The big news is the purchase of Author Solutions by Penguin (Pearson PLC). This is a major boundary crossing move. Author Solutions owns many of the original independent self-publishing houses. Googling on Penguin will pull up many articles. Here are 2

http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2012/penguin-buys-self-publishing-platform-author-solutions-for-116-million/?et_mid=569151&rid=2960666/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremygreenfield/2012/07/19/self-publishing-turns-a-corner-with-penguin-acquisition/


Interesting move by a US senator taking sides in the DOJ Apple suit

http://betanews.com/2012/07/19/senator-schumer-sides-with-apple-and-publishers-in-ebook-price-fixing-case/