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Links to stories of the week9 July 2012 Our latest new feature, which links to interesting blogs or articles posted online which will help keep you up to date with what's going on in the book world: E-books are for porn but real books will survive, says award-winning author Telegraph article on Joan Brady. ‘Open access’ move puts thousands of UK jobs at risk STN News reports that up to £1billion of income and thousands of jobs could be placed at risk as a result of a move by Downing Street to allow Google and other digital search engines ‘open access’ to the nation’s best academic and scientific research.
Authors Guild Sees Return of Predatory Pricing if DoJ Deal Stands
The US Authors' Guild argues that the Justice Department needs
to rethink its settlement and to find a new way to “stop the alleged collusion
without requiring publishers to allow Amazon to resume predatory pricing. The Way Books Used to Be Sold by Tim Waterstone British bookseller Tim Waterstone shares his fond memories of where people used to buy books in New York in 1979 - and how that led him to launch his eponymous bookstores in the UK.
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