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  Robert Gottlieb: “I Enjoy Working With Amazon.”

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  Q&A: Smashwords Founder Mark Coker Predicts Drop in eBook Prices

  1477 readersSmashwords founder Mark Coker created a multi-platform publishing service that helps independent writers and publishers compete with traditional publishing houses.  But now that the major publishers have fixed their prices, it’s the reta...

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  Free webcast tomorrow from O’Reilly: What traditional publishers can learn from self-publishers

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  Former Random House CEO Alberto Vitale: ‘Paper Books Will Evolve into More Precious Products’

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  Ron Hogan on “The death of publishing”

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  Transcript: STM E-Books Forecast 2012

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  Smashwords: Over 5 Billion Self-Published Words

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  Podcast about 2012 Publishing Innovation Awards

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