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Today’s links of interest:

• Ebook Sanity
  Interesting look at ebooks from the perspective of a librarian.

Today’s links of interest:

• Borders Group lays off more employees at Ann Arbor headquarters
  The rough ride at Borders continues.
• U.K. author sues Ricky Gervais over ‘Flanimals’ book
  Ah, litigation, you just keep rolling along.

Today’s links of interest:

• Women in Publishing Twitter Directory
  When Jane Litte of Dear Author started the #womeninpublishing meme this morning, we bet she didn’t expect such an amazing response. Galleycat consolidated names and links to the entire hashtag feed. What’s amazing about this list? How people define the idea of women in publishing. Oh, and the amazing community we’ve created online.

Today’s links of interest:

• Indigo Books posts wider loss on Kobo investment
  Building a new company takes investment.

Today’s links of interest:

• Big Improvement at HarperCollins
  Excellent news for HarperCollins!

Today’s links of interest:

• Customer Service is a Ruthless Business
  Since the introduction of the Nook, customer service from Barnes Noble has been a problem area. As the retail giant faces new challenges, they are starting to lose a key battle.

Today’s links of interest:

• Random House sees e-book sales jumping: CEO
  While Markus Dohle is likely being overly cautious in his predictions for ebook share of the market in the next year, his comments on why he didn’t jump into the Agency Model pool are very interesting.
• Amazon: We have 70-80 percent of e-book market
  Interesting interview with Ian Freed of Amazon about devices, platforms, and sales numbers.
• Connecticut Probes Pricing of E-Books
  Second state attorney general looks closer at the agency model. Fun, fun, fun!

Today’s links of interest:

• Amazon to set e-book prices for Kindle UK
  As Amazon opens its first Kindle store outside the US, publishers in the UK decide against the agency model.

Today’s links of interest:

• Kindle to Go ‘Mass Market’
  Wifi only device will go for $139. Wifi plus 3G will go for $189. We are getting remarkably close to a price point that makes the investment a no-brainer.

Today’s links of interest:

• Amid Flagging Retail Sales, Guidebook Publishers Focus on iPad, Smartphones
  Publishes of travel books decide to leave the sidelines. So much is wrong here — why haven’t they been exploiting the web? Is an iPad only app really useful for travelers wandering the streets of Rome? Where have these guys been while others have eaten their lunch?
• Will Random House Chicken Out Again?
  The very smart Richard Curtis makes many of the points we’ve made in the past few days.
• Evanovich Takes Her Bounty to Random House
  A lot of money while the backlist remains with another publisher.