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Barnes & Noble launches world’s biggest e-book store

U.S. mega-chain Barnes & Noble announced in a press release yesterday the creation of the world's biggest e-book store comprising "more than 700,000 titles, including hundreds of new releases and bestsellers at only $9.99." Unlike ... Read More »

July 21, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Cheap irony alert: Orwell removed from Kindle

By Nathan Whitlock

From the Associated Press: A pirated e-book of 1984 led to an Orwellian moment for Kindle customers. Users of Amazon.com's e-reader device were surprised and unsettled over the past day to receive notice that George ... Read More »

July 20, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Are e-book ads the way of the future?

By Suzanne Gardner

The Internet's been abuzz with news of some recently filed Amazon patents. A blog post on the Fast Company website looks at two of the patents, which point toward a new future in which ads ... Read More »

July 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Amazon: more than just a bookstore

By Stuart Woods

Time magazine book critic and tech columnist Lev Grossman follows up his report earlier this year about the future of literature with a new article, written with reporter Andrea Sachs, examining the impact Amazon is ... Read More »

June 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Deals

Indigo to launch its own e-reader?

By Scott MacDonald

Canada AM tech reporter Kris Abel was casually chatting with Indigo CEO Heather Reisman this morning “ she had just got through doing an interview about her annual "summer reads" selections “ when she revealed ... Read More »

June 3, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Google unveils plans to sell e-books

By Steven W. Beattie

Look out Amazon, Google's coming. That was the message at BookExpo America over the weekend. According to an article by Motoko Rich in yesterday's New York Times, representatives from Google were in discussions with booksellers ... Read More »

June 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Murakami’s new book arrives shrouded in mystery, and weighing a ton

By Suzanne Gardner

Haruki Murakami's first novel in five years, a two-volume work called 1Q84, arrived in Japan's bookstores today. The plot details of the work have been kept tightly under wraps by both the author and his ... Read More »

May 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Meet Soft Skull Press’ new editorial director, and more

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: "I'm just an old school punk rock girl with a love of smart thinking, good writing, and culture both highbrow and gutter low," says Denise Oswald, the new editorial ... Read More »

May 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

The next of Kindle

By Nathan Whitlock

After much fevered expectation on the part of tech-heads, nerds, and people with money to burn, the new Star Trek movie big-ass version of the Kindle has finally arrived. From the Financial Times: Amazon, the ... Read More »

May 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Stanza acquired by Amazon, and more

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: It looks like Shortcovers, Indigo's downloadable e-book application for mobile devices, has some new competition: Lexycycle, the start-up behind the popular iPhone e-book reader Stanza, has been acquired by ... Read More »

April 28, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: Amazon

Barnes & Noble launches world’s biggest e-book store

Cheap irony alert: Orwell removed from Kindle

Are e-book ads the way of the future?

Indigo to launch its own e-reader?

Google unveils plans to sell e-books

Murakami’s new book arrives shrouded in mystery, and weighing a ton

Bookmarks: Meet Soft Skull Press’ new editorial director, and more

The next of Kindle

Bookmarks: Stanza acquired by Amazon, and more

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