B&N Partners with Samsung for Tablets

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Barnes & Noble has reached an agreement with Samsung for the technology giant to develop co-branded tablets that will include Nook software. The deal meets B&N's goal of pivoting "from a hardware-centric company, to a content-centric company," said CEO Mike Huseby. more »

RosettaBooks Debuts Mobile E-book App
E-book publisher RosettaBooks is launching an interactive e-reading app for mobile phones and tablets that allows consumers to buy an inventory of backlist classics from Rosetta's retail partners. more »

S&S Adds InkedIn to Author Portal
Simon & Schuster has launched InkedIn, a new online community for S&S authors that lets them hold one-on-one or group discussions on publishing related topics. more »

BookReels, an MTV for Books?
BookReels, a new website dedicated to promoting books using trailers, is hoping to, as its CEO explains, do for books what "What MTV did for music videos." more »

THE ROUNDUP

Amazon Planning Mystery Product Event : Amazon posted a teaser trailer to YouTube on Wednesday about an upcoming product launch event for what could be its rumored 3D smartphone.

Stephen Colbert Takes on Amazon: The host paired up with author Sherman Alexie on the "Colbert Report" on June 4 to talk about Amazon/Hachette.

What We Know About Rowling's New Novel: Writing as Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling's next crime novel "The Silkworm" hits stores on June 19, but there are a few things we've already learned from a new excerpt of the book in "USA Today."

Eimear McBride Wins Baileys Prize : The Irish writer's "A Girl is a Half-formed Thing" beat Donna Tartt's 771-page opus "The Goldfinch" to take the award.

How Amazon Hurts Authors, Readers, Pubs: A small, academic publisher details its experience with the retail giant.

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