerns over competition in its trendy e-reader business are overblown

Qbook: iPad Interactive Books For Kids
www.shinyshiny.tv

Story-books that read themselves

Bringing Ebooks To All Of Us
www.telegraph.co.uk

Just as the iPod transformed the way we listen to music, so the iPad could redefine the idea of settling down with a good book

The Digital Book In Practice: 14 Languages, Multiple Formats, Wireless Delivery
publishingperspectives.com

Imagine a graphic novel series, released every month simultaneously in 14 languages and across all major wireless platform . . .

Is Niche The Key To Publishing Survival?
digitalbookworld.com

Concentrate on building a brand and a mission; publishers can't just publish books

Telegraph: No More Chasing Web Hits
www.guardian.co.uk

New strategy will focus on content, commerce and clubs – not user figures, says Telegraph Media Group digital editor

Amazon To E-book Publishers: Change Or Die
www.huffingtonpost.com

The entire publishing pricing model is insane


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The Nook Headed To Barnes & Noble Stores
www.publishersweekly.com

Device is back in-stock online and B&N will be shipping Nooks to stores this week

Shop Sales Suffer 'Worst January For 15 Years'
news.bbc.co.uk

Sales fell by 0.7% On a like-for-like basis

Neil Gaiman 'Has Written Doctor Who Episode'
news.bbc.co.uk

Fantasy writer Neil Gaiman has said he is to write a forthcoming episode of Doctor Who

Opposition To Digital Economy Bill Grows
www.guardian.co.uk

Government's proposed 'three strikes' rule would damage business

British Library To Offer 19th Century First Editions For Free Download On Kindle
www.telegraph.co.uk

The British Library is to make more than 65,000 rare first editions of 19th Century fiction available for the public to download for free from the spring

Animals Come To Rescue Of Biography Market
www.guardian.co.uk

The biography of Casper the commuting cat is just one of a spate of 'animalit' titles being snapped up

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