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Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 03/12/2009

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December 3, 2009

I’ve been a bit lazy with the linking here, because I’ve become so addicted to linking through Twitter. But I shall try and change. A very nice exploration of what Google brings to the party for newspaper publisher (1 & 2). Extra credit, the Guardian’s interview/article with Google’s Josh Cohen.…
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Ebook first publishing might work

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December 1, 2009

UPDATE: The Huffington Post carried an article by John Oakes (co-founder OR Books) last week which I missed. I’m quite surprised there isn’t more news about this deal. Publishers Lunch* (apologies for the enormous robbery of content) reported on the sale of paperback rights for Going Rouge by OR Books:…
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Children’s books & digital

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November 29, 2009

I have to say, when I read this news from EA Games last month I was not TOO blown away: Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announces the development of FLIPS, an innovative new book range created for the Nintendo DS. FLIPS has been designed to give children of all ages…
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Why not direct? WOT Ebooks From Tor

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November 19, 2009

Notable news Tor.com have announced the launch of the ebook of the second book of the epic (though perhaps a new word should be created to describe the scale) series, Robert Jordan’s, Wheel of Time, The Great Hunt: We’re happy to announce that The Great Hunt, volume two in Robert…
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Book Depository Free Ebooks

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November 18, 2009

The wonderful people over at The Book Depository have rolled out a free ebook program. Kieron Smith, Managing Director of The Book Depository, said [in their press release]: We wanted to give our customers a really wonderful present this Christmas. We’re continually working to increase the number of books that…
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