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  Quick Note: Kobo reader on sale at Borders for $60

  1735 readersDavid Carnoy of CNET found the Kobo Wireless ereader on sale at Borders for $59.99. This was at the store on 2nd Avenue in Manhattan – a store which is closing. You might want to check out the Borders near you.

• Penguin Office Still Closed, Company Operational

  470 readers Power outages are keeping most lower-Manhattan business closed. Penguin, which is located just South of the glamorous West Village, is no exception. We received this update from a Penguin spokesperson: While the Penguin offices, like much of lower Manhattan, are still without power, we are very much open for business. Our email is up. Most people

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  Read the digital edition of Book Business magazine online

  1117 readersThe digital edition of the September/October 2012 issue of Book Business magazine just went online, and it features a couple e-book-specific stories you may be interested in. The cover story, for instance, “Inside the Ebook Test Kitchen,” takes a good long look at some of the e-book world’s latest advancements and technological achievements, from textbooks

• Scholastic to Publish Another Transmedia Series Following Success of 39 Clues and Infinity Ring

  75 readers Related: Scholastic’s Hit-Maker David Levithan on The Hunger Games and Transmedia [Press Release] SCHOLASTIC TO PUBLISH NEW MULTI-PLATFORM FANTASY adventure SERIES, spirit animals™ INTERACTIVE MULTI-AUTHOR SEVEN-BOOK SERIES LAUNCHES GLOBALLY SEPTEMBER 2013 WITH FIRST BOOK AND STORYLINE BY #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR BRANDON MULL AND SECOND BOOK BY #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR MAGGIE STIEFVATER Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and

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  Scholastic to Release a Series of Short eBooks Over the Holidays

  898 readersIf you’re looking for a way to keep your schoolkid distracted over the Christmas break, Scholastic can help. Starting December 25th, Scholastic will be releasing a short eBook every day for a week. The eBooks are related of the exceptionally popular The 39 Clues series, with these 7 standalone titles bundled as The 39 Clues:

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  Another One Bites the Dust: Landmark Toronto bookstore to close April 1

  922 readersBittersweet news came out this weekend that Nicholas Hoare, a landmark Toronto bookstore, is set to close April 1, 2013. The store is known for its eclectic stock and elegant interior, and has been in operation in three different cities, at various junctures, since 1971. The shocker? This article on the closure says there isn’t

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  Warner Music Group turns to Brandwidth UK to build massive new iPad app for ‘The Doors’

  1421 readersBack in the early days of the Apple App Store it wasn't unusual for apps to slip into the store that were stealing someone else's brand, or even their full content. Several apps, for instance, made it into the store taking the RSS feeds of the newspaper, and even its name, and building an app

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  Replace record stores with bookstores and see what happens!

  1201 readers Got the following email from Thad McIlroy of The Future of Publishing: I thought you might get a kick out of this: http://thefutureofpublishing.com/2011/11/music-business-teach-the-book-business/ I took a Salon.com article on the death of record stores and substituted ”bookstores” throughout: It’s scary that it reads so convincingly. Best regards, Thad Here’s the beginning: As book sales plummet and famed shops close, brave entrepreneurs are trying

• Local Publishers & Bookstores Adjust To Rise In E-Books (via @carijansen)

  302 readershttp://www.newschannel5.com/story/13791168/local-publishers-bookstores-adjust-to-e-books 19 of 50 best-sellers sold more eBook than hard copies Sales of e-books nationwide reached a record high last week, the same week that a major local bookstore closed its doors for good. That brings about the question: are we seeing the beginning of th --- Saved by iamPariah at 07 Jan, url details

• Local Publishers & Bookstores Adjust To Rise In E-Books (via @carijansen)

  548 readershttp://www.newschannel5.com/story/13791168/local-publishers-bookstores-adjust-to-e-books 19 of 50 best-sellers sold more eBook than hard copies Sales of e-books nationwide reached a record high last week, the same week that a major local bookstore closed its doors for good. That brings about the question: are we seeing the beginning of th --- Saved by iamPariah at 07 Jan, url details