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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

AppleInsider: Random House may soon join iBooks -

Well of course. Hell, agency model was the only issue between them in the first place.
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      • Kindle Will Bypass New York Times Paywall
      • Diverging Digital Roads: Poetry and E-books
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      • Lessons for journalism from the Google Books decis...
      • Barnes & Noble soon to add more tablet functionali...
      • No Buyers for Barnes & Noble at 60 Cents on Dollar
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      • Once again, old-media publisher pays big advance i...
      • Audible.com Audiobooks Now Available (For Real - a...
      • After Rejection, a Rocky Road For Google Settlement
      • Google’s Next Stop May Be in Congress
      • Major Publisher Investment Advances Inkling as the...
      • Textbook Renter Chegg Becomes More Social
      • Portability: Does Apple's iBooks need to go Android?
      • Barnes & Noble Struggles to Find a Buyer
      • The Kindle-Killer That Wasn’t
      • The rejected Google e-books settlement: What it me...
      • Books-A-Million sales slipped last year
      • Amazon Reinstates Kindle-Lending Startup Lendle
      • Judge Rules Against Google Books Settlement
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      • Google Says Microsoft Patent Lawsuit Threatens Inn...
      • Semantics: "Real" Books vs. eBooks
      • Yet Another Tech IP Lawsuit: Apple Sues Amazon Ove...
      • Microsoft v. Android: now B&N Nook gets software p...
      • Amazon stymies Lendle e-book lending service
      • Waterstone's Managing Director: Academic bookselli...
      • re: Borders UK meltdown
      • What if Amazon released Android Kindle tablet?
      • Is Amazon working on an Android Kindle?
      • No More NY Times Links
      • Kindle to move to Android? [Rumor]
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      • Paywall for The New York Times Set for March 28
      • Borders closing 28 additional stores, making final...
      • January E-book Sales Soar, Top Hardcover, Mass Mar...
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      • B&N Pines for a Storybook Ending
      • 1 in 4 College Textbooks Will Be Digital By 2015
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Some Interesting e-Publishing Enterprises

  • Cursor
  • Diversion Books
  • eBook Architects
  • Enhanced Editions
  • FastPencil
  • New Street Communications, LLC
  • Nomad Editions
  • Odyssey Editions
  • Open Books
  • Open Road Integrated Media
  • PadWorX Digital Media
  • Push Pop Press
  • RosettaBooks
  • ScrollMotion
  • Smashwords
  • Volio Press
  • Vook
  • Wattpad
  • Wowio
  • Zinio

Open-Source Textbook Initiatives

  • College Open Textbooks Community
  • Community College Open Textbooks Collaborative
  • Curriki
  • Flat World Knowledge
  • Free Digital Textbooks Initiative

Worthwhile Organizations

  • Banned Books Week
  • Berkman Center for Internet & Society
  • Creative Commons
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation
  • Institute for the Future of the Book
  • PEN American Center Freedom to Write Campaign
  • Project Gutenberg
  • Worldreader.org
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