Today, stories about book publishing, URL shorteners, the AmazonCrossing imprint and works in traslation, Libraries in the digital age and more. In deals, there’s a refurbished Samsung Galaxy S5, WiFi smart plugs, continued deals on Fire tablets and a payment plan for the Kindle Oasis.

Daily Links for Friday, April 15, 2016:

Guess what? URL shorteners short-circuit cloud security (Ars Technica)  Oh, dear. Since we *all* use shorteners, this can be a big privacy problem.

At London Book Fair: AmazonCrossing in Translation Expansion (Publishing Perspectives) Amazon Crossing is one of my favorite imprint. Quality works in translation are hard to find.

At National Library Week, A Look At How Libraries Transform in the Digital Age (MediaShift) It i time to make sure the public knows that libraries are still relevant to our lives.

London Just Reopened the Entrance to This Underwater Tunnel for the First Time in 147 Years (Gizmodo) This is just really cool. Plus, there’s a museum.

Canadian police have had master key to BlackBerry’s encryption since 2010 (The Verge) There are so many unanswered question here about what was supposed to be a more secure device….

Book publishing is a resilient business: Kobo CEO (CNBC) Michael Tamblyn talks about what Kobo has learned about publishing and says that e-readers are thriving.

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s selection of Kindle Daily Deals includes World of Warcraft: The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm by Christie Golden for $1.99 and Boy by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake for $2.99.

In Today’s Deals, there’s a Samsung Galaxy S5 16GB Unlocked GSM Cellphone (Certified Refurbished), a TP-LINK Wi-Fi Smart Plug (HS100) that allows you to turn on and off your electronics from anywhere and a deal on  TCP LED A19 – 60 Watt Equivalent Daylight (5000K) Light Bulb – 6 Pack.

Amazon is still offering savings on the Fire HD 6, pre-owned Fire tablets and savings of $15 on a Fire Essentials Bundle. I am also still seeing the option for 5 payments of $58 for the Kindle Oasis pre-order.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is  Vernon Downs by Jaime Clarke for $1.99. The Romance Daily Find is The Match of the Century: Marrying the Duke by Cathy Maxwell for $1.99.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is Bone Dust White – Macy Greeley Mysteries (Book #1) by Karin Salvalaggio for $2.99.

Still available until April 18, select Romantic Times winners & nominees are on sale for under $3 at the Kobo store.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes Dark Invasion –  1915: Germany’s Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America by Howard Blum for $1.99.

Google Books promotions include Limited-Time Deals, Crushworthy Reads (love stories on sale) and the Scorching Hot Sale (romances under $3).

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Many large promotions have discount pricing that is set by the publisher. This usually means that titles can be found at a discount price across most platforms (with iTunes sometimes being the exception). If you have a favorite retailer you like to patronize, check the title on that website. There is a good chance that they will be matching the sale price.)

Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other, different links of interest on Twitter, Facebook, and on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.