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Updates on: Pearson, book fair in Jorhat, India, and writing e-books

Pearson, the publishing giant behind the Financial Times and Penguin books, has put another asset on the sale block as chief executive Dame Marjorie Scardino carries on sharpening the company’s focus. She is looking for a buyer for a little-known division that manufactures image scanners which process school test papers. It was bought as part of National Computer Systems (NCS) in 2000, the blockbusting £1.7 billion acquisition made at the height of the technology boom and designed to “electrify” Scardino’s education strategy. — Business Times Online

Book fair to be held in Jorhat, India with emphasis on the promotion of Assamese classics. International publishers like Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Prentice Hall, too, will display their publications at the fair organized by Assam Academic Centre. — The Assam Tribune

Interested in writing an e-book? Hopefully, if you decide to write an e-book you will already have a pretty good idea of where you will market your e-book or perhaps at least realize how to market the book in general. This article outlines steps in e-book creation and gives advice to future authors. — Ibeginwithanidea.com