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Concern grows over Kindle lending

Nov 07 2011: Concern is growing in the US over the launch of Amazon's Kindle lending initiative. Amazon launched the new service last week aimed at Kindle-owning Prime users, but publishers have expressed concern over titles appearing in the program without agreement, while agents ...

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Alan Hollinghurst wins Galaxy Award

Nov 07 2011: Alan Hollinghurst, whose recently published book, The Stranger's Child, was controversially omitted from this year's Man Booker shortlist, has been lauded at last Friday's Galaxy National Book Awards, winning the Author of the Year Award.

Emma Donoghue's Room won ...

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Amazon launches Kindle lending library

Nov 03 2011: Amazon.com has launched the Kindle Owners' Lending Library for e-books for customers who have an Amazon Prime membership (costing $79 a year). Kindle owners can borrow one book a month, with about 5000 titles to choose from. The program only works on Kindles, not ...

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John Wiley & Sons sues BitTorrent users

Nov 02 2011: John Wiley and Sons, one of the world’s largest book publishers, has sued 27 BitTorrent users at a federal court in New York claiming that the defendants have shared copies of its "For Dummies" books without permission. Although over 200,000 people have been sued in the...

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World Book Night in UK looking for 20,000 people to give away books

Oct 26 2011: The organizers of the UK's 2nd World Book Night have announced the 25 titles that will be given away on April 23, 2012 - and have also issued a recruitment appeal for 20,000 booklovers to help give away the million copies that will be specially printed. Titles include ...

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British Office of Fair Trading clears Amazon takeover of Book Depository

Oct 26 2011: The Office of Fair Trading has cleared Amazon to take over The Book Depository, ruling the merger would not lead to a lessening of competition within the UK book industry. The Book Depository is based in the UK but sells most of its books to overseas markets due to its ...

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Julian Barnes wins Booker Prize for The Sense of an Ending

Oct 18 2011: Fourth time lucky for Julian Barnes, who wins the Man Booker prize 2011 for his novel The Sense of an Ending after missing out on three previous occasions

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Bookstore sales up year on year

Oct 18 2011: After falling 4% in July, bookstore sales posted unexpectedly strong gains in August, according to preliminary estimates released by the Census Bureau, rising 11.8%. With the gain in August, bookstore sales through August of 2011 were up 2.1% year on year, whereas total...

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