Donna is still away, so it falls to Peter to attempt to cover a round-up of this week’s news – and there’s lots happening. The Romance Writers of America have decided that ebook publication doesn’t qualify an author for membership. Bloomsbury Publishing is being sued by the estate of children’s writer Adrian Jacobs over claims that J K Rowling “copied” his work in one of her Harry Potter books. Simon & Schuster has reached an agreement with Scribd under the terms of which the social networking site will sell S&S ebooks in the Scribd Store. And ReadingGroupGuides.com recently conducted a survey of book club members and found that 83% of groups read both hardcovers and paperbacks. Many thanks to David Bridger for his magnificent monitoring and summary of this week’s headlines – couldn’t have done it without you, David!
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Links: The Digital Age and RWA: A Call for Change, Bloomsbury faces Harry Potter copyright claim, S&S US agrees Scribd deal, ReadingGroupGuides.com Releases Survey Results
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