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Libraries protest Random House price hike

(AP) -- The American Library Association is urging Random House Inc. to reconsider its steep increases in the price of e-books for library wholesalers

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created Mar 03, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New library e-catalogs offer expanded selection

(AP) -- Library users searching for e-books will soon get to look through a much bigger catalog and help decide what their local branch might carry.

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created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The latest craze: Free e-books offerings

(AP) -- James Patterson's latest best seller, "The Angel Experiment," is a little different from his usual hits. The novel isn't new; it came out four years ago. Its sales aren't happening at bookstores, ...

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created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2




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Connected security systems tether homes to owners' smartphones

When Debbie Klava's daughters come home from school in Elk Grove, Calif., she knows the minute they walk in the front door. Even though she's working in an office 90 minutes away, she gets an email or cellphone text when ...

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created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US sues Apple, publishers over e-book prices

(AP) -- The government says avid best-seller readers who use electronic books have been getting ripped off. Tina Fey's "Bossy Pants," Tim Tebow's "Through My Eyes" and Keith Richards' `"Life" - maybe they ...

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created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 19

Netflix light on flicks as viewers soak up TV shows

Like most fresh faces that arrive in Hollywood, Netflix wanted to be a movie star. But now it's learning what many in Tinseltown have known for decades: Movies are sexy, but the real money is in television.

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created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Review: It's not an iPhone 5, but so what?

To some people, Apple's new iPhone 4S isn't the complete overhaul they have been hoping for. Its model number, which doesn't include a "5," reeks of the status quo.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (10) | comments 13

Interview: Dr. Ben Goertzel on Artificial General Intelligence, Transhumanism and Open Source (Part 1/2)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Ben Goertzel is Chairman of Humanity+; CEO of AI software company Novamente LLC and bioinformatics company Biomind LLC; leader of the open-source OpenCog Artificial General Intelligence ...

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created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (26) | comments 142 | with audio podcast feature

E-Book report: Nook is up, iPad still catching up

As the publishing industry wrapped up four days of digital talk at its annual national convention, Amazon.com's Kindle was seen as the clear, if not dominant, player in the growing e-market; Barnes & Noble's ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Jobs breaks from medical leave to unveil iPad 2 (Update 3, Video)

Apple is back with a refined second-generation tablet computer that squeezes more power into a thinner shell while keeping prices in check. It's a three-pronged push that should handily hold off competitors ...

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created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Random House agrees to e-sale model Apple requires

(AP) -- Stieg Larsson's novels may finally be headed to the iBookstore.

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created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Friend or foe? Google, indie book sellers team up

(AP) -- Struggling neighborhood books stores now have a new way to ring up sales, courtesy of a formidable new rival - Google. But it still may not be enough to help them keep their doors open.

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created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Kno textbook reader to ship this year

Kno Inc., a California company making a digital textbook reader for students, announced on Tuesday it would begin shipping the tablet computer by the end of the year.

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created Nov 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3


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