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WH Smith Says Penguin Deal Is Only 'A Trial'
www.bgtw.org

WH Smith has responded to criticism from the The British Guild of Travel Writers

'Classic' Study Of Whales Wins Samuel Johnson Prize
www.guardian.co.uk

Philip Hoare's Leviathan wins Britain's most important prize for non-fiction

Rising Sales Lift Profits At HMV
news.bbc.co.uk

Same-store sales were down 3.8% at its Waterstone's book shops


Blogable Posts

Are You Insulted?
www.nickharkaway.com

Apparently, publishers are pricing eBooks in a silly way, and it’s insulting to the reader

An Alternative For Ex-Amazon Affiliates
news.shelf-awareness.com

Boy, it sure sucks to be dumped

Do Twitter And Blogs Really Drive Book Sales?
followthereader.wordpress.com

Twitter readers have purchased up to ten books in the last few months on the strength of recommendations on the social networking site

'llectuals
www.youtube.com

New US TV series about a bunch of extremely well read American teenagers

Opinion

Readers Pay A Price For Authors' Greed
www.theaustralian.news.com.au

Campaign by wealthy Australian authors against reforms that would enable Australians to buy cheaper books is all about feathering their nests

Booksellers Get Down To Business
www.guardian.co.uk

WH Smiths' deal to stock only Penguin guidebooks at its travel shops is justified in an era of piling high and selling cheap

Obituaries

David Marcus
www.guardian.co.uk

Literary editor who championed Irish prose

Mario Benedetti: Uruguayan Poet
www.timesonline.co.uk

Uruguayan poet, novelist and exile whose work achieved great popularity

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Feature Items

Stalking The Stranger
nymag.com

Albert Camus and the pleasures of literary obsession

Finding A Fair Price For Free Knowledge
www.newscientist.com

Ten years ago, a piece of software called Napster taught us that scarcity is no longer a law of nature

Books in the Media

Hachette Offers 'Urinal Test' On iPhone
www.mediapost.com

Hachette Book Group USA has launched the "Urinal Test" iPhone app to help promote the upcoming release of "The Man's Book"

Jane Austen In Zombie Rampage Up The Book Charts
www.guardian.co.uk

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 'mash-up' becomes unexpected bestseller