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Sarah Palin Memoir: The Power Of Political Books

The Big Money | Marion Maneker | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Publishing, Going Rogue, Books, Sarah Palin Book, E-Books, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Memoir, Political Books, Bestsellers, Books News

Dan Gross, my colleague at Newsweek and Slate, pinged me the other morning after he had read the reports that Sarah Palin's new book--suddenly announc...

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Amazon 1984 Settlement: High School Student Awarded $150,000

Computer World | Matt Hamblen | Posted 12.02.2009 | Books

Read More: 1984, Amazon.com, Amazon 1984 Settlement, Amazon 1984, Amazon Kindle, Kindle, Amazon Settlement, 1984 E-Book, 1984 Settlement, Books, E-Books, Amazon, Ereaders, Books News

Amazon.com Inc. has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a Michigan high school student and an California academic whose elec...

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Kindle 2 Hits Europe In October

The Guardian | Charles Arthur | Posted 12.01.2009 | Books

Read More: Kindle E-Book, Amazon Kindle, Kindle, E-Readers, Kindle 2, Books, Kindle in Europe, E-Books, Amazon.com Kindle, Amazon, Ereaders, Books News

The Bookseller magazine says that "authoritative sources" have told it that Amazon will "finally announce the arrival" of the Kindle 2 e-book in the U...

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Disney: Children's Books Now Online

The New York Times | BROOKS BARNES | Posted 11.30.2009 | Books

Read More: Children's Books Online, E-Books, Disney Publishing, Children's E-Books, Disney, Children's Books, Books, Online, Books News

LOS ANGELES -- The Walt Disney Company hopes an ambitious new digital service it plans to unveil on Tuesday will transform how children read its story...

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E-Book Readers Are Hot Holiday Gift

The Los Angeles Times | Alex Pham | Posted 11.29.2009 | Books

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Sony, Kindle, E-Readers, E-Books, Books, E-Book Readers, Holiday, Best Gifts, Ereaders, Holiday News, Books News

Will digital books catch fire this holiday? According to an online survey, 1 in 5 shoppers said they planned to buy an electronic book reader such as ...

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Beastly e-Books

The New York Times | MOTOKO RICH | Posted 11.28.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, Tina Brown, Books, E-Books, The Daily Beast, Publishers, Books News

Having ramped up her metabolism from magazines to online journalism with The Daily Beast, Tina Brown now wants to speed up book publishing. In a join...

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iRex: Best Buy And Verizon Release New E-Book Reader

nytimes.com | BRAD STONE | Posted 11.23.2009 | Books

Read More: New E-Reader, E-Books, E-Reader, Verizon, Irex, E-Book, Books, Best Buy, Books News

The budding market for electronic reading devices is about to get two powerful new entrants: Best Buy and Verizon. On Wednesday, iRex Technologies, a...

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Scribd Lawsuit: Copyright Infringement?

guardian.co.uk | Bobbie Johnson | Posted 11.21.2009 | Books

Read More: Scribd, Copyright Infringement, Scribd Lawsuit, Illegal Sharing, Books, E-Books, E-Book, Books News

Social publishing website Scribd has been hit with a lawsuit which claims that it profits by encouraging internet users to illegally share copyrighted...

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The e-Book Wars: Is Pornography Next?

Tom Alderman | Posted 09.06.2009 | Media

Read More: William Lynch, Kindle, Sony Reader, E-Books, Plastic Logic, Blackberry, Steve Haber, Vhs, Porn, Dvd, Pornography, Amazon.com, Sony, Barnes & Noble, HD DVD, B&N.com, Book Sellers, Public Libraries, Audible.com, Blu-Ray, Iphone, Sony Betamax, Epub, Betamax, Media News

With their proprietary software for Kindle readers only, Amazon has adapted a "we-win, you-lose," VHS vs. Betamax business model.

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Amazon Faces A Fight Over Its E-Books

New York Times | Brad Stone | Posted 08.26.2009 | Media

Read More: E-Books, E-Books Legal Rights, Amazon E-Books, Amazon, Media News

Last week, Jeffrey P. Bezos, chief executive of Amazon, offered an apparently heartfelt and anguished mea culpa to customers whose digital editions of...

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Great Moments in Literature Presented by Twitter (Limit 140 Characters Including Spaces)

Tom McNichol | Posted 06.07.2009 | Comedy

Read More: E-Books, Literature, Internet, Twittering, Twitter, Comedy News

Then God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall hav

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Large-Screen Kindle: NOT A SAVIOR For Print And Delivery Industries

venturebeat.com | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Kindle, Large-Screen Kindle, Waste, E-Books, E-Reader, Big-Screen Kindle, Green Technology, Amazon.com, Green News

So will it work? Well, the current version of the Kindle already offers subscriptions to various newspapers and magazines, and both Amazon and publish...

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KINDLE DX: Big-Screen Kindle Could SAVE RESOURCES While Making Bank

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 06.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Amazon.com, Kindle Screen Size, Green Technology, E-Books, Big Screen Kindle, Kindle DX, Big Kindle, Amazon Kindle, Kindle for Textbooks, Reducing Waste, Kindle DX Leak, Slideshow, Green News

I've been seeing more and more Kindles on the trains lately, and maybe it's just because I'm about to move a ton of books yet again -- that is, rent a...

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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

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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Impulse Buying for Books, Baby

Giles Slade | Posted 03.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Steve Jobs, Amazon.com, Kindle, Ipod, Jeff Bezos, Diego Rivera, Iphone, E Books, Publishing, Importance of Reading, Books, Reading, Media News

Bezos yearned to adapt such Jobsian techniques to the sale of books and to recast those sales in the same way iThings had changed MP3 downloads and then put Internet access in your pocket.

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To Kindle or Not to Kindle

One For The Table | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Importance of Reading, Kindle E-Book, Amazon Kindle, Electronic Gadgets, Iphone, Amazon.com, Gadgets, E-Reading, E-Books, Technology, Nintendo Wii, Ebooks, Living News

If you travel a lot (and are tired of carrying several books with you) or have trouble reading small print, this is the device for you. For everyday reading, the jury is still out. At least for me.

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Failure Is Indeed An Option

Matthew Owen | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Iphone, New Year's Resolutions, New Years Resolution, Resolutions, Iphone Stanza, Saving Energy, Less Is More, E-Books, Doing Less, Ecofont, Green Living, Spranq, Green News

When it comes to being green, the emphasis is already on consuming less and in the spirit of lethargy and laziness, there are so many ways we can do less without almost any real effort at all.

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Publish or Perish v. Publish and Perish

Aimee Liu | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Blogs, Time, Internet, Electronic Publishing, Advertising Age, E-Books, Cottage Living, Artists, Random House, Technology, Business News

Here's the central paradox: there's more opportunity for all to publish, but more than ever, only the mega-sellers profit at all. It's like a rapidly expanding casino with a shrinking winner's circle.

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Kindle Now A Year Old, But Is It A Success?

Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: E-Books, Amazon.com, Amazon Kindle, Kindle, Technology, Green Technology, E-Book Reader, Business News

Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle e-book reader celebrated its first birthday yesterday. How was its first year? Amazon doesn't share sales figures, so we don't...

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What Publishing Can Learn From Music

Hugh McGuire | Posted 11.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Digital Media, Meet the Press, Publishing, The Economics of Book Publishing, Kindle, iPhone Applications, Digital Downloads, Books, E-Books, Media, Digital Devices, Sony, Ipod Stanza, Media News

Book publishing is late to the digital party so it can look to all the many mistakes the music business made in the past decade, and decide how to move into the uncertain future.

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iPhone Stanza E-Book Reader: Kindle Killer?

Epicenter | Chris Snyder | Posted 11.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Iphone E-Book Reader, Kindle, Apple, Mobile Devices, Iphone Stanza, E-Books, Digital Devices, iPhone Apps, Amazon.com, Business News

Stanza, iPhone's free e-book reader application, has been downloaded more than 395,000 times and is installed at an average rate of about 5,000 copies...

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Amazon Kindle Sales Living Up To Projections, Surprising Some

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Amazon.com, Amazon Kindle, Kindle, Huffpost Books, Jeff Bezos, Books, Kindle Sales, E-Books, E-Reader, Technology, Business News

Newest data point on Amazon's Kindle sales, which Amazon says are great but won't ever quantify: TechCrunch cites "a source close to Amazon with direc...

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Amazon Kindle Review: It'll Make You Smarter and Richer, Kind Of, But Not Really

Dave Burdick | Posted 07.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Kindle E-Book, Huffpost Books, Kindle, Books, E Ink, E-Books, Tech Reviews, Technology, Amazon.com, Business News

I could hand this to my friends or my parents and feel confident that they could read with it -- it might be easier to use than an iPod (but, importantly, it's not easier to use than a book).

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Kindle User Defends E-Book Reader, Makes Suggestions To Amazon

Seth Godin | Posted 06.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Kindle Upgrades, Books Are Not Dead, Kindle for Women, Kindle Features, Kindle E-Book, Kindle, Oprah Books, E-Books, Books for Women, Sustainable Publishing, Oprah's Book Club, Paperless Publishing, Green Publishing, Technology for Women, Kindle Review, Print Is Dead, Amazon, Business News

Might be of interest to investors, readers, writers, designers, marketers, etc. Or not... Two months ago, I got a Kindle. It's a fascinating device, ...

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Free Business Book Is Web Sensation

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Woman & Money, oprah.com, Oprah Winfrey, Julie Grau, Oprah Books, Oprah Touch, Free Books, Oprah, Suze Orman, Free Orman Book, Orman Woman & Money, E-Books, Business News