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Not exactly news, but for those that haven't seen this yet through Publisher's Weekly it's a microsite called Book Life. Great resource for book blogs and reviews.

If your novel isn't by someone famous, won't receive a star in Publishers Weekly, or can't generate a slavish "At Home" featurette in That Other East Coast Newspaper, how do you get someone in the media to notice it? Swag, of course.

Rupert Murdoch's new weekly pricing plan for The Wall Street Journal's mobile app looks steep, but it should reinforce the value of subscribing to the paper.

Wondering three things - 1) Is this enough? 2) Will the remaining Big 6 publishers follow suit? 3) What are the lending terms?

Morgan Stanley predicts that Amazon will sell a million Kindles by Thanksgiving, but the company remained tightlipped on any numbers regarding the e-book reader.

This is article is worth looking at because it is a counterpoint to claims about younger generations being hyper-technical. This author cites Jeff Gomez's book Print is Dead and asks us to re-examine our assumptions about people's abilities and access to high-tech resources. It also warns us against adapting systems too quickly to this 'one-size-fits-all' digital system that might not meet the needs of a group because the group may be more diverse than we think.

A Georgetown University program to help authors through the publishing process.

Several comics and graphic novel companies announced layoffs and cutbacks, among them Diamond Comics Distributors, DC Comics and California comics publisher Top Cow.

I thought comics/graphic novels were one corner of the print industry that was holding steady. Maybe not?

Monday, February 16, Adobe unveiled its new Adobe Reader Mobile 9 SDK (Software Development Kit), which will enable companies to more easily distribute and display ebooks in PDF and EPUB formats on mobile phones, ereaders and other mobile devices.

PW talks about O'Reilly's TOC conference and where the publishing industry may be heading in the near future. What new business models will emerge? Who will be the big players?

Book publisher uses XML to make books available in different fonts.

HarperCollins announced this morning that it is closing its Collins division and integrating its operations within different businesses in the General Books Group. As a result, Steve Ross, president and publisher of Collins, and Lisa Gallagher, senior v-p, and publisher of William Morrow, are leaving the company. In addition to closing Collins, CEO Brian Murray issued a memo today saying that despite efforts to avoid layoffs, a reduction in the workforce will be necessary.

A private school in Toronto is replacing its textbooks with the Sony e-reader.