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HarperCollins to Provide Ebook Excerpts for JetBlue Passengers (2014-11-26): HarperCollins teams up with JetBlue to provide ebook excerpts on JetBlue's new wifi service.

World Book Night to Shut Down For Lack of Funds (2014-07-02): World Book Night announced that it is shutting down operations due to insufficient funding. The valuable program gave away 500,000 books in the U.S. in 2014.

Hillary Clinton's New Book, Hard Choices, is Effectively Banned in China (2014-06-30): Hillary Clinton's new memoir of her time as Secretary of State, Hard Choices, has been effectively banned in China. No publisher will touch the book which is critical of China.

Stephen Colbert Declares War on Amazon.com (2014-06-05): Stephen Colbert declares war on Amazon.com and refers to founder Jeff Bezos as Lord Bezomort for delaying shipment of Colbert's books due to fight with Hachette.

Leonard Riggio Sells 3.7 Million Shares of Barnes and Noble Stock (2014-04-17): Barnes and Noble Chairman Leonard Riggio sells 3.7 million shares of stock. He will still own 20% of the company.

Amazon Issues Credits in Connection With Ebook Price Fixing Settlement (2014-03-26): Amazon has issued credits to customers in connection with the ebook price fixing case in which the publishers settled with the Department of Justice.

Penguin Random House, Twitter and AAP Launch Second Annual TwitterFiction Festival (2014-01-10): Alexander McCall Smith, Brad Meltzer are headlining the TwitterFiction Festival which features top authors and aspiring writers. The call for entries is open now.

Barnes and Noble Announces Holiday Revenues Were Down Due to Slowing Nook Sales (2014-01-09): Barnes and Noble announced its holiday revenues, which were essentially the same as last year when the Nook's performance is factored out. Nook revenues are down.

President Obama and Daughters Sasha and Malia Visit Independent Bookstore for Small Business Saturday (2013-12-01): President Obama kept up his family tradition of visiting an independent bookstore on Small Business Saturday. First daughters Malia and Sasha accompanied him on the trip.

Derek Jeter Gets His Own Book Imprint at Simon & Schuster (2013-11-16): Derek Jeter gets his own book imprint at Simon & Schuster which will publish adult and children's books. Could his retirement from baseball be next?

Random House Dumps Paula Deen, Although Her Upcoming Cookbook is at #1 on Amazon (2013-06-28): Paula Deen has been dumped by Random House. Her new cookbook, out in October is #1 in sales at Amazon, but RH is pulling the plug anyway.

Barnes and Noble Releases Major Software Upgrade for Nook Color (2011-12-13): Good news for Nook Color owners: Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Random House is Owed $36.4 Million in Unsecured Debt in Borders Bankruptcy (2011-11-09): Bloomberg reports that Random house has resolved the dispute over how much unsecured debt it has in the Borders bankruptcy proceedings.

Casey Anthony Prosecutor Writing Book About the Trial (2011-08-29): Now that Casey Anthony has been acquitted of murdering her daughter Cayley Anthony, the books about the case are starting to roll out.

Emily Bestler Given New Imprint at Simon and Schuster (2011-02-21): Emily Bestler has been promoted to editor-in-chief and Senior Vice-President at Simon and Schuster.

Borders Book Group Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition (2011-02-16): Well, it's official Borders Book Group has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Publication Date of Mohamed ElBaradei's Book Advanced to April (2011-02-04): With events unfolding rapidly in Egypt, book publisher Metropolitan Books, an imprint of Macmillan's Henry Holt & Co.

Amazon Reports Ebook Sales Oustrip Paperback Book Sales (2011-02-03): For the first time, ebooks sales have surpassed paperback book sales at Amazon.

Book Publishers Not Thrilled With Latest Borders Proposal (2011-01-06): Publishers Weekly reports that book publishers are not impressed with embattled bookseller Borders Books' latest proposal to keep afloat.

New Edition of Huckleberry Finn Censors the N-Word (2011-01-05): A new edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn will be released in which the n-word - which appears more than 200 times in the book -- will be replaced with the word slave.