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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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BookBrowse Reader Awards

Jan 13 2010: Over 4000 ratings of 26 shortlisted books were submitted for this year's BookBrowse Reader Awards

And the winners are....

• Overall Winner: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• Best Debut Novel: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
• Fiction Runners-Up:
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Kirkus may continue to publish

Jan 06 2010: In an email to colleagues today, Kirkus Reviews managing editor said the publication, which last month was said to be closing with staff leaving by the end of 2009, is working toward an arrangement with an acquiring company to continue publication.

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Apple to Ship Tablet Device in March

Jan 05 2010: After years of speculation, Apple is expected to reveal a touch-screen tablet device within the month, though it likely won't ship to stores until March, anonymous sources told The Wall Street Journal. The device, expected to sell for around $1,000, could include Wi-Fi ...

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Katherine Paterson named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

Jan 05 2010: Newbery Medalist Katherine Paterson (author of Bridge to Terabithia etc) has been officially named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature in a ceremony at the Library of Congress this morning. She succeeds the first children's ambassador, Jon Scieszka—to...

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First Round of Broadband Stimulus Funds Announced, Three Awards to Libraries

Jan 05 2010: The first of many broadband stimulus funds awards have been announced, and libraries are among the earliest grantees, though a relatively small percentage thereof.

Of the $7.2 billion in Recovery Act broadband grant and loan programs, $2 billion will be made ...

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'Brooklyn' by Colm Toibin wins Costa Novel of the Year Award

Jan 05 2010: Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín has won the Costa Novel of the Year award (formerly Whitbread Award) over a shortlist that included Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall

Other winners were Christopher Reid in the poetry category for A Scattering; Graham Farmelo in the biography ...

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Publishing predictions for the next decade

Jan 05 2010: Three publisher insiders offer their predictions for the coming decade: Bob Miller, president and publisher at HarperStudio: "It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times…"

Mike Shatzkin, founder and president of Idea Logical Co. blog offers A "baker's ...

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