Facebook Restrictions, Pirate eBooks & Library Layoffs, Top Publishing Headlines of the Week

By Jason Boog 

For your weekend reading pleasure, we’ve collected the ten most popular publishing stories of the week–ranging from the mysterious launch of Bookish to pirated eBooks to self-publishing secrets.

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1. Hachette, Penguin, S&S & AOL/HuffPo Team Up for Bookish
2. Facebook Restricts Authors’ Ability To Host Contests
3. List of Mother’s Day Gift Ideas Lists
4. ‘Battle of Internets’ Top Pirated eBooks at The Pirate Bay
5. Free Formatting Guides on How To Publish Your eBook
6. How Self-Published Authors Found Success by Staying Local
7. Survival Secrets for Independent Bookstores
8. Matt Dean Apologizes to Neil Gaiman
9. Library Layoffs & Cuts Proposed in New York City
10. How To Share Books with Troops Overseas