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Friday News: BN and Microsoft; Google Settles with Publishers; Hachette discounting coming soon

Friday News: BN and Microsoft; Google Settles with Publishers; Hachette discounting coming soon

Barnes & Noble Booksellers – Yesterday, Barnes & Noble and Microsoft announced that it finalized the formation of a new company called Nook Media which will focus on the college and digital markets. Microsoft invested $300 million for an approximate 17.6% equity stake and B&N will own the remaining 82.4% stake. “One of the first(…)

Thursday Midday Links Roundup: Education is moving toward digital

How good is Harlequin doing? Pretty good. In a dismal economy that sees revenues at its parent company dropping, Harlequin is bringing in the profit. David Holland, the interim CEO at Torstar, said that the decline in newspapers and digital were offset by continued growth at Harlequin. (Actually Holland stated it the other way around(…)

Arnold Schwarzenegger Forces California to Go E

California is having a terrible budget crisis.   One of the ways Governor Schwarzenegger is attempting to reduce educational will be to eliminate purchase of print textbooks and require the use of electronic textbooks. The pilot program will be launched next August.   High school students will be provided an ebook reader to access the math and(…)

REVIEW: Manga: Sex Education: Manga Sutra by Katsu Aki

REVIEW: Manga: Sex Education: Manga Sutra by Katsu Aki

  Manga Sutra by Katsu Aki. Published by TokyoPop. Retail: $19.99. 1/37+ released in English. Rated M for Mature (graphic sex). Note: Each single English volume contains 2 Japanese volumes. Dear Readers, This one is slightly different for me. Some people might just call it hentai (Japanese porn). But while it does contain scenes that(…)