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Google and two author and publisher groups submitted a modified version of a controversial settlement over digital books, but it appears likely the fight over the agreement will continue." />

LexisNexis iPhone app.

A modified agreement offers more flexibility to offer discounts.

The future of Borders bookstores is unknown.

The Hachette Book Group will increase their use of recycled fiber to 30% by 2012.

By Jason Boog on July 12, 2011 6:00 PM The next time you feel depressed about the future of authors, bookstores or publishing, watch the video embedded above from Half Price Books-How To Build a (New) Bookstore. The time-lapse video shows the construction of a bookstore from empty warehouse to the customer-ready store.

Kids and teens who love to write can publish Nook Color books. On June 12, 2011, Barnes and Noble offered information about their Real Books by Real Kids. On July 12, 2011, Barnes and Noble announced a new way for kids and teen authors to create color ebooks.

Eager to hop on the tablet trend, the publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News plans to sell discounted Android tablets with preloaded content. The announcement, first reported in Adweek, will cost the publisher - Philadelphia Media Network (PMN) - somewhere in the six figures.

The Boy Who Lived also helped breathe new life into the struggling publishing industry. Even before Harry Potter became one of the most successful movie heroes of all time, the Potter books were turning countless people into readers. But that's not all they did.

New Open Access Journal announced with no clear business model, but plans to tackle some of the ethical issues in STM publishing.

GP Taylor is one of self-publishing's success stories. The former vicar sold his motorbike to fund the first print run of his children's novel Shadowmancer; its popularity, driven by the author's tireless campaigning, led to a publishing deal with Faber & Faber and a career as a New York Times bestselling author. What used to be seen as a last resort is fast becoming the most successful trend in writing.

Cengage Learning has signed an agreement to acquire Washington, D.C.-based National Geographic's digital and print school publishing unit, which includes the National Geographic Science series, a core elementary science curriculum, National Geographic Explorer! Cengage, with brands including Brooks/Cole, Delmar, Gale, South-Western and Wadsworth, and NGS have collaborated since 2007 to produce English language learning materials for kindergarten through adult education.

The issues of privacy, free speech and a feral press divided the panel at the Index on Censorship debate at the London School of Economics on Tuesday evening. Chaired by Index on Censorship editor Jo Glanville (right), the event celebrated the launch of the new issue of Index on Censorship magazine, Privacy is dead!