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Firebrand Technologies, a leader in technology services for the publishing industry, announced today that in addition to bringing on several new clients, they have continued to expand services for existing customers both in the US and overseas.

Firebrand Technologies today announced that they have been selected to provide worldwide digital content distribution services and metadata services for print and digital books for Simon & Schuster

NetGalley, a service to promote and publicize forthcoming titles to professional readers of influence, has launched the NetGalley Wellness Challenge. The Challenge is specifically aimed to help members of the site improve their individual influence on book recommendations, by modeling best practices in a variety of fun and easy ways.

Over 120,000 NetGalley members are invited to join the Challenge at the official kick-off on Monday, May 13th, by pledging to be “NetGalley healthy.” The 9-week program will give members many opportunities to improve their professional reader health through social media, webinars and in-person events at BookExpo America and the adjacent BEA Bloggers conference (which NetGalley is sponsoring). The program ends on July 10th, and participants will be eligible to win prizes.

Xeikon today announced that Bradford & Bigelow, Inc. has seen improvements in short-run book printing operations with the use of their Xeikon 8000 digital press.

June 3, 2010—New York, NY and Newburyport, MA—The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) announces a new benefit program in partnership with NetGalley, a web-based service that provides a robust toolset for publishers to share digital galleys and press kits with their contacts as well as tapping into new communities of professional readers. In addition to reaching traditional reviewers and media contacts, university presses can use NetGalley to share digital galleys with the international rights market, librarians, booksellers and retailers, bloggers, and professors requesting desk copies.

by Tatyana Sinioukov The foil stamping industry has been enjoying a quiet year, it seems. Some changes that are worth mentioning, however, include an apparent increase in use of hot stamping foils for books and the emergence of several new products and processes. More than ever, stamping foils come in a wide variety of colors, finishes and effects: from marble, snake skin, imitation leather, pearls, wood grains and geometric patterns to holograms, pigments, metallics and tints, offering book designers endless creative possibilities. "The cost of foil has come down considerably over the last two years, too, and that makes a big difference," reveals Stewart