Here’s what caught my eye on the Internet in the past two weeks (circumstances stopped me posting last week) on writing and publishing:

Publishing Perspectives : Korea’s Moglue Offers Interactive Publishing Tools for Kids Books

http://publishingperspectives.com/2012/10/koreas-moglue-offers-interactive-publishing-tools-for-kids-books/

Hands on with iBooks Author 2.0

http://www.macworld.com/article/2013246/hands-on-with-ibooks-author-2-0.html

Do Publishers Need to Offer More Value to Authors?

http://janefriedman.com/2012/10/26/do-publishers-need-to-offer-more-value-to-authors/

What Writers & Publishers Need To Know About deviantART

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/what-writers-publishers-need-to-know-about-deviantart_b59758

Penguin and Random House to merge in £2.4bn deal

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/9639925/Penguin-and-Random-House-to-merge-in-2.4bn-deal.html

The 39 Clues Launches ‘Unstoppable’ New Story Arc

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/54499-the-39-clues-launches-unstoppable-new-story-arc.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly%27s+PW+Daily&utm_campaign=a01f771e19-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email

New iBooks Author supports LaTeX and MathML

http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/25/new-ibooks-author-supports-latex-and-mathml/

Kindle user claims Amazon deleted whole library without explanation

http://boingboing.net/2012/10/22/kindle-user-claims-amazon-dele.html