Four short links: 9 December 2019

Learning from Incidents — super useful articles on doing what it says on the box. (via duckalini) Say Goodbye to the 10-digit ISBN — ISBNs started out using a 10-digit number, but later transitioned to 13-digit numbers as the supply of unused numbers ran low. It has been standard up to this point to have […] Continue reading at 'O'Reilly Radar '

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Bloomsbury: ebooks at 9% of adult trade sales in 2010/11

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Nature Publishing Group Launches Linked Data Platform

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"Distinctive" short stories to Chatto

Chatto & Windus has acquired a collection of short stories by Nigerian author A Igoni Barrett... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Pottermore and OverDrive link on Potter library ebook distribution

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MAGAZINE ABCs: July - December 2011: The top 100 magazines at a glance

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Fine condemns 'short-sighted' Durham library cuts

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Now and Then Jumps into Digital Short Pool

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Digital-only short story trails Fforde novel

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Quercus reports 270% December ebook sales growth

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Niffenegger to write short story for Solaris

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Canongate bags Gray short stories

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