Amazon Buys 1,000 Backlist titles from Dorchester – As expected Amazon won the bid for defunct publisher Dorchester. Add these to the 3,000 titles they bought from Avalon in July and you have a serious number of romance backlist titles to offer.

Jonah Lehrer’s Plagarism Worse than Originally Thought – Charles Seife analyzes numerous “Wired” articles and the Lehrer’s blog and discovers a pattern. Beware lest anyone put your blog or articles under a microscope.

Publishing is Broken, We’re Drowning in Indie Books, and That is a Good Thing – Lengthy article in Forbes magazine about the state of the industry. Worth the time to absorb what he is trying to say. See the next link for a different perspective.

Self-Published Authors are Lazy –  Interview with Sue Grafton where she rendered a very unpopular opinion. Plenty of digital ink was spilled in response.

Today’s Christian Woman is Back in Print – Fascinating strategy launching this Fall. TCW coming back in a print edition, as well as online. See the new web site in beta form: todayschristianwoman.com

ipads and Kindles Allowed to be on During Take Off? – It may happen soon! As long as they make everyone turn off their cell phones I’m looking forward to the relaxation of these rules. I just cannot fathom sitting next to someone talking on their cell phone for an entire flight.

How Do Authors Benefit from Agents? – Rachelle Gardner, once again, writes a brilliant post. If you don’t follow her blog, you need to.

The Publishing Process in GIF form – In case you missed this last week (it went somewhat viral), Nathan Bransford created a delightful visual description of the entire publishing process.