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Todays links of interest: The Digital Revolution, Goal One, Author Education, Bonus Paragraph!Talking about the importance of authors learning the issues surrounding digital publishing…with major announcement!

Todays links of interest: SoundProofThis article explores issues surrounding making reading accessible for disabled readers. A topic near and dear to our BS hearts. Another thought about how deals might change in the ebook value chainMike Shatzkin takes a long look at ebook prices. Something’s gotta give. Interesting though line here is the author royalty question. That’s gonna be big in the near future. And You Thought a Royalty Involved a CrownThe always delightful Moonrat offers a look at the magic of author royalties. A lovely primer (even for those of us who, sigh, live and breathe these terms).

Todays links of interest: Amazon Upgrades its Kindle for Iphone AppFYI. E-books are ugly, but it’s not the fontsJoshua Tallent takes a realistic look at the recent Wired story on ebooks and finds points to dispute. Note especially his comments about outsourcing production and quality control. Your Daily Amazon NewsPublishers Lunch sums up today’s Amazon news: countersuit in Discovery’s ebook patent plus new suit regarding search. Ebook sales continue to rise – latest IDPF infoIt’s nice, you know, to see business on the upswing. And ebooks? Definitely upward!

Todays links of interest: Judge won’t toss lawsuit over Hilton movie flopWe all need a daily dose of stupid news! Book Business honors leading female executives who are helping to shape the industry. : Book BusinessTop 50 women in publishing. Cool. Book Club: Humor‘Cause without bookclub, what do we have?

Todays links of interest: Tim O’reilly has good advice for publishersBest. Thing. Ever. Exact Editions: The Twitter Book ClubWait! There’s a rival to the Twitter Book Club created by The Book Maven and Booksquare. Game. On. Something Wildly Inappropriate From Soft SkullLooks like some people are going beyond pajamas and mules at parties…

Todays links of interest: Laws That Could Save JournalismNo, these are not laws that would save journalism. These are laws to protect the newspaper business from its own bad decision-making, and enacting them would kill the business. Dead.

Todays links of interest: Kindle Publishing Now Open To All BlogsAmazon opens up the pay-for-blogs on your Kindle service to all blogs.

Todays links of interest: The Shelf Talker: Butterscotch, and Prairie Home CompanionIn which Mr. Kevin Smokler tries to sneak a reference to Night Ranger in a serious article about…oh, right, perfect joke. Where I Left OffMartin Shepard of the Permanent Press talks about how his house is having a pretty good year, but, well, getting paid for that good year is tough going. Then he rolls up his sleeves and talks some trash about Barnes Noble and Ingrams and how messed up this business can be. Romance, DRM and the Future of Reading at Digital Book 2009Calvin Reid offers a

Todays links of interest: Copyright Critics Rationalize TheftMark Helprin gets it wrong. #idpf09As part of our ongoing series of bringing you publishing conversations, today we have the live tweeting of the IDPF conference being held in NY. Enjoy without leaving the couch! First Quarter Loss at BertelsmannHmm, consumer reluctance? What a pretty way to say people aren’t spending as much money as they should.

Todays links of interest: ‘You’ve Read the Book, Now Take a Look!’Is literary tourism bad for books or is literary tourism something to worry about so people can buy books? Keeping the data openPeter Brantley looks at the dangers and possibilities of metadata and other information, apropos of the Google Book Settlement. Mobifusion Releases New Cellphone Content ViewerNew ereading platform. So many, so many.