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Are e-book ads the way of the future?

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

BookCampers head to Vancouver

By Stuart Woods

After the success of BookCamp Toronto “ the daylong book-themed "unconference" that took place in Toronto last month “ the concept is being exported to Vancouver, where a group of BookCamp TO alumni and other ... Read More »

July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Events

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

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

Widget allows book clubs to occur anywhere on the Web

By Suzanne Gardner

The Book Oven blog has brought to our attention a unique social networking site called BookGlutton that seeks to provide users with a new way to read online. According to the website, the application allows ... Read More »

May 7, 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

Your e-book speculation for the day

By Eric Emin Wood

It's a shame Canadians still can't experience the apparent bliss that is Amazon's Kindle 2 (despite the release of that iPhone app that would doubtless work perfectly well on Canadian models), but that hasn't stemmed ... Read More »

April 22, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: historical vampires, Nabokov’s last work, and forgotten Pulitzers

By Eric Emin Wood

Sundry links from around the Web: The New York Times looks at established authors who write well into old age. The co-author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies announces his next book: Abraham Lincoln, vampire hunter. ... Read More »

April 20, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Amazon kindles a price war

By Steven W. Beattie

It may not be the equivalent of the sans-coulottes rising en masse during the French Revolution or a student facing down a tank in Tiananmen Square, but there appears to be a grassroots uprising of ... Read More »

April 6, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling

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Search Results by tag: ebooks

Are e-book ads the way of the future?

BookCampers head to Vancouver

Google unveils plans to sell e-books

Widget allows book clubs to occur anywhere on the Web

The next of Kindle

Bookmarks: Stanza acquired by Amazon, and more

Your e-book speculation for the day

Bookmarks: historical vampires, Nabokov’s last work, and forgotten Pulitzers

Amazon kindles a price war

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