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Coralie Bickford-Smith Shares the Inspiration Behind Her Book Covers

The Penguin Books cover designer shares the tools and inspirations behind her stunning designs.READ»

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iFive: Digital Blindness Cure, Facebook Font Tweak, Aol Buying Ad Firm, James Bond Goes Digital, Facebookphone Rumors Abound

The GOP may have won the House but not the Senate but innovation is party-agnostic, and keeps spinning on anyway: Here's the early news.READ»

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Amazon Slaps Penguin Across the Beak Over E-Book Pricing

You know when you meet a cute kitten, all fluffy, innocent and sweet...and when you stroke it it sinks four sharp teeth into your thumb? The sheer surprise of that is about the same as what Amazon's just done to Penguin books over ...READ»

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Penguin's iPad Demonstration Asks: Are Kids Destined to Grow Up With Tablets?

digg_url = 'http://www.fastcompany.com/1577088/penguins-ipad-demonstration-asks-are-kids-destined-to-grow-up-with-tablets'; digg_skin = 'compact'; We saw Penguin speak about their conception of books-as-apps earlier, but now ...READ»

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Penguin Demonstrates iPad-Bound Books: Amazing, but Are These Really "Books"?

If publishers (and, more importantly, the public) really embrace the iPad, we're going to be seeing more than just black-text-on-white books--if you wanted that, you'd buy a Kindle, not a giant iPhone with Wi-Fi, a huge LCD, and a ...READ»