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News from the publishing world

Let’s lead off with Borders — again.  If you didn’t see my post yesterday (over on my personal blog) about what Borders has been up to, the short version is it is offering educators a “special” offer to pay for … Continue reading

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Borders, B&N and more

Let’s just get right to it.  Borders has announced it will make the decision this week on the fate of up to 75 more stores.  As I noted in yesterday’s post, these closures will come from the so-called super-stores.  CEO … Continue reading

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Monday morning thoughts — Borders, HC and more

Yes, more on Borders.  You knew it would happen.  But I’ll get to it in a minute.  There are a couple of other items first. Kate Sheehan has a wonderful post explaining why so many librarians are calling for a … Continue reading

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Some links, some comments and a giveaway

Crawling out from under the rock, the weary editor looks around and then smacks her forehead, realizing she missed the beginning of Read an E-Books Week.  More on that later. First, however, I want to point you to a good … Continue reading

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More on the agency model and H-C blowing up library e-books

As you’re probably aware, the last of the major publishers to hold out against the agency model of pricing for e-books has finally given in.  Or maybe I should say sold out.  Random House announced earlier that it would join … Continue reading

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More News From the Front

One of the things I do each morning as I try to get enough caffeine in me to function is read certain blogs and scan the headlines.  This morning’s trip through the interwebs proved interesting. Nora Roberts has become the … Continue reading

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