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Borders, Barnes & Noble Experience Major Losses

Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 11.25.2009 | Books

Read More: Walmart, Price Wars, Kindle, Borders UK, Bookstores, Bookselling, Borders, Books, Ebooks, Amazon, Bookstore Chains, Digital Books, Stocks, Barnes and Noble, Nook, Ereaders, Books News

Things aren't looking good for big booksellers Borders and Barnes & Noble. The AP reports that both chains have posted major losses for this quarter, ...

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Google Makes Concessions On Digital Book Deal

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 11.14.2009 | Technology

Read More: Google Books Agreement, Google Copyright, Google Books Deal, Google Books Copyright, Digital Books, Google Books, Google, Technology News

SAN FRANCISCO — Internet search leader Google will ease its control over millions of copyright-protected books earmarked for its digital library...

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Harvard Digitizes Rare Chinese Texts

Harvard College Library | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Harvard University Library, Harvard, Rare Books, Harvard University, Digital Texts, Books, Digital Books, Digitizing, Books News

October 9, 2009 --One of the most extensive collections of rare Chinese books outside of China will be digitized and made freely available to scholars...

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Sergey Brin NY Times Op-Ed: Why Google Books Is Important

The New York Times | SERGEY BRIN | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Online Books, Google Founder Sergey Brin, Sergey Brin Ny Times, Copyright, Sergey Brin, Books, Digital Books, Google Books. Google, Books News

Because books are such an important part of the world's collective knowledge and cultural heritage, Larry Page, the co-founder of Google, first propos...

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It's the End of the Book as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Adam Penenberg | Posted 10.09.2009 | Books

Read More: Digital Revolution, Kindle, Books, Digital Books, E-Readers, E-Books, Reading, Writing, Ereaders, Books News
Adam Penenberg

While we've witnessed the digital tsunami plowing under the music industry and news business -- and lapping at the shores of TV, movies and radio -- books, until recently, have been largely sheltered.

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Napster For Books: The Way Of The Future?

The New York Times | RANDALL STROSS | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Pirated Books, Illegal Downloading, Napster, Books, E-Books, Digital Books, Megaupload, Hotfile, Rapidshare, Books News

You can buy "The Lost Symbol," by Dan Brown, as an e-book for $9.99 at Amazon.com. Or you can don a pirate's cap and snatch a free copy from another ...

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Why the Digital Revolution is Missing the Big Picture

Jason Pinter | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Iphone, Publishing, Kindle, Books, E-Books, Future of Publishing, E-Reader, Digital Books, Reading, Irex, Ereaders, Books News
Jason Pinter

By marketing the Kindle to me -- i.e. 'adults' who already read regularly -- publishing is merely doubling down on the biggest problem facing the industry: not enough people read books.

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Google Books: On-Demand Paperbacks Printed From Digital Library

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 11.17.2009 | Technology

Read More: Google, Online Books, On Demand Books, Espresso-Book-Machine, Technology, Digital Books, Print-on-Demand-Books, Google Books, Google Print Book, Technology News

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks. As part of a de...

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Amazon Kindle 2 -- I Think I'll Wait

Stephanie Vaughn Hapke | Posted 03.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Kindle 2, Kindle, Amazon, E-Book Reader, Publishing, Amazon Kindle, E-Books, Digital Books, Technology, Reading, Media News
Stephanie Vaughn Hapke

I love the thought of owning a Kindle. However, when I look at the overall return on my investment, I'm not so sure that it is really worth it at the current price point.

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