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Major Publishers to Hike Prices of Electronic Books (HispanicBusiness.com)
Los Angeles (dpa) - Three of the largest U.S. book publishers are to hike the prices of their electronic books after the introduction of Apple's iPad tablet computer forced Amazon to abandon its one-price- fits-all policy, Information Week reported Monday.
CM donates 1,000 rare books to new library (The Times of India)
Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi on Monday donated about 1,000 rare books from his collection to the upcoming Anna centenary library.
Historian Robert Service Selects Top 5 Books on Totalitarianism (St. Petersburg Times)
Robert Service is professor of Russian studies at St. Antony’s College, Oxford. His research interests cover Russian history from the late 19th century to the present day, and he has written numerous books on the subject.
Equator Books In Venice Closes (The Huffington Post)
Venice's Equator Books has been a welcoming independent option for book lovers on Abbot Kinney for over five years, but now they have announced that this weekend they are closing their doors for good.
Major publishers to hike prices of electronic books (MalaysiaNews.net)
Los Angeles, Feb 9 (DPA) Three of the largest US book publishers are to hike the prices of their electronic books after the introduction of Apple's iPad tablet computer forced Amazon to abandon its one-price-fits-all policy, Information Week reported Monday.
Amazon’s relents on e-book pricing and resumes sales of Macmillan books (InternetRetailer.com)
Amazon.com Inc.’s strategy of selling low-priced e-books to encourage sales of its Kindle e-book reader is in jeopardy as the world’s largest online retailer formally ceded ground to one publisher that demanded higher prices for the digital products and faced similar pressure from another.
Kindle Books in Snack Sizes (New York Times)
FT Press is selling stripped-down, 1,000- to 2,000-word versions of books, for $1.99, and a new series of essays of about 5,000 words, for $2.99.
Macmillan books coming back to Amazon (USA Today)
After a week-long absence, new copies of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and other books published by Macmillan are available for purchase on Amazon.com.
Controversial Study: NYPD Officials Cooked Books (WCBS-TV New York)
Do the numbers add up? A new report is accusing some of the NYPD of fudging crime statistics, and the effects could mean fewer police officers on your streets. Some New York City cops cooked the books according to a controversial new study. "That's just blatant corruption, in my book," Clinton resident Marguerite Scott said.
Amazon reshelves Macmillan titles but not e-books (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Online retailer Amazon.com Inc resumed selling hardcover and paperback books from Macmillan Publishers late on Friday in a sign the two companies are getting closer to resolving a pricing dispute over Macmillan's electronic books, which remain unavailable on Amazon.

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