On the digital front this week, there were Nine truths about e-book publishing, 5 Career Tips to Survive Publishing’s Digital Shift?, and there was good news for comic fans as Aquafadas Offers Self-Publishers Digital Publishing Tools for graphic novels.

But with the cascade of new epublishing tools, it’s best to remember the  Tortured Language – Discerning Ebook Rights in Ancient Publishing Contracts.

Meanwhile, could editors become brands in themselves, acting as a recommendation engine for readers?

There was also talk of Books, Reading, and Pinterest, The Value of Making Reading Hard, and the role of  The Publisher as Curator.

This week’s big bout was Amazon vs. Big Publishing: 800 lbs vs. 798 lbs.?

And if all that wasn’t enough reading for you, here’s some more of the Best Links for Writers and Publishers, and Your Guide to Literary Tumblrs.

Today we’re mostly talking about Apple’s announcement on education yesterday. Are Apple set to shake up textbook publishing with iBooks 2 and iTunes U?

And there’s more, as Apple’s iBooks Author Tool Sets the Stage for Showdown With Amazon. Essentially it’s A GarageBand for ebooks: Simplifying publishing.

But what is The iBooks 2.0 textbook format? And there’s the backlash too: perhaps You Can’t Afford Apple’s Education Revolution, and what about The Unprecedented Audacity of the iBooks Author EULA?

And then there’s pricing, here’s Apple’s New Math(s). Or: Why a $15 E-Book Equals a $75 Paper Book.

Elsewhere this week, it was argued that Academic publishers have become the enemies of science. And while Dorling Kindersley says “Goodbye Books, Hello ‘Flat’ Content. Make Once, Use Anywhere,” there are increasing Publishing Opportunities from Online Communities.

This week, there was a look at How e-reading changes reading habits, but  it was heartening to hear that Humans are hardwired to read books. From a publishers point of view, let’s hope they are also hardwired to pay for them: here’s one man not Not Worried by Ebook Piracy.

The Hyperion CEO considers Book Publishing’s Broken Business Model, and are Publishing and social media a match made in heaven?

Meanwhile, with Apple poised to bring important changes to its iBook platform, Barnes & Noble Mulls Splitting Nook Business, Sells “Dead Tree” Publishing Company. Interesting moves are afoot.

Elsewhere, here’s what What James Franco’s “127 Hours” Has in Common with Publishing.

And finally, have you ever considered Borrowing from REM’s Songbook When Publishers, Authors and Agents Can’t Agree on a Book Title?

Phew, a busy week of conferences this one, and lots of writing about ‘em.

First up was our own Publishing Now event, Part One and Part Two. Then on Monday, we discovered at the Bookseller’s Futurebook that The future for publishers is content creation, with a dash of Martini. Finally on Thursday there was A day of innovation on the future of the book.

But what else happened? Well it seems Reading is alive and increasingly electronic as Interactive ebooks take on fiction novels, and It’s A Book. It’s An App. It’s Do or Die And It’s Innovative.

Elsewhere, a Web-connected printer creates personalized mini newspapers. Does it have any potential for bookish things? And here’s What publishers can learn from Netflix’s problems.

We’re also Blowing Out the Digital Book as We Know It, in tune with this week’s freakish weather.

Meanwhile, Publishers Gild Books With ‘Special Effects’ to Compete With E-Books, while many are Book Shopping in Stores, Then Buying Online. No surprise there unfortunately.

And finally, here’s Ten Free Classic Kindle Books Worth Reading. Enjoy.

This week’s BookWrap is all about Publishing Now. Ticket sales end today, so if you ain’t signed up yet, better get in quick. It’s basically Terminator 2, apparently.

We’ve got some great speakers lined up to talk about the theme of innovation, and many of them have written on this here site:

Dean Johnson of Brandwidth wrote about Apps for Digital Publishing: There are only 5 rules Part 1 and Part 2. Meanwhile Eamonn Carey wrote a 5 part series about Digital Promo Tools.

We asked Bobby Nayyar of Limehouse Books 7 Questions, and Alastair Horne of Cambridge University Press 8 questions.

And finally, to get you thinking innovatively, here’s 5 non-digital book-based innovations.

As Adobe kills mobile Flash, giving Steve Jobs the last laugh, publishers are scrambling for an HTML based solution to complex layout titles.  Also in the digital business, it’s been yet another interesting week for Kobo: Publishing, Self-Publishing And Getting Bought.

Tim O’Reilly has some Thoughts on ebooks triggered by the appointment of Andrew Savikas as CEO of Safari Books Online, while Future Book has An examination of digital publishing roles. It’s always worth checking out an Exclusive interview with Smashwords founder Mark Coker, and apparently there’s an Interactive Digital Book Cover that Changes at Your Touch.

Elsewhere, you can find out All About Literary Agents and peruse some Great book jackets: Tips from 4 design pros, while learning How to make a book trailer for $50,000.

The book is great technology, but it’s not good for everything. Stanza is another great technology, and the good news is it gets one last iOS 5 update.

And finally, try getting on board with this crowd sourced audiobooks project, and watch out tonight for Five Short Lectures on Knowledge vs. Practice in Publishing Today.

BookWrap is late this week, we blame this. Watch out for pictures from the event coming soon from this man.

It’ll be worth tuning in as social media master Jon Reed of Publishing Talk has his Masterclass blogged and tweeted LIVE this Monday. And on a similar topic, Are Social Media Sites the New Slush Pile?

Seth Godin argues that with the rise of Shovelware–it’s time to rate publishers. And on the self-publishing theme, here’s How This 23-Year-Old Used Tumblr To Land A Book Deal, but there’s one thing worth considering about The Publishing Biz: Will it Break You?

Elsewhere, as Amazon’s new Kindle lending program causes publishing stir, Gizmodo figures that Amazon Is Letting Publishers Ruin The Kindle. A bit of digging from the New York Observer, and Gizmodo Discovers Amazon Is Not Letting Publishing ‘Ruin the Kindle’. Confusing.

ReadWriteWeb has Instapaper’s Marco Arment On How The iPad Is Changing Reading, while the New York Times is Considering the Future of Reading: Lessons, Links and Thought Experiments.

Finally, it’s worth contemplating The Digital Dilemma for Picture Book Publishers, and don’t miss Book: A Futurist’s Manifesto.

This week We’re in the midst of a restructuring of the publishing universe (don’t panic).

Books are like the news — it’s better when they are social, and UK publishers seem to agree as they Ink Retail Deal with Social Reading Site.

Following the release of his Biography, we now know What Steve Jobs Thought About Digital Books, and How Apple won the ebook pricing war by strong-arming Amazon.

It would seem that E-Book Publishers Must Provide Flexible Access to Avoid ‘Media Hell’, wise words for Kobo as they look to become a publisher.

There’s much reading for writers on this week’s web, starting with 7 Dirty Little Book Publishing Secrets that Every Writer Needs to Know.

Are Fiction Writers Screwed? Are Cheap E-book Prices Devaluing Authors’ Work? Hmm, depressing.

But, hang on, here’s How a Novelist Bypassed His Publisher and Raised $11,000 on Kickstarter. And could serialization be making A Timely Return for the Digital Age?

Where Will Digitization Take Us? We Don’t Know for Sure, But We’re Heading There Fast. It’s certainly been a huge week for Kobo as the surprise new Vox takes on Kindle Fire with sub-$200 tag and their new deals propel them into the top tier of global ebook competitors. This despite claims that Tablet Publishing is Failing.

In other news, Future  Publishing racks up more than 2m Apple Newsstand downloads in 4 days, it’s the e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011, and Really, New York Times??

Here’s What to Do if Your Ereader Is Lost or Stolen, and if you find it again you can try Reading a Book Versus a Screen: Different Reading Devices, Different Modes of Reading?
And finally, just in case you haven’t heard, Julian Barnes triumphs at last.

This week has seen plenty publishing happenings at the Frankfurt Book Fair, as Children’s Publishing Goes Digital, there’s Epstein on the future of the publishing industry, and Mrs Book, can I introduce you to Mr Games?  You can read lots more from some familiar faces over at the blog.

Back in the UK, interesting moves are afoot as WH Smith launches ‘Kindle killer’, this of course being a deal with social reading leaders Kobo.

Amazon meanwhile have this to say to book publishers: “Welcome to the jungle, baby“. This as their new science fiction imprint launches — with Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear and Chris Roberson.

Dear Publishers: Please don’t pull a “Netflix” says Book Riot, and elsewhere there’s New Statistics and A Turning Point for the Publishing Industry to read all about.

And finally, there’s this fine Conversation Starter.