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Samsung introduces eReader
Mar 10 2010:   Yesterday, Samsung announced the Samsung eReader, a $299 device which allows you to take notes in the margins and share content with other Samsung eReaders.

Samsung also announced a relationship with Barnes and Noble which enables the eReader to access more than a million e-books and...
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Books overtake games as most numerous iPhone apps
Mar 10 2010:   The electronic book passed another milestone this month, with the number of books available on the iTunes App Store passing the number of games for the first time. According to data released earlier this month by the mobile phone advertising company Mobclix, there are more than 27,000 books now...
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Canadian Booksellers Association says no to Amazon
Mar 09 2010:   In reaction to the news that Amazon is seeking government approval to establish operations in Canada, the Canadian Booksellers Association released a statement demanding that the government reject the online retailer’s application. From the press...
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Amazon drops Colorado associates program
Mar 09 2010:   In a letter sent to "Colorado-based Amazon Associate[s]," the Amazon said that effective Monday March 8 it was ending its associates program in the state. Amazon cited newly passed legislation aimed at imposing sales tax on online retailers for its decision to end the...
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Ebook pricing and the 'agency model' explained
Mar 03 2010:   For anyone worried about the future of ebooks and their prices, or bemused by what is meant by the 'agency model', Macmillan CEO John Sargent's blog is likely to provide enlightenment...
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Holt withdraws 'Last Train From Hiroshima' from sale
Mar 02 2010:   Update March 1: After questions have surfaced about the validity of other accounts Pellegrino sourced in The Last Train From Hiroshima, Holt has decided to shelve the title entirely. Holt shipped 18,000 copies of the book and will issue a credit to wholesalers and retailers on returns of...
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Library Journal & School Library Journal sold
Mar 01 2010:   Library Journal and School Library Journal, two of the many publications Reed Business Information has been trying to divest itself of over the past several months, have been sold to Ohio-based Media Source, which already owns Junior Library Guild and The Horn...
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Kindle fails college tests
Feb 23 2010:   Studies by several colleges including Princeton and the University of Virginia have failed the Kindle as a study tool.

The biggest problems that students had with the Kindle was difficulty highlighting and making notes - as summarized by Princeton researchers in their report released...
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Author Dick Francis dies aged 89
Feb 15 2010:   Bestselling author Dick Francis died on February 14, 2010, at his home in Grand Cayman. He was the bestselling author of 42 crime novels, selling more than 60 million copies in 35 languages. His writing stemmed from a successful earlier career as a National Hunt jockey, winning over 350 races...
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Original diary from Faulkner's 'Go Down, Moses' discovered?
Feb 11 2010:   A diary has been discovered that may have been used by William Faulkner as the model for a farm ledger that plays a key role in Go Down, Moses (1942).

“I think it’s one of the most sensational literary discoveries of recent decades,” said John Lowe, an English professor at...
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Kirkus Reviews gets new owner
Feb 11 2010:   Herb Simon, owner of the NBA team the Indiana Pacers; chairman emeritus of Simon Property Group, a shopping mall developer; and co-owner of an independent bookstore in Montecito, California has bought the Kirkus Reviews from the Nielsen Company, which announced in December it was closing the...
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Justice Department still has issues with Google Settlement
Feb 05 2010:   The Department of Justice dealt a serious blow Thursday evening to the chances that the Google Book Search settlement will gain court approval later this month when it found that the revised agreement still raises class certification, copyright and antitrust...
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