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Harper Lee and Aldous Huxley once again among most challenged titles in US libraries

Apr 09 2012: The American Library Association has released its list of the Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2011. The Top Ten list includes Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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One-fifth of Americans read an ebook in 2011

Apr 06 2012: According to the Pew Research Center Study one in five American adults read an e-book in 2011 and 43% read at least one long-form digital text (e.g. an ebook or magazine). 88% of those who read an e-book during the past year also read a printed book.

Among the 14% ...

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UK tax authorities investigate Amazon due to $5bn in sales but no corporation tax paid

Apr 06 2012: Amazon.co.uk, Britain's biggest online retailer (responsible for one in every four books sold in the UK, to name just one product category in its enormous repertoire), is being investigated by British tax authorities as it generated sales of more than $5bn in the UK in ...

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Google to end its ebooks reseller program worldwide

Apr 05 2012: Google has informed the American Booksellers Association and Powell's Books that it will end its Google eBooks reseller program worldwide. A few weeks ago it had seemed as if independent booksellers were getting a reprieve when Google reinstated some affiliate stores ...

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New Worldreader app for 'dumb phones' hopes to bring ebooks to millions in the developing world

Apr 03 2012: US non-profit literacy agency Worldreader has beta-launched an app for non-smartphones in order to distribute free e-books into sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the developing world.

The Worldreader app uses cloud-based data compression technology to enable any ...

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States increasingly fight back against Amazon tax deals as study reveals states have lost $52 billion in untaxed internet purchases in 6 years

Apr 03 2012: US states have lost more than $52 billion during the past six years due to untaxed Internet purchases, according to a University of Tennessee study. Facing massive budget deficits that threaten further cuts to schools and social services, an ever-growing chorus of ...

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Amazon turns the screws on publishers demanding ever deeper discounts

Apr 02 2012: The bad news came to McFarland & Co. in an email from Amazon. Starting Jan. 1, 2012 - then only 19 days away - Amazon would buy the publisher's books at 45 percent off the cover price, roughly double its current price break.

For McFarland, an independent publisher of...

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E-books settlement could be reached within a couple of weeks

Apr 02 2012: According to Reuters, The Justice Department could reach a settlement in the next few weeks with Apple Inc and some of the major publishers accused of colluding to push up electronic book prices.

While negotiations are still fluid, the settlement is expected to ...

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