What's Your Move, B&N?Two noteworthy events occurred last week: Judge Cote gave a thumbs up to the ebook settlement and Amazon unleashed its new line of Kindle devices. OK—make that three note-worthy things. Because, given Noteworthy Events 1 and 2, it looks as though Barnes & Noble is now in a dusty little corner where the only way out may be to give its Nook away. One thing remains constant: The consumer is the loser. After all, who wants to be locked into a one-device deal? What do you think? Will consumers come to regret the one-choice choice? Join this conversation at our fancy new TOC community site and share your thoughts. We'd really love to hear from you.
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Register with code TOC12Partner20ORMRadar to save 20%. The Final BitLiterally, Our Weekly Nod It's OK if you have one—so does Joe Biden! His word, apparently, is "literally." Jen Doll at The Atlantic reports that Biden used "literally" some 10 times in his speech last week at the Democratic National Convention (mostly improperly, at that). He used it enough, she notes, to get a lightweight buzz on were you, um, playing a convention speech drinking game. Naturally, you want more. Naturally, it's found in Damp Squid.
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In addition to its new raft of Kindles, Amazon last week also announced the new Kindle Serials content subscription program. Sarah Kessler thinks this format 
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What is your crutch word—the, you know, that word you, um, use when you need, uh, a minute to think when, ahem, speaking in front of an audience?
