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If you're an ebook author, here's news that may prompt you to hire someone to translate your books into foreign language editions.

First, there's this news about Kobo's German ebookstore. Amazon Germany already has its own online bookstore, of course. So ...

Which reminds me that Amazon is supposed to be coming to Spain next week! Ay carumba! :)

But wait! It won't include ebooks. Awww ... :( Not right away, but eventually ... by the end of the year. So ... coming soon, right? Can you say, Hasta la vista, baby? :)

Oh, and BTW, here's another media that's changing due to technology, where concerns about the future and words like "legacy" are being bandied about. Interesting, isn't it?

And call me nuts, but I think there's a bit of a First Amendment problem with this.

Oh, and isn't this nice? Now that the Huffington Post has become famous by getting all its content for free from desperate bloggers, it's become an ebook publisher. I'll bet they'll clean up, huh? Off other writers' content. Imagine. Hmm ...

Finally, as a public service, here's a list of various Borders locations and when they're closing. Feel free to make your (very) long goodbyes.

And, as a bonus, here's something you might want to activate in your Facebook settings.

Hey, I almost forgot the BEST part! If worse comes to worse, we can always sell our own ebooks!!!!

Well, I thought that beat the crap out of this bit about Lady Gaga, anyhow ...