News from Publishing Perspectives:

Russian Publishing Steps into the Digital Future E-books represent just 0.25% of the Russian book market and growth has been hampered by piracy, legal issues, and reticence, still consumer demand is growing. Read more »

Does Digital Publishing Really Encourage More Reading? Statistics suggest that even as print reading is in decline, the internet and e-books have increased our consumption of the written word.  Read more »

"Just Great Bookselling": Bilbary's Simple Vision, Big Ambition Upstart UK e-bookseller and library Bilbary is open access, international and strives to offer a genuine alternative. Innovative? No. Just great bookselling.  Read more »

SURVEY: Should Libraries Sell E-books? With the limited number of e-book available for loan, selling e-books is an opportunity libraries could capitalize on, especially considering the economy.  Read more »

Why Brittany's Etonnants Voyageurs is France’s Top World Lit Event Five years on Brittany's Etonnants Voyageurs, has joined the World Alliance partnership of literary festivals, and is promoting translation and rights sales.  Read more »