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Kindle Singles debuts pithy digital works
Amazon on Wednesday released the first of a new line of short digital books pitched as quick, captivating works for its popular Kindle electronic readers.
Jan 27, 2011 |
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NY Times details rocky relationship with WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange resembles a character from a detective novel and is "elusive, manipulative and volatile," the executive editor of The New York Times says in an upcoming book.
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Review: Library e-books easier, but still hassle
(AP) -- Libraries have been lending e-books for longer than there's been a Kindle, but until recently only a few devices worked with them. That's changed in the past few months with the arrival of software for reading library ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Authors see e-books as escape from publishing houses
Joe Konrath can't wait for his books to go out of print. When that happens, the 40-year-old crime novelist plans to reclaim the copyrights from his publisher, Hyperion Books, and self-publish them on Amazon.com, Apple Inc.'s ...
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Google buys eBook Technologies
Google, which opened an online bookstore last month, said Thursday that it has acquired eBook Technologies, a company which makes digital reading products.
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Japan's NTT Docomo, Dai Nippon launch e-book service
Japanese telecom giant NTT Docomo and publisher Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) Tuesday announced a joint e-book service to take advantage of a wave of launches of tablet computers and e-readers.
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Chinese website selling iPad2 cases, ordered to remove ads
Protective cases for the second generation iPad are being sold on Chinese e-commerce website Alibaba -- even before Apple has launched the new device -- and suggest the next model will have a camera.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Pew study hints at what Web users will pay for
(AP) -- The Web may seem like the land of something for nothing. Free video. Free news. Even free tools such as word processing and spreadsheets.
Dec 30, 2010 |
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New e-reader Nook Color offers alternative
The switch has finally been flipped, giving e-book lovers a compelling option to enjoy books, magazines and newspapers in full color on a dedicated e-reader.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 26, 2010 |
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Children with disabilities not accurately portrayed in top children's books
Despite an increasingly positive portrayal of disabilities in Newbery Award-winning books, they are not representative of the nearly 7 million children with disabilities attending U.S. public schools, say ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Japan telecom firm KDDI to start e-book distribution
Japan's number two telecom operator KDDI Corp. said Tuesday it would start electronic book distribution this week, offering an initial 20,000 titles for its e-reader.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 21, 2010 |
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New book will make you an instant physicist (maybe)
Richard Muller is a guy who thinks spouting fun physics facts will make you the life of the party. And his new book, "The Instant Physicist: An Illustrated Guide," may just convince you he's right.
Dec 20, 2010 |
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Treasure trove of medieval manuscripts published
The largest surviving family-owned library of medieval manuscripts in Britain can now be enjoyed by everyone thanks to the publication of a new book telling its fascinating story.
Dec 16, 2010 |
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Apple accused of selling pirated Japan novels online
Publishers in Japan demanded Tuesday that Apple stop selling pirated digital copies of novels by Japanese authors, including Haruki Murakami's "1Q84", in its online book store.
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Sony and Sharp launch e-readers, tablets in Japan
Sony and Sharp upped the rivalry stakes in the heated e-reader and tablet market with the head-to-head launch on Friday of their latest devices in Japan, along with tens of thousands of e-book titles.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 10, 2010 |
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