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Today’s links of interest:

• Google to Digitize Newspaper Archives
  This is very good news.
• Adobe Unveils E-book Updates
  While we are enthusiastic about the idea of Content Server, we remained underwhelmed by the !@#$ complexity of using Digital Edition. Hopefully, the new version will improve the experience.
• Rowling Wins Potter Lexicon Suit
  Ah, nice. A ruling that reflects the complexities of this case, something not as cut and dried as some would have implied.
• TOW Books: How to fail at publishing a whole new way
  John Warner, guesting at maudnewton.com, talks about the challenges facing a new publisher, including rising above the noise. He also introduces a new initiative to get books and readers and buzz together. Go ahead, read on, there’s some free book love going on here!
• The Summer of POD
  2008: the year that print-on-demand comes into its own.
• Sony Donates 100 Readers to Penn State Study
  Study of ereader use in higher education environment. Cool.
• Publishing Industry Now Stable With Modest Decline?
  The lagging economy catches up with the publishing biz.
• Robert Giroux, Editor, Publisher and Nurturer of Literary Giants, Is Dead at 94
  Rest in peace.
• New E-Newspaper Reader Echoes Look of the Paper
  Bigger, bolder, and all that.
• 40 years of Booker prize judges dish the dirt
  A behind-the-scenes look at a messy process.