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E-books and Self-Publishing Roundup, Oct. 27, 2011

The best stories of the week from across the web on e-books and self-publishing

1. E-book checkouts from libraries up 200% over 2010 (paidContent)

2. E-book revenues up 153% over last year (paidContent)

3. Amazon announces HTML5 e-book format (Mashable)

4. Big U.S. publishers say e-books now generate 15-20% of their sales, only 1% in Europe (paidContent)

Nathan Gibbs :Nathan Gibbs teaches multimedia journalism as an adjunct instructor for Point Loma Nazarene University and the SDSU Digital and Social Media Collaborative. Gibbs oversees multimedia content as web producer for KPBS, the PBS and NPR affiliate in San Diego. He played a key role in the station's groundbreaking use of social media during the 2007 Southern California wildfires and continues to drive interactive strategy. Gibbs is on Twitter as "@nathangibbs":https://twitter.com/nathangibbs and runs "Modern Journalist":http://modernjournalist.com/, a blog for journalists exploring multimedia.

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