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Penguin Settles with Justice Department, ahead of Random House merger
Dec 19 2012:   Penguin Group is settling the e-book pricing suit brought by the Justice Department in April. At the time, the publisher had vowed to fight the suit, but in October that approach was put into doubt when Penguin and Random House announced plans to merge next year. Macmillan remains the only...
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Ebook reader sales fall precipitously as tablet sales rise
Dec 14 2012:   Market research firm IHS iSuppli says that after "spectacular" growth during the past few years, the e-book reader market is now on an "alarmingly precipitous decline," due to the growing popularity of tablets - down an estimated 36 percent this year and anticipated 27 percent next...
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Amazon to collect sales tax in Massachusetts from Nov 2013
Dec 12 2012:   Under an agreement announced Tuesday between Amazon and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Amazon will begin collecting and remitting sales tax in Massachusetts beginning Nov. 1, 2013. In a statement from Patrick's office, Amazon and Massachusetts will "work together toward enactment of federal...
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The Kindle Store, now available in Canada
Dec 10 2012:   Amazon has launched a Kindle Store in Canada, but has yet to officially announce its...
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and The Casual Vacancy to be serialized by BBC in 2013 and 2014
Dec 04 2012:   The BBC has commissioned a six-part series based on Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke which is scheduled for release in 2013. The BBC is also planning an adaptation of J.K. Rowling's A Casual Vacancy for...
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Three Cups of Tea author dies aged 49
Dec 03 2012:   David Oliver Relin, a journalist and adventurer who achieved acclaim as co-author of the best seller Three Cups of Tea (2006) and then suffered emotionally and financially as basic facts in the book were called into question, died Nov. 15 in Multnomah County, Ore. He was 49.

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E.L. James Named PW's Publishing Person of the Year
Nov 30 2012:   The author of the Fifty Shades Trilogy, E.L. James, has been named Publishers Weekly's Publishing Person of the Year for...
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Kevin Powers wins the Guardian First Book Award for "The Yellow Birds"
Nov 30 2012:   Kevin Powers has won the Guardian first book award for The Yellow Birds, which takes its title from a US army marching song and has drawn comparisons with Cormac McCarthy and Ernest...
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Amazon to open European publishing division in 2013
Nov 29 2012:   Amazon is to open a European publishing wing, focused on English-language titles for the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Jeff Belle, Amazon Publishing vice-president, said Amazon was "determined to invent ways to help authors reach more readers". Amazon already has publishing divisions in...
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Dreamworks Studios look to be acquiring rights to "Light Between Oceans", debut by M.L. Stedman
Nov 29 2012:   DreamWorks Studios is in exclusive talks to acquire M.L. Stedman’s debut novel The Light Between Oceans, studio co-chairman/CEO Stacey Snider confirmed. Harry Potter series producer David Heyman will produce with Jeffrey Clifford. Rosie Alison, who brought the book into Heyday, will...
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Last chance to sign up to be a host location for World Book Night USA, April 23, 2013
Nov 27 2012:   Bookstores and libraries wishing to be a host location for the 2013 World Book Night USA event (Apr 23) need to apply by December 1. Forms available at...
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Saturday, December 1st is Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day
Nov 27 2012:   The third annual Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day is set for this Saturday, December 1. 400 stores in the USA took part last year, as did stores in the UK, Canada and Australia. This year it's expected that many more stores will take part.

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