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The Power Of Paper In A Digital Era
www.guardian.co.uk

As more and more archives are digitised, with many benefits, it's worth being reminded of the value of traditional records

Better Read Than Dead
www.guardian.co.uk

Dan Jarvis MP on the battle to save our libraries

When Will Big Publishers Speak Out About Amazon?
mhpbooks.com

Finally, a big player has responded logically to Amazon but . . .

Publishing's Ecosystem On The Brink: The Backstory
blog.authorsguild.org

The book industry is in play, and has been for a while

Shatzkin: Big-six Run By Smartest, Most Innovative Publishers
www.digitalbookworld.com

but they are in a very, very difficult position

Is This A Golden Era For Scottish Literature?
www.list.co.uk

Is Scottish writing in an especially healthy state right now? And if so, why?

Why Some Book Buyers Are Increasingly Resistant To E-readers
paidcontent.org

Why are avid book buyers — those who buy at least ten books a year — are increasingly resistant to e-readers

No SOPA, But OPEN Maybe?
ereads.com

Piracy victims: Does no one speak for them?

Current Phase Of Ebook Development Is About Making Heavy Readers, Heavy Ereaders
eoinpurcellsblog.com

Confusing Statistics And What They Might Mean

No More E-Books Vs. Print Books Arguments, OK?
www.npr.org

You don't have to be a print book person or an e-book person

Literary Vs. Commercial
bigglasscases.blogspot.com

Have you written Literary fiction or Commercial fiction?

It's Not The Medium - It's The Market
www.ojr.org

If Barnes & Noble's future is tied to that of the print book publishing houses, then Barnes & Noble is doomed

Angry Birds boss: 'Piracy may not be a bad thing'
www.guardian.co.uk

'It can get us more business'

Poet Laureate compared to writers of 'Mills & Boon'
www.telegraph.co.uk

Criticised for her eagerness to 'democratise' the art form

Cheap And Over-priced?
www.futurebook.net

Publishers are allowing e-book price deflation to dictate the whole book market

The Costa Short Story Prize Is Not Enough
www.guardian.co.uk

We are overdue a high-profile award for this neglected form, but we need more than a token, niche gong for a single story

Writing Books Is Tennis For The Brain
andrewcrofts.blogspot.com

So, Jonathan Franzen fears printed books are going to disappear and Ewan Morrison predicts an e-publishing bubble that's going to end somewhere between sub-prime mortgages and tulip fever, ruining lives and crashing banks – I exaggerate, but then so do they

Cost cut or invest? The WHSmith choice
www.retail-week.com

WHSmith's cost-cutting strategy has worked well so far, but when is the tipping point set to happen?

How Can We Make Every Day A World Book Day?
www.guardian.co.uk

'Schools need more time for reading aloud, choosing and sharing the pleasure of reading books and not just extracts'

Will Amazon Kill Publishing?
www.theatlantic.com

In a financial arms race, publishers simply can't beat Amazon's arsenal

Apple's Ibooks Push Raises 6 Big Questions About The Future Of E-publishing
www.fastcompany.com

Everything is up for grabs

Barnes & Noble: Its Time To Disrupt The Industry!
jwikert.typepad.com

A radical, three-step suggestion for William Lynch, CEO of B&N

Publishers Sour On Tablet As Reading Platform, Survey Says
www.digitalbookworld.com

Publishers are pessimistic that tablets will provide readers with an enticing reading platform

The self-epublishing bubble
www.guardian.co.uk

All of this ebook talk is becoming a business in itself

The Price Of Illiteracy
alangibbons.net

New research from the World Literacy Foundation says that poor reading skills are costing the UK economy more than £81 billion a year


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Judging Books By Their Covers: Usa Vs Uk
www.themillions.com

U.K. and U.S. covers often differ from one another, suggesting that certain layouts and imagery will better appeal to readers on one side of the Atlantic rather than the other

RNA shortlists announced
katehardy.blogspot.com

Romantic Novelists Association Romantic Novel of the Year and Love Story of the Year shortlists have been announced

Foyles Launches New Ebook App
www.ebookmagazine.co.uk

Free app is powered by Txtr and allows users to import books protected by Adobe's DRM system which they may have purchased from other booksellers

Occupy Wall Street Claims The City Ruined Its Library
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com

A member of the Occupy Wall Street movement filed a claim on behalf of the group that the city had damaged or destroyed $47,000 worth of books

ABA has NOT joined the Amazon boycott
mhpbooks.com

Bombshell Correction: PW's early report was wrong

James Joyce Children's Story Discovered
www.guardian.co.uk

James Joyce children's story The Cats of Copenhagen gets first publication

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