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May 18 2011: Philip Roth has won the Man Booker International Prize. Booker judge Carmen Callil resigned in protest saying, "I don't rate him as a writer at all. I made it clear that I wouldn't have put him on the longlist, so I was amazed when he stayed there. He was the only one I...
May 13 2011: Audible has launched the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX), to enable "any professionally published book, new or old, to become a professionally produced audiobook."
ACX has the potential to substantially expand the availability of books in the fast growing digital ...
May 11 2011: According to an analyst at Caris & Co, this year the Kindle could generate over 5.4 billion in revenue in 2011 and as much as $7.9 billion in 2012. All figures are necessarily estimates, at best, as Amazon continues to not disclose business metrics for its Kindle ...
May 04 2011: Grand Central Publishing is planning the publication of a prequel to Mario Puzo's The Godfather. The Family Corleone by Ed Falco is based on an unproduced screenplay by Puzo, and is slated for publication in June 2012.
May 02 2011: In a regulatory filing Wednesday, Amazon said the Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into its sales tax dispute with Texas. The standoff began last September when the state assessed $269 million from Amazon in uncollected sales tax, interest and penalties for...
Apr 27 2011: Reports that typewriter manufacturer, Godrej & Boyce based in Mumbai, had closed led to many journalists and bloggers extrapolating on the story to report that the typewriter was no more. But, according to Swintec general manager Ed Michael, this is far from the case -...
Apr 26 2011: Funded by property taxes that are projected to decline by 20-30% annually over the next four years, Detroit Public Library may close up to 18 of its 23 branches, and lay off as many as 57% of its remaining 333 employees (having cut 80 staff just two months ago).
Apr 26 2011: Librarians are ecstatic over the upcoming integration of Amazon’s Kindle ereader with OverDrive’s library ebook lending platform, dubbing it "fabulous," and "great," while hoping for the "seamless experience" that OverDrive has promised, but details are in short supply....
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