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E-book ISBN Mess Needs Sorting Out, Say UK Publishers
publishingperspectives.com

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
www.guardian.co.uk

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
www.guardian.co.uk

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
www.publishersweekly.com

Comics from Marvel, Dark Horse and IDW now temporarily unavailable

Penguin US Launches Science Books Imprint
www.crainsnewyork.com

Makes A Bet On Niche Publishing

Best Translated Book Award Winners
www.rochester.edu

Poetry award goes to Elena Fanailova for The Russian Version, with fiction award to Gail Hareven for The Confessions of Noa Weber

Women To Watch In The Arts List Revealed
news.bbc.co.uk

The women to watch are expected to lead the way in design, libraries, literature, museums, heritage, music, performing and visual arts, the historic environment and creative businesses

Lagardère 2009 Full-year Results
www.lagardere.com

Success of Stephenie Meyer's books fueled double-digit top-line growth for Hachette in the United States, and a dynamic sales performance in the United Kingdom and Australia

Group Calls For Amazon Boycott
www.publishersweekly.com

ProgressNow Colorado is calling on its 200,000 members to boycott the online retailer until the e-tailer reinstates its Associates program

Amazon's Potential Canadian Move Could Be Precedent Setting For Foreign Owners
www.google.com

"...a promise on Amazon's behalf to deliver Canadian content wouldn't be enough..."

Samsung Partners With Barnes & Noble On New E-reader
news.cnet.com

E6—will be released in the U.S. in the April-May time frame with a MSRP of $299 and a tie-in to the Barnes & Noble's eBookstore

More Dark Clouds On The Horizon Bring Challenges For Retailers
www.theretailbulletin.com

More warnings about the prospects for the economy and its effect on retail in 2010 emerged last week, with indications from one retailer that the sector is not out of the woods yet

Amazon.com's Top 100 Book List Has Returned To Reality
www.publishersweekly.com

Amazon/Diamond Deal with Aftermath of Computer Pricing Snafu

Hilary Duff Signs Multi-book Deal With Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
www.prnewswire.com

World rights deal with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers to publish her first-ever young adult fiction series

Berlin Verlag Launches Open Access Academic Press
publishingperspectives.com

Titles will be available via print on demand and in a variety of e-book formats

Books Overtake Games As Most Numerous iPhone Apps
www.guardian.co.uk

Number of books available as iPhone apps now exceeds the number of games

China Publishing Group Plans Shanghai Listing In 2010
www.businessweek.com

China Publishing Group plans to raise as much as 1.8 billion yuan ($264 million) in an initial public offering in Shanghai by the end of this year

Amazon Drops Colorado Associates Program
www.publishersweekly.com

Because of new legislation, Amazon has stopped advertising through its Colorado associates

UK Retail Sales Rebound In February
news.bbc.co.uk

Retail sales bounced back in February after a tough January on the High Street

Amazon.com Glitch Offers Super Discounts On Graphic Novels
www.publishersweekly.com

Amazon.com's Top 100 Book List was filled with comics and graphic novels after a computing error heavily discounted hundreds if not thousands of graphic novel titles

Borders USA Makes Store Layoffs In What Employees Dub 'Black Thursday'
www.publishersweekly.com

It took a little longer than employees thought, but the expected cuts in the store workforce at Borders began last week

The Independent Publishing Awards 2010 — Shortlists Announced
www.booktrade.info

The IPG has announced the shortlists for the 2010 Independent Publishing Awards, run with The Bookseller and London Book Fair

Saudi Security Confiscate Books By Reformer
www.google.com

Saudi security forces confiscated books of a well-known reformer and critic of the royal family from stalls at the kingdom's annual international book fair

Jamie Byng Goes For Bling
news.scotsman.com

Dizzee Rascal joins Canongate

Man 'Asian' Literary Prize: Restructured
www.complete-review.com

Only interested in the stuff that's already been taken on by English-language publishers


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