Amazon Publishing France: How Will the French Respond?

Children's Books: For Its 50th, l'école des loisirs Offers Paris a Visual Feast To mark its 50th birthday, children’s publisher l'école des loisirs is exhibiting 70 illustrations — of which 70% are original — at the Paris Salon du Livre.

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France: Amazon Publishing France: How Will the French Respond? The Amazon Publishing France had hired its first employee, Clément Monjou, who will start by publishing a pair of translations under the Crossing imprint.

Libraries: Rakuten Buys E-book Distributor OverDrive for $410 Million Japan's Rakuten, parent company of ebookseller Kobo, has purchased US ebook distributor OverDrive, likely blocking Kindle's further expansion into libraries.

Education: Controversy: Pearson Publishing Monitoring Students' Twitter Posts The New York Times reports that educational publisher Pearson has been "monitoring student media" to find possible leaks of the company's tests.

Children's: PRH's Brightly to Help Parents Raise Lifelong Readers Brightly is a new online resource from Penguin Random House to help parents find books that will encourage their children to become lifelong readers.