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Banned Books Read Out Launched Online

Sep 19 2011: Readers from across the United States and around the world are demonstrating their support for free speech by participating in a virtual read-out of banned and challenged books that will culminate during the 30th annual Banned Books Week (Sept. 24-Oct. 1), the only ...

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Amazon may launch a Netflix-type service for books

Sep 12 2011: The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon is talking with book publishers about launching a Netflix type service for digital books, in which customers would pay an annual fee to access a library of content. Publishers that spoke with WSJ are apparently unenthusiastic ...

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California approves Amazon tax compromise

Sep 12 2011: The California Senate and Assembly have overwhelmingly passed a compromise bill that delays California's effort to force online retailers such as Amazon.com to collect the state's sales taxes while retailers lobby Congress for national rules governing online sales taxes...

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California & Amazon agree tentative 1-year moratorium on sales tax

Sep 08 2011: Amazon.com cut a tentative deal with legislative leaders Wednesday night that would allow it to postpone collecting sales taxes from Californians for another year.

The company in turn would drop its battle to overturn the state's new law that required it and many ...

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Michael Stern Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, dies aged 64

Sep 08 2011: Michael Stern Hart, founder and head of Project Gutenberg, who many consider invented the ebook, died this week aged 64.

On July 4 1971, having been granted access to significant computing power at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he was inspired to ...

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Flipkart now India's biggest online bookseller

Sep 07 2011: Flipkart is now India's biggest online bookseller, with over 10 million titles distributed from warehouses in five cities. It has branched from books into mobile phones, appliances, gaming consoles, music and movies, and now sells 10 products a minute. All this from a ...

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Booker Shortlist Showcases The Best of Independent Publishing

Sep 07 2011: The Booker Prize shortlist has been announced with the usual mix of criticism and praise from various quarters. Indeed, the controversy over each year's list is as much a tradition as the Prize itself.

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Borders employees issue class action suit for severance pay

Sep 06 2011: Borders is back in court to request a bonus package for management, which totals $1.75 million. The severance provides for $125,000 for fifteen management employees.... While Borders is looking to reward management for its tireless efforts, rank-and-file Borders ...

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