Many of you have been away on holiday the last two weeks, so here is a list of interesting articles you may have missed:
Go To Hellman: 2011: The Year the eBook Wars Broke Out
Five Big Publishing Stories of 2011 That Will Bleed into 2012 – DigitalBookWorld
Five things we learned about publishing in 2011| O’Reilly Radar
A few future sources of ebook innovation| FutureBook
Kindle Fire On Track For Hundreds Of Impressions TechCrunch
Amazon has over 65,000 ebooks in Kindle Owners Lending Library| publiclibraries.com
Online pirates threaten Kindle profits| Dailymail.co.uk
eReader Shipments Grow 108% in 2011 Mediabistro
How much should an ebook cost? The Domino Project
Seth Godin sees bare-bones future of books thanks to long tail Teleread
Publishing Insiders Reveal Price-Fixing… The Digital Reader
Parliament looks into UK’s 20% VAT
We must, we must, make VAT dust | FutureBook
UNESCO Launches Global Portal to Track Open Access sspnet.org
Open Educational Resources: The Bridge…EDUCAUSE
Open-Textbook Idea Is Gaining Steam -…Chronicle of Higher Education