The Penguin Blog

Penguin - ABE Collaboration:

(From a PENGUIN CLASSICS spokesperson) "next week in collaboration with abebooks we're auctioning off signed copies of all five of (the Designer Classics) - the number ones in each case - to benefit the charity English PEN."

So the link between ABE and the new book publishers grows 'solider and solider' day by day. Pretty soon used book dealers will start debating whether new book sales hurt the market for the used.

If you browse down the Penguin blog, you will be tempted to run out and buy the latest Forbes issue. It is devoted to features about the publishing industry in the face of new digital markets for downloadable content and, basically, entertainment.