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Todays links of interest:

• Best Buy and Verizon Jump Into E-Reader Fray, With iRex
  While we applaud competition, we do worry about the price point. That being said, this is a terrific device. We like it.
• Report: Nine Scientifically Proven Ways to Get Retweeted on Twitter
  Note: there has been a rise in the use of semi-colons since this study was released. Fans do not take this kind of stuff lightly.
• Courier: First Details of Microsoft’s Secret Tablet – Microsoft courier tablet
  Wow, if this comes to fruition before the (long-rumored) Apple tablet, it might make Microsoft cool again.
• Judgment Day for the Google Book Pact
  Why is it that this article positions Google as the bad guy, when the settlement was what the AAP/AG wanted? Shouldn’t they be held accountable for their role in this mess?
• Publishing Sales July 09
  Some market segments up, some down. Guess where the growth is?
• Aptara, ScrollMotion Team to Convert Content for the iPhone
  This sounds like a great use of the technology developed by ScrollMotion.
• National Punctuation Day
  Today. With meatloaf recipe.
• Steve Rubin Leaves Random House
  Random House EVP and publisher-at-large leaves the company. Sadly, this sounds like a Hollywood firing, except instead of a production deal, it’s a book deal. (Publishers Lunch, reg/membership may be required).
• Lit Drift: Storytelling in the 21st Century
  New kid in townn — looks like fun!
• Branding: The Future of Publishing?
  Patrick Brown of Vroman’s responds to Bob Stein’s A Clean, Well-Lighted Place for Books. Lovely, smart discussion for both sides.
• A Credible Kindle Killer
  iRex DR800 has some potential, but man is it pricey!
• a clean well-lighted place for books
  Bob Stein on the, well, future of books and publishing and branding and reaching readers (see also, Patrick Brown’s response, linked above or below). Thought-provoking and conversation-starting!