More bad behavior from Amazon.

Amazon flexes monopoly muscle. Thanks DOJ.

Discussion on how to keep bookstores healthy.

Though e-books are rising in popularity, print remains the foundation of Americans' reading habits. Most people who read e-books also read print books, and just 4% of readers are "e-book only." Audiobook listeners have the most diverse reading habits overall, while fewer print readers consume books in other formats.

A new editor for the OED.

A bad day for net neutrality, and that's not good.

Kevin Kelly produces a print version of his free on-line "Cool Tools" website. "Paper is really unnecessary for a lot of things, but very good at certain things. And this turned out to be one of them."

Amazon no friend of publishing.

Why is publishing doing better than other "culture Industries"

Interesting

Claims of damage from IP piracy are overstated according to a study by the LSE,

In light of demands by the State of Texas for biology textbooks with "balanced"  treatment of evolution. "So here's the missing piece: what about the textbook companies? When this issue is discussed, the publishers are talked about as if they have no agency, no ability to affect the outcome of these events. But they're morally culpable for participating in these farces. If they wanted, they could stand up to the state of Texas. So how can the people who work at a publisher in good conscience agree to write a biology textbook that treats evolution as a wild, unsupported idea?

Does the MatchBook program further devalue e-books?  Of course it does.

A correction(?) to the previously posted not by Nicholas Carr on the flattening of e-book sales.

Nicholas Carr on the prospects for print publications.

Interesting piece on the challenges for first time authors