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Bookish news and publishing tidbits 10 September 2011

book news Bookish news and publishing tidbits 10 September 2011

Project Gutenberg founder dies aged 64'gu.com/p/3xzvn/tf

Haruki Murakami book trailer and chapter teaser

You can charge a higher price for your e-book, but to do that you must add value'bit.ly/iR5qHe

3D illustrations for classic childrens books'http://ow.ly/6pY4C

Kurt Vonnegut explains the shapes of stories'http://ow.ly/6nIpR

Barry Duncan is Quite Possibly the Worlds First Master Palindromistbit.ly/prW4JI

Free 14 day trial on a'Clarkesworld Kindle subscription'tinyurl.com/3bogs9m

Coraline producer to adapt musicans novel Wildwood'goo.gl/KFn3l

Indy Press Opens to Spec Fic Novels'wp.me/pSR5n-tg

Today, we wish English had a bit of an alphabet overhaul:bit.ly/n8IAhh

The books business: Great digital expectations | The Economist'http://ow.ly/6pjkK

Book Pricing Repeating the same mistakes only on a bigger scalehttp://ow.ly/6omU1

Want to know what Paul Murray, author of Skippy Dies, is writing now? Enjoy:'bit.ly/qRvJWm

The Smallest Public Library in the United States'is.gd/2y5CGx

I dont want to tell the stories I grew up being told I had to dream, or to settle for. I am going to tell my stories, my way. Kate Elliot

RIASS stuff:

We're running a giveaway courtesy of 40K books. Because we know you're lazy, we've made entry even simpler: just leave a comment.'It's open to all, so stop by!

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