Here is today's AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup.

Amazon Planned Maintenance Event, posted on the Amazon Seller Announcements board, 3/31/08
http://www.amazonsellercommunity.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=151702

"EBay lobbied on online child safety," (AP), Forbes, 3/31/08
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/03/31/afx4835762.html

"Wiring Money Turns Wireless in New Plan," By SARA SILVER, Wall Street Journal, 4/1/08
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120698105511076953.html

"Keeping eBay at Bay," By Simon Hewitt, ArtInfo.com, 3/27/08
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/26819/keeping-ebay-at-bay

"Getting Cash for Old Tech Gear," by David LaGesse, US News & World Report, 3/28/08
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/daves-download/2008/3/28/getting-cash-for-old-tech-gear.html

"Amazon to Force POD Publishers to Use BookSurge," by Jim Milliot, Publishers Weekly, 3/28/2008
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/ca6545772.html

"New Concept Auction Kicks off on April 5th," company issued press release on News-Antique.com, 3/30/08
http://www.news-antique.com/?id=784077

"Martha Stewart eyeing Etsy for acquisition?" posted by Nicholas Carlson on the Valleywag blog, 3/29/08
http://valleywag.com/373793/martha-stewart-eyeing-etsy-for-acquisition

"No longer doing eBay's bidding," Public Radio's Marketplace program, 3/31/08
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/03/31/whitman_leaves_ebay