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Why Foreign Rights Are A Big Deal For Small Publishers
publishingperspectives.com

Foreign translation rights are a highly rewarding aspect of the publishing process

S*** Agents And Editors Say
www.mediabistro.com

Everybody from aspiring writers to publishing professionals can find something to smile about

What Are My Chances Of Seeing The Money Owed Me For 52 Self-­published Books I Sold To Borders In The Fall Of 2010?
www.registerguard.com

Bob Welch: Frustration arrives with Borders deal

The Way We Live Now?
www.guardian.co.uk

Follow the money trail back to Anthony Trollope

Traditional Publishers Should Learn From Self-publishers
www.teleread.com

Does self-publishing represent a threat to traditional publishers, or perhaps an opportunity?

Taslima Nasrin attacks 'cancer' of censorship in Indian society
www.guardian.co.uk

The growing 'appetite for censorship' in India which has prevented her own book launch

Where E-books Fall Short, Print Delivers
www.huffingtonpost.com

Publishers are going back to the drawing board to see where they can innovate with printed books to keep readers interested

Why Is It More Interesting To Spend An Evening With This Book Than A Beautiful Woman?
thisisnthappiness.com

A Dell Book Comparison Test Chart

The Future Of Academic Publishing
blogs.independent.co.uk

Most uncertain times in living memory for academic publishing

Closing Libraries? Now That's Crazy
www.independent.co.uk

Local Government Association blithely maintains that "closure of a library does not automatically mean a decrease in access to library services"

Beloved Librarian Who Signed With Amazon: 'The Vehemence Surprised Me'
paidcontent.org

Nancy Pearl not sure she'd do it again

French-style tax breaks are not the way to save the UK's small bookshops
www.guardian.co.uk

Subsidies cannot, and should not, save independent shops

Amazon Vs. Big Publishing: 800 Lbs Vs. 798 Lbs.
www.teleread.com

Amazon is gearing up to challenge the publishing world on its own turf: the signing of and creation of big-name authors

Bookstores' Decision Not To Carry Amazon Books Could Be Wise Move
www.teleread.com

Are Barnes & Noble, Books a Million, and Indigo making a wise move by not carrying the books from Amazon's publishing arm?

5 Career Tips To Survive Publishing's Digital Shift
loudpoet.com

Shift, don't Drift

Librarians: A Dying Breed?
www.digitalbookworld.com

Will librarians go the way of the travel agent?

Publishing 2.0: Content Is Marketing, Profits Come From The Packaging
www.techdirt.com

from the moving-with-the-times dept

Facts Are The Only Basis For Management In Publishing
www.thelateageofprint.org

The Book Industry's Moneyball

Best (US) (Big) Publishing Companies to Work For
www.digitalbookworld.com

Those working at places like Random House, John Wiley, Oxford University Press and Penguin might be a bit more delighted than their colleagues at other publishers

The Editor And His Importance, Especially Now
www.theliteraryplatform.com

The importance of the editor as publishing moves to the digital platform

Fighting piracy without DRM is not always successful
www.teleread.com

Fortunately, there's a growing number of non-DRM related options out there that'll stymy piracy while respect the rights of their paying users

Are We Verging On A Digital Rights War?
publishingperspectives.com

Now that the stakes are higher — e-books have, finally, tipped — it's likely publishers will be more willing to invest in litigation

Books May Be Better Objects
www.theatlantic.com

but E-Books Are Better Tools

E-books Allow The Return Of The Pulps
www.forbes.com

I must say that The Guardian seems rather sniffy about this

Is The Time Right For Bundling?
www.publishersweekly.com

While the major houses show little interest, others are eager to test the market


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Cairo International Book Fair Awards
english.ahram.org.eg

General Egyptian Book Organisation wins majority of Cairo International Book Fair awards

Eason Plans 150 Job Cuts To Achieve €5m Saving
www.irishtimes.com

Eason has reached agreement with staff on a cost reduction programme that will involve about 150 voluntary redundancies

Working at a Big-Six (US) Publishing House
www.digitalbookworld.com

Culture, Pay, Advancement and Getting In

Hay-on-Wye gears up for an uncivil war
www.telegraph.co.uk

Plans for a supermarket are dividing residents – and splitting families – in the idyllic literary town

Ben Okri 'disappointment' at editor who claims re-wrote his work
www.telegraph.co.uk

Ben Okri, the Booker Prize winning author, has accused his editor of "exaggerating his own importance" after he claimed to have rewritten some of the writer's work

In Amanda Knox Tale, A Delicate Bet For Publishers
www.nytimes.com

Her personal charm aside, however, Ms. Knox's story is complex, disturbing and still hotly debated

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