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	<title>What's New at Open Book Systems &#187; Bookselling</title>
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		<title>Nazi-Occupied Childhood Inspires Tales of Humor and Mysticism—Now Available as E-Books!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan O'Connor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ingeborg Lauterstein survived a tumultuous childhood in Nazi-occupied Vienna, Austria during World War II. She watched the world around her crumble, and lived to tell the tale: some 40 years later, her life and her volatile homeland formed the basis &#8230; <a href="http://pubnews.obs.com/2011/12/01/nazi-occupied-childhood-inspires-tales-of-humor-and-mysticism%e2%80%94now-available-as-e-books/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lending Library or Intellectual Property Heist?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan O'Connor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the first shipments of its e-reader tablet, the Kindle Fire, Amazon announced its new &#8220;Lending Library&#8221;—a free service available to “Prime” subscribers that allows them free access to more the 5,000 e-books. This $79.99/year membership also offers free 2-day &#8230; <a href="http://pubnews.obs.com/2011/11/18/amazon-and-publishers-spark-kindle-fires-lending-library-controversy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Your book is printed and bound, while you wait—Worldwide</title>
		<link>http://pubnews.obs.com/2011/10/28/your-book-is-printed-and-bound-while-you-wait%e2%80%94worldwide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan O'Connor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Espresso (or Electronic) Book Machine (EBM), a creation of On Demand Books, is designed for the efficient and worldwide distribution of Print-On-Demand (POD) books. The first EBM was installed and demonstrated in June 2007 at the New York Public &#8230; <a href="http://pubnews.obs.com/2011/10/28/your-book-is-printed-and-bound-while-you-wait%e2%80%94worldwide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>World’s 1st Online Book Store Announces Comeback at Frankfurt</title>
		<link>http://pubnews.obs.com/2011/10/21/world%e2%80%99s-1st-online-book-store-announces-comeback-at-frankfurt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan O'Connor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open Book Systems has been innovating from within the publishing industry since 1982. “OBS” originally stood for “Online BookStore,” the first online book store on the internet in 1992, and now, we are revisiting what it means to publish online. &#8230; <a href="http://pubnews.obs.com/2011/10/21/world%e2%80%99s-1st-online-book-store-announces-comeback-at-frankfurt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon’s New Kindle Fire tablet Ships November 15!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan O'Connor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled three new Kindle models last week, including the much-anticipated Kindle Fire tablet. Amazon’s new 7” vibrant color multi-touch tablet sold an estimated 95,000 units in the first day of pre-orders for just $199 each. The &#8230; <a href="http://pubnews.obs.com/2011/10/03/amazon%e2%80%99s-new-kindle-fire-tablet-ships-november-15/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Defining Book Value: When Money Gets in the Way</title>
		<link>http://pubnews.obs.com/2011/08/18/defining-book-value-when-money-gets-in-the-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan O'Connor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple is standing alongside five major publishing houses at the defendant’s table for allegedly conspiring to raise e-book prices. HarperCollins, Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon &#038; Schuster are on the stand defending themselves against allegations that Apple aided them in &#8230; <a href="http://pubnews.obs.com/2011/08/18/defining-book-value-when-money-gets-in-the-way/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Publishing: Threat or Menace?</title>
		<link>http://pubnews.obs.com/2010/11/15/self-publishing-threat-or-menace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Fillmore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone asked recently in a Book Industry Study Group (BISG) post: &#8220;Does anyone else out there, besides me, think that self-publishing should just go away and let &#8216;real&#8217; publishing take over again?&#8221; Interesting question. But I don&#8217;t think that the &#8230; <a href="http://pubnews.obs.com/2010/11/15/self-publishing-threat-or-menace/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Down the Rabbit Hole with the Espresso Book Machine</title>
		<link>http://pubnews.obs.com/2010/06/16/down-the-rabbit-hole-with-the-espresso-book-machine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Fillmore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Published in IPNE newsletter, June 2010 A group of fifteen IPNE members visited Harvard Book Store on June 4th, to witness the digital revolution turn yesterday’s “gentleman’s business” of publishing into everyman’s global printing press. The Espresso Book Machine (EBM), squired &#8230; <a href="http://pubnews.obs.com/2010/06/16/down-the-rabbit-hole-with-the-espresso-book-machine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ABA to BEA and Beyond</title>
		<link>http://pubnews.obs.com/2010/06/16/aba-to-bea-and-beyond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Fillmore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Published in the IPNE Newsletter&#8211;June 2010   Back when BookExpo America (BEA) was the American Booksellers Association (ABA) Convention and Trade Exhibit, this was the biggest, most lavish book conference in the country, where the publishers introduced their fall lists &#8230; <a href="http://pubnews.obs.com/2010/06/16/aba-to-bea-and-beyond/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Volcanic Consequences</title>
		<link>http://pubnews.obs.com/2010/05/03/volcanic-consequences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 18:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Fillmore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our trip to London Book Fair was scotched because of the Icelandic volcano, cancelling our rights and other business meetings we had scheduled. However, it appears that the once-perceived-to-be-flagging BEA later this month will enjoy a boost in business, as many globally-based companies &#8230; <a href="http://pubnews.obs.com/2010/05/03/volcanic-consequences/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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