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With questions arising about Agency Model pricing, Book Business examined the 10 best-selling e-books lists during mid August to get a sense of what prices seemed to be "right" for trade consumers.

Bertelsmann AG announced Random House's half-year earnings in a press release today, accompanied by a letter from Bertelsmann chairman and CEO.

Thomas Nelson announces the creation of the company's first enhanced e-book, which released on Aug. 25.

Leading book publisher Scholastic Inc. has taken steps to improve and refine its InSchool Marketing program, which uses sponsorship from partner companies.

It was probably a coincidence, but on one Sunday in July, two New York Times luminaries wrote columns complaining about books. Bill Keller, the outgoing executive editor, had a piece in the magazine headlined "Let's Ban Books, or at Least Stop Writing Them." In the Sunday business section, Bryan Burroughs, a regular reviewer and himself the author of multiple bestsellers, took on the preponderance of business books in an essay called "Compelling Tales, Rarely Told Well."

In an effort to encourage math and science education Tor/Forge Books and NASA have collaborated to publish a series of science based, commercial fiction books.

Some may call this an era of evolution in book publishing, but it also could be called the Era of Major Lawsuits taking on golliaths like Apple.

The Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) announces the five new members of the 2011-13 Board of Directors.

Representing just 6% of the total trade book market, the sci fi/fantasy segment will grow 3.4% in 2011, despite the overall market's expected 5.2% decline.

Following recent App Store policy changes imposed by Apple, Kobo  announced today that development is underway on an HTML5 eReading web app.