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B&N Projects Loss; Strives to Enter Digital Age

Dragged down by the cost of producing its own ereaders, Barnes and Noble projected a substantial loss for the year. Bloomberg reports on the retailer's efforts to strengthen its business.

New Genre Imprint

Jo Fletcher will have her own imprint at Quercus. The Bookseller.com reports on Jo Fletcher Books, due to launch in January.

Yellow Submarine

And the rest of the film.

Rumpelstiltskin

For an entirely different take on things, see this Faery Tale Theater production.

The Tale of the Frog Prince

In which things take a slightly different turn than one might expect: The Tale of the Frog Prince. Although not quite as different as the Fractured Fairy Tale version:

Rapunzel

Fairy Tale Theater and unembeddable, but a good reworking of the tale: Rapunzel. Disney's version is the last of the classic tales for the studio, at least for some time. There are no more on the drawing boards. Now in theaters: Tangled.

A New Frontier: Ebook Sates Data

In the absence of the now-customary close sales tracking of physical books, sales figures for ebooks remain vague, of by design. FutureBook takes a stab at ranking who's selling best and reports on the upcoming debuts of other listings. It's no surprise that Stieg Larsson has three in the top five.

Harper Collins Ebook Store Goes Out Of Business

PW reports. Buyers have until December the 19th to download what they have already purchased.

Amazon Now Sells More Ebooks Than Hardcovers

Amazon has announced it now sells more ebooks than hardcovers, a statement backed up by some publishers. PW reports. Amazon, of course, with both an online shop and a device plus apps for other devices, would be the place any trend would show up first.

The Science Fiction Oral History Association Podcast

The Science Fiction Oral History Association has a trove of recordings of SF authors. They launch their new podcast, Space Dog, with a broadcast featuring a mere five authors, four of them Grand Masters. You can visit the website or subscribe to the RSS feed.