Various news and links for the reader

News
» Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is in $6.7 billion of debt, and it looks like it won't be able to pay it back. HMH has less revenue now that school districts are cutting down on textbook purchases, and credit rating agencies believe that they will default on the loans. Hachette may step up and buy it.

» Borders, in an effort to try to stay afloat, has named a hedge fund executive as its chairman.

» The Guardian chronicles a set of super-bright antiquarian book thieves.

» Searches for "e book" double over the past year.

Links
» Among the vast universe of hyper-expensive Amazon items (ex. a, b, c) lies Chemical Shifts and Coupling Constants for Silicon-29 (Landolt-Bornstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology). Chemical Shifts is a 463 page hardcover which sells for $8,539.00. Luckily, you'll get free super-saver shipping. (via Marginal Revolution)

» The White House website now has some of its content listed as creative commons.

» The Book Cover Archive has added its 1000th book cover. It has also begun filing its covers by the font used on the cover. Check out the pages for Futura and Trade Gothic.

» Should we organize our books at home by original publication date?