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Another factor in the pricing of ebooks--Amazon's ranking algorithms, which may result in price increases to indie books so that they will be noticed. Indie author Edward W. Robertson is a stats junkie who's been studying the e-seller's algorithms for a while.

In response to discussions with writers groups regarding contract terms for their new digital imprints, Random House is adjusting proposed terms for authors with Hydra, Alibi, Loveswept, and Flirt.

Publisher proceeding with a book based on a known false premise.

Yes, you can fact check claims of heaven.

Does it make you uncomfortable knowing that Amazon has everything you've highlighted?  What else do they know?  And what do publishers know about how their books are being read?

U.S. District Judge Denny Chin set a September 15th ultimatum for Google to strike a revised settlement with The Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers.

iPublishCentral, a self-service digital content publishing, marketing, warehousing and distribution platform, will allow participating AAUP members to market books on the Internet, sell content online, and promote brands and titles across the Web. Among the three core components of iPublishCentral are market, distribute and deliver.

Publishers fail again at basic fact-checking.  The assumption must be that the reading public doesn't care about the truth when something is called a memoir.

Michael Zimmer's blog discusses the Google Book Search. This particular post is authored by SOIS PhD student Jeremy Mauger. (For more information, make sure to check out the related links at the end of the article.)

It's a dream tucked in the backs of many journalists' minds: the article they write becomes a blockbuster movie and they reap a healthy share of the profits, a walk on the red carpet and - who knows? - maybe even an Oscar.