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Today’s links of interest:

• Chain Reaction
  Technology kills the bookstore star. Or not.
• Promotional Intelligence
  One of those things that should go without saying is that timing is everything. So we’ll let someone else say it this time.
• Stop Chasing High-Tech Cheaters
  A different look at how technology is changing the way we educate ourselves.
• LBC Podcast #4: Yannick Murphy
  Sure, we’d tell you what’s in store, but it seems that’s a state secret. Listen, learn!
• New wave music impresario Ian Copeland dead at 57
  Rest in peace.
• CBS reveals the identities of its ‘Tuesday Night Book Club’ women
  Yeah, a docu-drama-thingy about a book club. Or as the husband likes to call it "wine club".
• In The Marketplace of Ideas
  David Thayer looks at the book and publishing thing — hey, it’s not all gloom and doom!
• All the recent hoopla in publishing could have been avoided with a rating system like the one Hollywood uses for movies.
  Never let it be said that we don’t support new and innovative ideas.