Google Brings Google Play for Education to Canada (Canadian Reviewer)
Serving as an extension of Google Play, the educational tools and content will be delivered through Android tablets.
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Video Marketing for Publishers: How, Whether, When? (Digital Book World)
Video may have killed the radio star, but its impact on the book world is still buffering.
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Does Agency Pricing Hurt Reading Consumers? (GoodeReader)
The current dog in the fight is HarperCollins, who according to some sources has demanded that all retailers move to an agency pricing model as early as next week while it still works to resolve its terms with Amazon.
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Ancestry.com Employees Caught Throwing Away Thousands Of Records They Were Supposed To Be Archiving For The US Government (Techdirt)
The private company operates with minimal oversight and its relationship with the NARA is a “closely-guarded secret.” This lack of accountability has naturally resulted in, shall we say, lackluster efforts from its employees.
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Kindle Daily Deal: Never Smile at Strangers (and others)