Sometime in the near future, a federal judge will decide whether Google can proceed with its plan to create a digital library and bookstore out of millions of old books scanned from libraries around the world.
Business
Mar 11, 2010
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Since Amazon.com debuted its first Kindle e-book reader late in 2007, the reaction within the book industry has been some mix of welcome and scorn.
Business
Feb 12, 2010
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Google has filed an appeal of a court decision that ordered the US Internet giant to stop digitising French books without publishers' approval, its lawyers said Monday.
Internet
Feb 8, 2010
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US book publishers are smiling again, after years of watching digital versions of their titles sell for below what they thought they were worth.
Business
Feb 7, 2010
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(AP) -- After a weeklong absence, new copies of Andrew Young's "The Politician," Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" and other books published by Macmillan are available for purchase on Amazon.com.
Internet
Feb 6, 2010
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(AP) -- Amazon.com says it will give in to publishing giant Macmillan and agree to sell electronic versions of its books even at prices it considers too high.
Internet
Feb 1, 2010
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(AP) -- Even as Apple's iPad will likely energize electronic reading, the new device is undermining a painstakingly constructed effort by the publishing industry to make it possible to move e-books between different electronic ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 31, 2010
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(AP) -- New copies of Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall," Andrew Young's "The Politician" and other books published by Macmillan were unavailable Saturday on Amazon.com, a drastic step in the ongoing dispute over e-book prices.
Internet
Jan 30, 2010
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A French court on Friday told Google that it cannot digitise French books without publishers' approval and ordered the online giant to pay 300,000 euros (430,000 dollars) in damages.
Internet
Dec 18, 2009
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Apple Inc. is on track to launch a much-anticipated, tablet-sized computing device early next year, according to brokerage reports Wednesday.
Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 9, 2009
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