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Attacking Ebook Pirates

It's not perfect and it's not free, but there is a method: Ereads reports. Judging from the accompanying list, a lot of the books are actually stories. Also read down to the comments, for the dispirited, "It's not going to do much good."

Barnes and Noble Strides Ahead

It looks like the company strategy of investing in and promoting the Nook is bringing in profits and letting the company move ahead. Publishers Weekly reports. This in contrast the Borders, which is fading into a memory as its stores are being taken over by former competitors like Books a Million.

Books As Objects

There is nothing quite like the smell of a bookstore or a library.Despite the rise of the ebook, and internet, texting and all that, the odds are still good the first reading you did and the first reading that was done for you, involved hard copy. Here's one man's take on the book as a physical object.

The Adventures of Huck Finn

And the rest of this story about life on the Mississippi.

Honduras Hurricane

Digital: Good, Bad, the Wrong Term

People who read digitally don't have to be told of the advantages but here's one anguished opinion about the decline and fall of the (visible) personal library and another on why "digital" is the wrong term. Of course, at one point almost every innovation was seen as destroying the past. Writing destroyed oral memory. Printing destroyed handwriting...
Stories, history, and news will all survive.

Reading and Selling Digital Content

Apple squeezed those apps that let users buy from within the app. Amazon sent its new browser into the fray. What do all the terms mean and what do they mean for the reading (and selling) experience? FutureBook takes a look.

Amazon vs. The New Yorker

Publishers Weekly speculates about Amazon's offering a challenge to big fiction magazines like The New Yorker. Short answer: maybe, if it masters the art of curating what ot has to sell.

Sell a Million Ebooks and Get a Major Publisher

John Locke, who has sold a million ebooks, has signed with Simon & Schuster US to distribute printed versions of his profitable books. The Bookseller reports. It looks like epubublishing is replacing send manuscripts to either publishers or agents. First, authors find their market, then...

Letters From Writers

Publishers Weekly abstracts four letters from writers from the blog, Letters of Note. Some writers compose their letters thinking of a wider audience; others are less guarded. Vonnegut's letter is particularly interesting to a genre reader because the events he is condensing turned into Slaughterhouse 5.