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Asian Prize Changes Seem Puzzling, But Perhaps For The Better
publishingperspectives.com

Seems to be more that can be gained for Asian literature than is lost

Authors Need To Help Themselves
bookbrunch.co.uk

but can best do so when they are part of a collaboration of equals

It's Time For Canada To Open Its Doors To Amazon
www.montrealgazette.com

Protectionism does not enrich culture, merely certain businesses

When Did You Last Buy A New Book?
www.spectator.co.uk

Over the last couple of years new book sales, like the sales of many other things, have slumped

Fallen Stars Can't Atone By Writing For Children
www.timesonline.co.uk

But a reformed sinner is always a popular figure

So Many Book Conferences, So Little Time
publishingperspectives.com

How it is that people can take so much time away from their regular job

Is Copyright Getting In The Way Of Us Preserving Our History?
www.guardian.co.uk

The issue of copyright is a global nightmare for anyone interested in digital preservation

Kobo E-book Store Makes Amazon Look Good
blogs.telegraph.co.uk

Reviewing Kobo has left me unimpressed with the newcomer but I've reconsidered my opinion of Amazon

Why The MLA Has Failed So Badly (in Respect Of Public Libraries Over The Past 10 Years Or So)?
www.goodlibraryguide.com

But when you come to think of it, it isn't just the The Museums, Libraries and Archives Commission . . .

Could The Google Books Case Go To The Supreme Court?
publishingperspectives.com

At the end of the day, it seems unlikely that no matter what Judge Chin rules, the matter won't be settled

Why Books Are So Important
www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk

Details of the proposed 'merger' of Leicester's central libraries has so far been very sketchy

Harry Potter And The Great Google Onslaught
www.guardian.co.uk

The bunfight over Google's library project only serves to remind us that intellectual property battles are nothing new

Julian Gough Slams Fellow Irish Novelists As 'Priestly Caste' Cut Off From The Culture
www.guardian.co.uk

'We've abolished the Catholic clergy, and replaced them with novelists' says writer, describing his peers as 'a pompous, provincial literary community'

iPad iWash
www.booktrade.info

Ebooks are not the biggest danger to bookshops. The biggest threat to bookshops is the devaluation of the value of all books

Oxfam Is A Bully
www.spectator.co.uk

Booksellers Association and the bookshops in one particular corner or London are up in arms against Oxfam

Apple's iPad And The Evolution Of Books
online.wsj.com

Today's e-book is the direct descendent of the 1930s paperback

As I Start To Write My Latest Book, I Fear For The Future Of Publishing
www.guardian.co.uk

Retailing pressure and the emergence of the ebook are threatening the future of authors and their work

The Anti-Amis Attitude
www.complete-review.com

'Why the literary world has still got it in for Martin Amis'

Google: We Will Bring Books Back To Life
www.guardian.co.uk

We at Google could make that wealth of knowledge available at a click. And authors would earn too

Amazon V Macmillan: Free Market Fail
www.guardian.co.uk

Two giants in publishing have gone head to head, but as far as readers are concerned it has just ended up as a pathetic tiff

Apple iPad: A Pretty Big Bang
bookbrunch.co.uk

The launch of Apple's iPad is the most important event yet in digital publishing

Waterstone's - What's The Real Story?
www.bookbrunch.co.uk

Chain's real problem is that it grew too quickly and long ago outgrew its natural market share

Not The Richard & Judy Effect
www.publishingtalk.eu

Is Amanda Ross's TV Book Club the new Richard & Judy? I'd rather watch Loose Women

No, The Apple Tablet Won't Save Publishing Nor Will It End 'Free'
www.techdirt.com

We've been seeing an awful lot of chatter in the past couple months over the idea that some sort of "tablet" will somehow "save" the media business

In The End, We'll Pay A High Price For This Free-For-All
www.timesonline.co.uk

The enthusiasm of publishing for the e-book is bizarre. Just look what happened in the music world


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Watkins Books Saved By Last-Minute Purchase
www.booktrade.info

American entrepreneur, Etan Ilfeld is purchasing the business in its entirety for an undisclosed sum

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners' Shortlist Announced
www.commonwealthfoundation.com

The shortlist for regional winners has been unveiled in the race to win the influential 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize

New Zealand Book Trade Liaison Committee Formed
www.voxy.co.nz

New book industry action group formed to co-ordinate book promotions and represent the trade on common issues

First Capital Connect Launches Book Club
www.independent.co.uk

First Capital Connect launched a book club and gave away 17,000 samples of its first Book of the Month

Top Author Argues Against Academy
www.heraldscotland.com

One of Scotland's leading authors last night said she was not in favour of the plan to set up a special academy to honour the nation's finest writers

2009 National Book Critics Circle Awards
www.publishersweekly.com

Mantel, Holmes, Biss Among Winners

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