How Google Wave could transform journalism - LATimes.com
Mark Milian shares "a few wild ideas" for using Wave, including live editing, smarter story updates, and smarter story updates.  [Poynter Romenesko]

Marian Schembari at Publishing Trends details how she landed a job in publishing, but not by sending out resumes and cover letters.

Of course, advertising yourself to get a job is a little weird, I have to admit. It’s one of those stories you hear about people wearing their resume on a T-shirt or taking cookies to an interview. No one wants to be that person.

Victory for the Public Interest – New Process Must Be Open + Transparent -

“We hope that Google and its partners learn the right lessons from this fiasco and start over in an open and transparent manner.  They must create a robust process that includes input from all stakeholders, including authors, libraries, independent publishers, consumer advocates, state Attorneys General, the Justice Department, and Congress.  This opportunity cannot turn into another negotiation behind closed doors.  

Breaking: Google Book Settlement Hearing Is Postponed -

News is spreading fast that Google and its partners have filed a motion and a memo asking the Court to postpone the October 7 fairness hearing.

“One thing is for certain – the proposed Google Book Settlement, as it’s currently written, will not go through.” -

Now that we’ve had a chance to review the Justice Department’s filing in more detail, we recognize that one thing is certain – the proposed Google Book Settlement, as it’s currently written, will not go through. Even Google seems to agree with this — after months of fighting against any change to the settlement, they acknowledge that the settlement must be profoundly altered. That’s good news for anyone who wants to protect innovation, competition, and the public interest as we evolve the world of books to the digital age. [Open Book Alliance]

He also utters one of the two latest media business model buzzwords, the other being "local."

Google CEO: Publishers will have a hard time charging for general news - Reuters
There's too much free content online, says Eric Schmidt. "My guess is for niche and specialist markets ... it will be possible to [charge], but I think it is unlikely that you will be able to do it for all news." [Poynter Romenesko]

US Justice Dept wants changes to Google book deal (AFP) -

AFP - The US Justice Department has advised a court to reject a legal settlement between Google and authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online [Yahoo! Books and Publishing News]

New York Library Association on How to Fix the Google Book Settlement -

The Open Book Alliance is made up of a wide coalition of librarians, legal scholars, authors, publishers, and technology companies dedicated to countering the proposed Google Book Settlement. From time to time, we will publish posts from members of our group. This one comes from Michael Borges, Executive Director of the New York Library Association. [Open Book Alliance]

BookSquare offers some interesting insight into the pros and cons of publishing ebooks rather than in a traditional paper format.

From Romenesko:

Tampa Tribune editor Janet Coats believes there needs to be a more aggressive approach to getting online ad revenue. "We have spent 15 years in this industry getting newsrooms to change. By God, they have changed. How much have things changed on the ad side?"