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title: "The Book: A Week in Review"
description: "More things happened than I have links to, but here's the skinny on the fat: 1. WeBook.com, a great collaborative writing tool or user-generated book writing tool, got a $5M deal led by Vertex and..."
url: https://somisguided.com/2008/09/19/the-book-a-week-in-review/
date: 2008-09-19
modified: 2008-09-19
author: "Monique"
categories: ["Book Reviews"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# The Book: A Week in Review

More things happened than I have links to, but here’s the skinny on the fat:

1. (http://www.webook.com/), a great collaborative writing tool or user-generated book writing tool, got a [$5M deal led by Vertex and Greylock Partners](http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080917/nyw101.html?.v=101).

2. (http://vanmag.com/foodanddrink/08oct/Food2.shtml): James’ exploit hand-catching crabs is caught in VanMag. (Ok, not book related but publishing related.)

3. (http://www.stoweboyd.com/message/2008/09/tools-i-use.html) has a great list of the tools he uses. I’m there baby! (Yup, also not book related but Stowe is awesome.)

4. (http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/print-on-demand-with-atm-for-books/2008/09/18/1221331003780.html). “Angus & Robertson today became the first Australian book chain to install the Espresso Book Machine (EBM), capable of printing, trimming and binding a paperback book on demand within minutes.”

5. BookNet Canada and the Association of Book Publishers of BC ran a full day session on internet marketing for book publishers. I presented on understanding and measuring results and will post those notes over the weekend.