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We feature some of the very best writing from inside the Shed, here on our front page. These are pieces that have earned wide approval and have been workshopped within 'The Lab', part of the Book Shed Forum.
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Readers will be invited to download free or reduced price e-books during 'Read an E-Book Week' between 7 and 13 March.
Penguin plans to kick start e-book sales with enhanced digital editions of bestsellers. Plans for interactive e-books go beyond embedded video and audio.
O'Reilly Media has launched a new e-book service, which it claims will aggregate content and push it out to the dynamic marketplace of e-books and other digital channels.
A German court has given six international publishing companies a significant victory in their attempt to combat digital piracy. 
An action group has been set up to campaign for the rights of authors in the face of the proposed 'Google Book Settlement'.
The book trade is waiting to hear the outcome of a New York court case, which will see Google face critics of its agreement with US publishers to produce digital copies of published books.
Some of the biggest worries facing literary agents relate to economic slowdown and the advance of digital publishing - e-books in particular.
A leading technology analyst has warned publishers not to take a short-term view of the e-publishing market.
Google negotiates with publishers and looks set to take on Apple with the launch of its new electronic bookstore – Google Editions.From The Bookseller
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- Italian govt signs deal with Google
- Conference concern over campus booksellers
- Hachette Livre accused over Paris Book Fair 'denigration'
- Hachette Livre accused of Paris Book Fair slam
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