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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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Robert B. Parker, author of Spenser series, dead at 77

Jan 20 2010: Robert B. Parker, the best-selling mystery writer who created Spenser, a tough, glib Boston private detective who was the hero of nearly 40 novels, died on Monday of a heart attack while working on a book at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 77.

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First major survey of US consumer attitudes to ebooks published

Jan 19 2010: The USA based Book Industry Study Group has released the first of three surveys of consumer attitudes toward e-book reading. Key findings, as reported by Shelf Awareness are:

• The majority of print book buyers ranked "affordability" as the #1 reason they...

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Author of 'Love Story' dies aged 72

Jan 19 2010: Erich Segal, the author of Love Story (the top selling work of fiction in 1970 and the top box office attraction of 1971) died on Sunday from a heart attack at home in London aged 72.

Segal was a classics professor at Yale University when he wrote the book, which ...

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'When You Reach Me' wins Newbery Award

Jan 18 2010: This year's Newbery Award winner is When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. Jerry Pinkney's The Lion & the Mouse won the Caldecott Medal.

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New York Times set to charge for access

Jan 18 2010: The New York Times is reportedly getting ready to charge readers for access to the newspaper's online content. An announcement is expected in the coming weeks of a metered pay plan in which readers would have access to a limited number of free articles before being ...

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