News tagged with online books
Penguin reverses course for now on Kindle lending
One of the country's largest publishers, Penguin Group (USA), is temporarily restoring libraries' ability to loan their e-books for Amazon.com's Kindle - but only through the end of the year.
Nov 23, 2011 |
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Google expands online bookstore to Canada
Google expanded its online bookstore to Canada on Tuesday, offering hundreds of thousands of electronic books for sale and millions of others for free.
Nov 01, 2011 |
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With Kindle Fire, Amazon's digital ambitions burn
(AP) -- Amazon's unveiling of the Kindle Fire tablet computer sends a bright-hot message: The online retailer is ready to rival iPad maker Apple in an effort to be the world's top digital content provider.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Amazon expands network to Spain
Amazon expanded its European network to Spain on Wednesday, with a new site amazon.es opened to online shoppers.
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Calif. lawmakers approve Amazon tax compromise
(AP) -- Lawmakers on Friday sent Gov. Jerry Brown a compromise bill that delays California's effort to force online retailers such as Amazon.com to collect the state's sales taxes while retailers lobby Congress for national ...
Sep 10, 2011 |
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NY judge hearing Google book case grows impatient
A judge warned lawyers for authors and publishers and Google Tuesday that he will decide whether snippets of books can be sold online without the permission of copyright holders if the sides do not settle their 6-year-old ...
Jul 19, 2011 |
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Google eBooks reader to debut in US
The first electronic book reader designed to tap into Google's vast online library will debut in the United States on Sunday.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Harry Potter goes digital with e-books
Harry Potter creator JK Rowling on Thursday took her lucrative boy wizard into the digital age, revealing that his adventures will now be sold as e-books through a website that contains new material.
Jun 23, 2011 |
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Google given more time to reach book settlement
A US judge on Wednesday allowed Google and US authors and publishers more time to seek a new settlement over the Internet giant's plan to create a massive online library and bookstore.
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Amazon's Kindle sleeker, faster, but not perfectly user-friendly
E-books have come a long way since the debut of the Kindle just three years ago. According to Amazon, e-books are now outselling hardcover books in its Web store, and company CEO Jeff Bezos has predicted that ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Publishing in Internet age: OpenSky puts writers face-to-face with buyers
About a year ago, Mary Ann Naples had a holy-cow moment. If she'd been a cartoon character, she would have smacked her forehead until stars came out.
Aug 04, 2010 |
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Amazon.com offers new lower-priced Kindle DX
(AP) -- Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday it is introducing a new version of its higher-end Kindle at a lower price as competition among electronic-book readers intensifies.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Google makes concessions on digital book deal (Update)
(AP) -- Google Inc. will loosen its control over millions of copyright-protected books that will be added to its digital library if a federal judge approves a revised legal settlement addressing the earlier ...
Nov 14, 2009 |
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Chinese paper accuses Google of hampering searches
(AP) -- Google Inc. faces a new controversy in China after a Web site run by the Communist Party's main newspaper accused the U.S. search giant of trying to keep Internet users away following its reports ...
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Wal-Mart and Amazon.com trade price cuts on books
(AP) -- An online book special offered by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is turning into a full-fledged price war with Amazon.com.
Oct 16, 2009 |
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