If you can't beat ‘em, join ‘em. Instead of fighting the popularity of eBooks, Borders has joined the eBooks market. In fact, the major bookstore chain is even escalating the eReader price war by slashing the prices of their Kobo and Aluratek Libre readers—the latter is now selling for just below US$100 a piece.
Following in the footsteps of their blogger mums, an increasing number of children have taken to blogging themselves. These blogs actually do cover a wider range of topics than expected; some precocious young bloggers such as 11 year old Maela Manning have even written on politics and their blogs have attracted readers from all around the world.