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• The Amanda Knox circus—again

  Amanda Knox, even while appearing on prime time television in America to promote her book Waiting to Be Heard, is facing yet another murder trial in Italy for a crime—of… Read more »

• Some people never learn: Johnson & Merians start a new company … Melville House UK

  Last Friday, in an exclusive with Philip Jones, editor of the UK’s leading book-trade magazine, The Bookseller, Melville House founders Valerie Merians and Dennis Johnson announced they’re starting another publishing… Read more »

• Columbia J-School’s new dean greeted by new scandal

  Earlier this week, the Columbia University School of Journalism announced a new dean: The disguised investigative reporter Steve Coll. But the school’s outgoing dean, Nicholas Lemann, is curiously also in… Read more »

• Penguin opts for a jury of its peers

  First, Penguin told the Justice Department to “Bring it on” — it was going to stand firm against the government’s bizarre price-fixing lawsuit even when most of the others charged… Read more »

• The invasion of Iraq, ten years ago today

  Today marks the ten year anniversary of the “Shock and Awe” bombing and invasion of Iraq and the first days of what would be called “Operation Iraqi Freedom” by the… Read more »

• Cambridge & Oxford University presses sue Delhi University for copyright infringement — over course packs

  Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press and Taylor & Francis are suing a photocopying store at Delhi University for copyright infringement. The store, who they accuse of creating photocopied “course… Read more »

• Are libraries “priceless”?

  At a time when library budgets are being cut and the role of libraries is being debated, some grassroots pro-library efforts have been launched to build support. But in some… Read more »

• Announcing a new prize for Jonathan Franzen to win

  The Folio Society announced a new literary prize yesterday. The forty thousand pound prize is to be awarded to an English language book of fiction published in the UK. It… Read more »

• Under pressure, Random House’s Hydra e-imprint changes author contracts

  After an outcry, Random House’s new digital sci-fi imprint, Hydra, has announced changes to its contracts, based on feedback from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the Horror… Read more »

• Amazon kills 70% royalties for authors who won’t play ball on pricing

  A Daily Telegraph story reports that Amazon is cutting royalties for self-published works priced above $9.99. The current royalty rate is 70% of all sales, so long as the price… Read more »