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The centenary of the outbreak of World War 1 in 1914 is naturally bringing out a lot of commemorative publications of varying kinds, as well as all the events and documentaries, etc., and Alexander Watson’s Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War 1, is one of the more interesting and revisionist, and the […]

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Only two of the 5 major US trade publishers have shown an interest in the ebook subscription market, and Macmillan is showing signs that they could be the third.

Late last week Macmillan announced, via their German parent company Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck, that 1,500 Macmillan titles are now available through Skoobe. a German ebook subscription service.

The 1,500 titles are drawn from the US and UK based SF publisher Tor Books. All of the titles are in English, including Ender's Game, Mistborn, and Children of the Mind. As the first and (so far)

Kobo has confirmed that it will supply eBooks to the Sony Reader and some Xperia smartphones in the UK when the Sony Reader Store closes on June 16.

The same move has already been implemented in the US and Canada, as part of Sony's business restructuring plan.

Users in Germany, Austria and Australia will also convert to the Kobo digital reading ecosystem, which includes a catalog of more than four million eBooks.

Amazon has opened pre-orders for its Kindle Fire tablets in over 170 countries and expanded its Android Appstore in nearly 200 regions . It's the biggest device rollout the company has embarked on since it entered the tablet market, and sees it take on Apple in terms of availability and distribution. Before today, the Kindle Fire was available in only seven countries — including the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Japan.

A German publisher is being accused of excessive political correctness for removing controversial language from a classic children's book, sparking debate about how to handle outdated and offensive words in the genre.

Last month German Family Minister Kristina Schröder incited the ire of her fellow conservative politicians when she took aim at politically incorrect content in classic children's literature. In addition to suggesting that God should be gender neutral, she criticized sexist and racist messages in some of these tales too.

Book Business and Publishing Executive magazines have announced a call for speakers for their 2012 Publishing Business Conference and Expo, to be held March 19-21 2012.