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Sign Up for "Saner, More Humane Digital Publishing" The grassroots Publication Standards Project aims "to advocate a saner digital publishing landscape," while promoting standardization, access and ease of use. Read more »

What Are Your Biggest Problems with Digital Publishing as We Know It? Everyone wants something changed. So it's time to vent: tell us what are your biggest problems with digital publishing as we know it. And what are your solutions? Read more »

Big French Merger: Gallimard to Buy Flammarion for €251m RCS MediaGroup will is selling French subsidiary Flammarion to Gallimard for 251 million euros, pending anti-trust approval. The deal is expected to finish in September.  Read more »

Amazon.co.jp Announces Kindle "Coming Soon" to Japan In advance of next week's Tokyo Book Fair, Amazon.co.jp, announced: "kindle, the highest selling ebook reader in the World will be on sale (in Japan) soon."  Read more »

European Publishers Meet with EC, Endorse Single Market for E-books Bold-faced names in European publishing met in Brussels with the EC, where they signed a single market declaration favoring open borders for e-books. Read more »