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DigiBookWorld Amazon acquires Avalon publishing, will publish 3,000 back-list titles bit.ly/Lt02ro about 3 hours ago via web Retweeted by electricbook and 8 others
jafurtado Ingram Vital Source Now Supports EPUB 3 for E-Textbooks (DBW) digitalbookworld.com/2012/ingram-vi… about 9 hours ago via Echofon Retweeted by electricbook and 2 others
B&N partners with Microsoft to spin off Nook biz ow.ly/aBCmJ (via @graysouth) Ah, that's how Microsoft gets back into ebooks—smart! 8:33 AM Apr 30th via HootSuite
Esp. nice if this set a trend for Macmillan imprints… RT @torbooks RT @tordotcom Tor/Forge E-book Titles to Go DRM-Free bit.ly/IcM4vV 9:54 AM Apr 24th via HootSuite
Sourcefabric's #Booktype: "Open-Source Book Creation Tools" ow.ly/ass0m 8:36 AM Apr 23rd via HootSuite
#LBF: Remember @INPN_Innovate Pecha Kucha-style launch, 2:30 in Thames Room. Rapid-fire intros to global biz models. (I'm speaking too.) 4:24 AM Apr 18th via HootSuite
AliLozoff On bus: elderly woman reading her Kindle; 20-something dude listening to iPod & reading a hard cover book. We're gonna be alright. 4:04 PM Apr 17th via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by electricbook and 14 others
Interesting clash on $1 audiobooks ow.ly/1KLNtd Is there value in preserving biz models, or is constant disruption the only way fwd? 4:07 AM Apr 18th via HootSuite
Quite the debate here. RT @jafurtado: What Amazon's ebook strategy means, By Charlie Stross ebookne.ws/HUX1Nb 4:35 AM Apr 15th via HootSuite
arthurattwell Looking forward to the launch of the Intl New Publishers Network (@INPN_Innovate) at London Book Fair. Speaker lineup: ow.ly/aenmJ 5:14 AM Apr 12th via HootSuite Retweeted by electricbook and 3 others
The US Dept of Justice is suing Apple and Macmillan for ebook price collusion ow.ly/adEZ6 People have too much time on their hands. 1:28 PM Apr 11th via HootSuite
arthurattwell "Everybody needs to know about Paperight"—thanks @ljndawson for your lovely post ow.ly/acD83 1:22 AM Apr 11th via HootSuite Retweeted by electricbook and 3 others
Potter ebooks "surpassing anything I've ever seen for e-book sales" ow.ly/a6l0v For us old ebook-trench hands, a glorious moment. 8:35 AM Apr 5th via HootSuite
abdelazer Publishers: We were not kidding when we said metadata was important. This is why you're failing. twitter.com/abdelazer/stat… 11:37 PM Apr 4th via web Retweeted by electricbook and 6 others
Guess that was inevitable. RT @jafurtado: Kobo to become a publisher soc.li/Ue6zRJZ 10:31 PM Apr 2nd via HootSuite
arthurattwell "500000 tablets will be sold in South Africa before June" @e_relevant ow.ly/a1HBU Impossible to be sure, but all estimates welcome. 8:40 AM Apr 2nd via HootSuite Retweeted by electricbook and 2 others
arthurattwell Great video on iPads being used in South African schools ow.ly/a1GWV (via @ischoolafrica) 8:35 AM Apr 2nd via HootSuite Retweeted by electricbook and 1 other
Brilliant piece on why agency pricing works by @markcoker ow.ly/1JzdX4 May even have convinced me. 12:24 PM Mar 30th via HootSuite
arthurattwell Franschhoek Lit Fest programme's up! I'll be chatting to @gussilber @mignonhardie and @marlonparker, Fri 11 May, 1pm ow.ly/9YFIQ 5:57 AM Mar 30th via HootSuite Retweeted by electricbook
So proud of this little book we did in '06—steadily travelling the world. Author Mhlobo Jadezweni champions its cause: ow.ly/9MUJ9 5:43 AM Mar 21st via HootSuite

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