Here are some web resources to get you started
and more generally www.publishersweekly.com. I’d recommend you subscribe to their free e-newsletter as well.
http://mashable.com/2011/07/31/sports-illustrated-inside-look/
http://nymag.com/news/media/50279/
http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/state-of-the-childrens-book-publishing-industry/ and the whole site http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/
http://www.suite101.com/content/eight-insights-into-the-publishing-industry-a363703
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-engelhardt21-2008dec21,0,1701730.story
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383938,00.asp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12308374
http://mashable.com/2011/08/05/guardian-shorts/
http://mashable.com/2011/05/19/kindle-books-outsell-real-books/
http://semanticweb.com/video-intro-to-semantic-web-for-the-publishing-industry_b21999
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/pda/2011/aug/03/facebook-push-pop-press-ebooks
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-oped-0804-books-20110804,0,3970003.story
http://www.publishingtalk.eu/social-media/twitter/10-twitter-hashtags-for-writers/
http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/08/04/book_future_imprint