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iPad may reset downward spiral on e-book prices

Jan 28 2010: Publishers are looking on Apple's iPad as a chance to reset the downward spiral in e-book prices. Yesterday, when Steve Jobs announced the new iPad he also confirmed that five of the six largest publishers have signed on to provide e-book content for the new tablet. ...

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Louis Auchincloss, chronicler of New York’s upper crust, dies at 92

Jan 28 2010: Louis Auchincloss, a Wall Street lawyer from a prominent old New York family who became a durable and prolific chronicler of Manhattan's old - money elite, died on Tuesday night in Manhattan. He was 92.

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Apple iPad revealed

Jan 27 2010: Apple have unveiled their iPad tablet at a much lower base price point than anticipated -starting at $499, which is likely to provide serious competition to ereaders such as the Kindle and Nook and to smaller computers known as netbooks. A range of industry responses...

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Christopher Reid wins Costa Award for 'A Scattering' (poetry)

Jan 27 2010: Christopher Reid has won the 2009 Costa Book of the Year Award for his collection of poems entitled A Scattering (Arete), beating off competition from front runner Colm Toibin.

Last month Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín won the Costa Novel of the Year award. Other category ...

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National Book Critics Circle finalists announced

Jan 25 2010: The National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists for its book awards on Saturday in New York. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in New York City on March 12. The full list of finalists can be found at the link below.

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Larsson, Meyer and Brown were Europe's top authors in 2009

Jan 25 2010: Authors Stieg Larsson, Stephenie Meyer, and Dan Brown made the biggest impact on European book buyers in 2009, according to an analysis of the top 10 international fiction bestsellers published by book trade magazines, including The Bookseller (UK), Germany's ...

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Kindle adds apps

Jan 21 2010: In what is seen as preparation for a face-off against Apple's tablet computer (expected to be introduced next week and available in Spring), Amazon is opening the Kindle up to programmers to develop applications (what Amazon calls active content). Programmers will keep...

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Amazon & Booklocker settle lawsuit

Jan 20 2010: Booklocker and Amazon have reached a settlement agreement in the antitrust class action lawsuit Booklocker filed against the e-tailer in 2008.

Under the agreement, Amazon agreed to not remove Booklocker books from its Web site or to remove the "Add to Shopping Cart"...

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