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Bertelsmann and Holtzbrinck joint venture approved by EC

Aug 18 2010: The European Commission has cleared the creation of a joint-venture by German media companies Bertelsmann and Holtzbrinck to operate an online distribution platform to sell e-books.

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Are printed books an endangered species? Not if you look at the 'paperless office'

Aug 13 2010: With pundits predicting the end of printed books within the decade, The Christian Science Monitor concludes that, if the much vaunted 'paperless office' is anything to go by, it's going to take more than a few years to wean people off paper! ...

"So, are paper books ...

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Literary agent Elaine Koster dies

Aug 13 2010: Elaine Koster, the literary agent behind Khaled Hosseini and one time publisher of Stephen King, died on Tuesday in New York aged 69.

In a statement Hosseini said: "I am deeply saddened by Elaine's passing. Elaine was a wonderful agent, and I owe my career to her. ...

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Project Gutenberg on quest to digitize 1 billion books

Aug 13 2010: Shortly after Google's announcement that they have calculated that there are about 130 million books in the world, comes Project Gutenberg founder Michael Hart's plan for one billion ebooks.

To quote the Los Angeles Times...

"Hart's grand plan is centered around ...

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Obama Signs 'Libel Tourism' Law

Aug 12 2010: Culminating a years-long lobbying campaign organized by the Association of American Publishers, President Obama this week signed the Speech Act, a law that prohibits federal courts from recognizing or enforcing foreign libel judgments in the U.S. that do not pass First ...

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County takeover looks set to save Camden, NJ libraries

Aug 11 2010: Camden's libraries, which received national attention last week when it appeared that budget cuts would force them out of business permanently, are to be saved.Camden City Council is expected to approve a resolution allowing the Camden County library system to take over...

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Possible Sale of B&N

Aug 04 2010: Barnes & Noble's board of directors plans to evaluate strategic alternatives, including a possible sale of the company, to increase stockholder value, the company announced yesterday. The board's decision was prompted, it said, by the price of B&N's shares in the ...

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Wylie and Amazon: Authors Guild Apportions Blame Share This Article

Jul 27 2010: The Wylie literary agency is causing a stir in the publishing industry following its announcement of a two year agreement to sell ebooks only through Amazon. The works in question are apparently governed by old publishing contracts in which the authors didn't expressly...

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