1. The strategic use of book giveaways and how they can increase earnings potential (via Jane Friedman)
2. The death of the artist—and the birth of the creative entrepreneur (William Deresiewicz / The Atlantic)
3. Amazon releases Kindle Convert, its first paid conversion app for the Kindle (via Ink, Bits & Pixels)
4. Competition in the digital library content market (Mercy Pilkington / Good e-Reader)
5. Oyster adds the complete ‘Harry Potter’ series to its e-book subscription service (Natt Garun / The Next Web)