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	<title>What's New at Open Book Systems &#187; Publishing and Politics</title>
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		<title>Lending Library or Intellectual Property Heist?</title>
		<link>http://pubnews.obs.com/2011/11/18/amazon-and-publishers-spark-kindle-fires-lending-library-controversy/</link>
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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>Reykjavik: City of Literature</title>
		<link>http://pubnews.obs.com/2011/09/06/reykjavik-city-of-literature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan O'Connor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has granted Reykjavik, Iceland official “City of Literature” status. Reykjavik is the fifth city to receive the honor, following Edinburgh, Scotland; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.; and Dublin, Ireland. &#8230; <a href="http://pubnews.obs.com/2011/09/06/reykjavik-city-of-literature/">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>
				<category><![CDATA[Agile Publishing]]></category>
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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>Push Pop Press gets Pushed Out of Publishing</title>
		<link>http://pubnews.obs.com/2011/08/04/push-pop-press-gets-pushed-out-of-publishing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan O'Connor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social networking giant Facebook acquired iPad publisher extraordinaire Push Pop Press this past Tuesday. For Push Pop Press founders and ex-Apple engineers Mike Matas and Kimon Tsinteris—and for Facebook and its users as well—this means only good things. Push Pop’s &#8230; <a href="http://pubnews.obs.com/2011/08/04/push-pop-press-gets-pushed-out-of-publishing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saving Huck</title>
		<link>http://pubnews.obs.com/2011/01/12/saving-huck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Fillmore</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[OBS News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Animal Farm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bowdlerization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The price of freedom is vigilance; this sanitized version of “Huckleberry Finn” shows that we need to be vigilant now, protest (http://www.newsouthbooks.com/pages/2011/01/10/conversations-on-newsouths-edition-of-mark-twains-tom-sawyer-and-huckleberry-finn/) its publication, and protect our recorded civilization from “e-book evanescence,” where the “real,” the permanent and paper-published book falls subsidiary to PC-driven “googlizations,” new and censored e-versions. E-censors can try and control our collective online archives, profit from the gutting, sanitizing and repackaging of art, and in so doing, alter our past, stupefy our present, and control our future. This is not a tolerable outcome for thinking people. Allowing such adulterating of our common library, on our watch, without comment, is tantamount to publishing the censored version of “Huckleberry Finn” ourselves. <a href="http://pubnews.obs.com/2011/01/12/saving-huck/">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>
				<category><![CDATA[Bookselling]]></category>
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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>Celebrate &#8220;Alone at Sea: Gloucester in the Age of the Dorymen (1623-1939)&#8221; by Dr. John Morris</title>
		<link>http://pubnews.obs.com/2010/06/02/celebrate-alone-at-sea-gloucester-in-the-age-of-the-doryman-1623-1939-by-dr-john-morris/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Fillmore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We at OBS are delighted to announce the publication of  Dr. John Morris&#8217;s new book &#8220;Alone at Sea: Gloucester in the Age of the Dorymen (1623-1939).&#8221;  This beautifully illustrated book represents some 10 years of research conducted by John as he &#8230; <a href="http://pubnews.obs.com/2010/06/02/celebrate-alone-at-sea-gloucester-in-the-age-of-the-doryman-1623-1939-by-dr-john-morris/">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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		<title>In Context: Factory Trawlers vs. Wooden Dories</title>
		<link>http://pubnews.obs.com/2010/03/30/in-context-factory-trawlers-vs-wooden-dories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Fillmore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we sent to the printer our latest book, Dr. John Morris&#8217;s Alone at Sea: Gloucester in the Age of the Dorymen (1623-1939) (Commonwealth Editions, Beverly, Mass.). Stunningly beautiful, thoroughly researched, and comprehensive (448 pages with 76 period photographs and &#8230; <a href="http://pubnews.obs.com/2010/03/30/in-context-factory-trawlers-vs-wooden-dories/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Google Settlement Causes International Ruckus</title>
		<link>http://pubnews.obs.com/2009/10/19/google-settlement-causes-international-ruckus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Fillmore</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Frankfurt Book Fair]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Americans shoot first, ask questions later,&#8221; said the moderator of one panel discussion on the Google settlement held at this week&#8217;s Frankfurt Book Fair, reflecting widespread sentiment among non-US-based publishers and agents. &#8220;You Americans are all asleep,&#8221; noted one agent &#8230; <a href="http://pubnews.obs.com/2009/10/19/google-settlement-causes-international-ruckus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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