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Judge says Google scanning is fair use

Oct 11 2012: In a major ruling, Federal judge Harold Baer has tossed the Authors Guild case against the HathiTrust. In granting the HathiTrust’s motion for summary judgment, Baer ruled that the scan program was a clear fair use under the copyright law, and in the process dealt a ...

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Chinese author Mo Yan wins Nobel Prize

Oct 11 2012: Chinese author Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature. Jonathan Ruppin of UK bookstore Foyle's commented that: "There's been interest in Chinese literature in the last few years and people will be curious. He's clearly a very visionary and individual writer."...

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BookShout allows its users to legally import e-book purchases into Bookshout, free of charge, no matter where purchased

Oct 11 2012: BookShout, a social reading and book retail application, is introducing new technology that will allow its users to legally import their previous and future e-book purchases into their BookShout account, free of charge, no matter where they were purchased.

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RIP Eric Lomax, River Kwai prisoner who forgave his torturer, and recorded his experience in "Railway Man"

Oct 11 2012: Eric Lomax, a former British soldier who was tortured by the Japanese while he was a prisoner during World War II and half a century later forgave one of his tormentors - an experience he recounted in a memoir, The Railway Man (1996) - died on Monday in Berwick-upon-...

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Future of Canadian Booksellers Association in the balance

Oct 10 2012: Members of the Canadian Booksellers Association are being asked to decide on the future direction of the association at its upcoming annual general meeting.

"We feel it’s crucial for the CBA in some form to continue to exist and for booksellers to have a national ...

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National Book Award finalists announced

Oct 10 2012: The finalists for the National Book Awards have been announced. The winners will be named on November 14:

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Junot Diaz, This Is How You Lose Her
Dave Eggers, A Hologram for the King
Louise Erdrich, The Round House
Ben Fountain, Billy Lynn's ...

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Writer Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnamese dissident writer who spent 30 years in prison, dies aged 73

Oct 09 2012: Mr. Thien, a dissident writer who has been called the Solzhenitsyn of Vietnam for the sheaves of poems he wrote opposing the Communist government there - and for the prolonged imprisonment, including torture and solitary confinement, that his efforts earned him - died ...

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Woman's Prize for Fiction (formerly Orange Prize) to be privately funded in 2013

Oct 09 2012: The Woman's Prize for Fiction, formerly sponsored by mobile phone company Orange, will be privately funded in 2013 with donors including Christopher Foyle, Joanna Trollope, e-book site Bilbary, Cherie Blair and Martha Lane Fox. Kate Mosse, chair of the Women¹s Prize for...

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