The WA Premiers Book Awards official announcements, and the judges reports'bit.ly/alK7Uh

Interview with Simone Elkeles'nblo.gs/nSjTY

Should we mourn the end of chick-lit?gu.com/p/32abg/tw

The Rise of the Illustrated Young Adult Novel'bit.ly/owlYrs

Interview with Rachel Caine'nblo.gs/nSiA0

Kickstarter The Uprise Books Project:'http://t.co/cLVoNyYD

101 MISUSED WORDS is listed as one of the 20 best books for language lovers http://t.co/DIlaFQbV

Blueprint to Write a Hit YA Dystopic Novelwordpreneur.com/ZM

Barnes & Noble CEO on Borders demise and the future of Borders customers'http://ow.ly/6KFWQ

Librarian Christopher Harris Suggests Buying ebooks'In Consortium:'bit.ly/oeN3BJ

A'fall in the sales of commercial womens novelistscot.ag/rbOHTZ

Delay in opening of Pottermore e-book storehttp://t.co/Qx4CiQod

Does a consumer desire for free digital content imperil the future of the book?'http://t.co/NmFSKFhW

Amazons grip tightens on the entire book-publishing chain http://j.mp/oFJUBT

New e-reader technology pushes Phoenix-area libraries into a new era'bit.ly/oCCas4

Amazon Now Sells More eBooks Than Print Books'http://t.co/C4dW4mfp

Eric Huang from Penguin: Sales of TV books represent the largest portion of the global licensed publishing business'

'The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.' ? Isabel Allende

RIASS news:

Book giveaway: Cardanica: a steampunk nightmare by Dario Tonani'(open to all)