Your Amazon Account Can be Hacked Via a Kindle Book (The Digital Reader)
Amazon might not have a security issue at Audible but they do have one on their main website.
***
Free Samples of NBA’s Young People’s Literature Longlist (GalleyCat)
The National Book Foundation has revealed its first ever Young People’s Literature Longlist for the National Book Award (NBA).
***
HarperCollins Adds Security Layer to eBook Files (Digital Book World)
The anti-piracy solution embeds unique, imperceptible and traceable digital watermarks into e-books, enabling distributors and publishers to track where their content is appearing online and identify the sources of leakage and unauthorized distribution.
***
Authors United May Not Want to Admit it, But Most Books Are Consumer Goods Like Any Other (GigaOM)
A letter to the Amazon board from the lobby group Authors United argues that books are not a consumer good like razor blades or television sets, but its case is based on an outdated emotional argument about the lonely, starving artist.
***
Kindle Daily Deal: The Intern’s Handbook (and others)