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These are some big names. I guess the Post is safe, for now at least.

I've highlighted what I think is one of the best arguments I've seen for e-book pricing.

I'm surprised to read that the Magazine Innovation Center's major goal is to "amplify the future and power of print." Isn't it more realistic to focus on the print AND electronic future of magazines?

Hearst Publishing is attempting to become the first publisher to enter the ereader market with a model geared toward magazines. Hearst made news last year when it published the first magazine using E Ink, so it's no strange to pushing the envelope for its business.

The answer to the question posed in the title is yes.

This interview with the founder of Talking Points Memo describes the process of his nutty personal blog became respected "independent media." TPM broke the Duke Cunningham bribery scandal and the US Attorneys firing scandal. Perhaps this is the authority "test" for political blogs -- they must break a major news scandal. Whatever you think of him, Matt Drudge made his bones by breaking the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

Free and shared cost models for academic publishing. Cites other organizations that, like NAP, have sustainable models with free content.

Is Amazon's Kindle the new iPod? The end of book publishing as we know it? Or one too many in a pile-up of trendy gadgets and gizmos?.Anne Thompson, news from the entertainment source: Variety.Amazon's Kindle gets fired up.

I know this is going to affect my publishing budget for this year.

from a friend: "a nice round up of blog touring - aka virtual book touring - which is an increasingly popular (and green) option for authors, particularly as the number of traditional book store venues concentrates."

Author of best-selling 'misery memoir' sued by mother over claims of childhood abuse. Heart-rending "misery memoirs" are a booming genre in publishing, and this is not the first time an autobiography's truth has been questioned.

The website of a record label which offers completely free music downloads has been taken down by its host for copyright infringement, even though it only offers its own music. Quote Unquote Records calls itself "The First Ever Donation Based Record Label", but is currently homeless after its host pulled the plug.

This article discusses how to turn the e-ink cover of Esquire into a working clock. There is also a brief discussion of the cover and how it works, as well as pictures of the cover.

This is the article about a study done on response time in Wikipedia I mentioned in class last night. Very interesting stuff!

I thought that this was worth reading because it is a back-up plan for the Google scanning project.

Amazon UK is launching a print on demand program (or "programme" as they say), bringing out-of-print and backlist titles back into the market.

The English language is rapidly approaching a million words. However, experts disagree on what exactly constitutes a "word." The Global Language Monitor uses proprietary software to monitor word use and popularity.

Is Facebook replacing school yearbooks?