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France starts massive book digitization project

Dec 09 2009: France is to embark on a mass book digitization project financed by a a national loan. Apparently, president Nicolas Sarkozy told a public meeting that he wanted to prevent what he described as a "friendly" large American company taking away its digital heritage.

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This Year in History: 1709

Dec 08 2009: Take a whistle stop tour 300 years back in time to the year 1709, where you'll meet the man who inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe; another who was the original recipient of the song 'For He's A Jolly Good Fellow'; and "The Flying Priest", who took to the air in a ...

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US booksellers import books to meet consumer demand - but is it legal?

Dec 08 2009: Some US Independent booksellers, looking to survive the recession, price wars and the challenges of e-books and online booksellers, have found that they can import anticipated books, such as the third volume in Stieg Larsson's popular mystery series that began with The ...

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Cormac McCarthy's typewriter sold for $254,500

Dec 07 2009: The Lettera 32 Olivetti typewriter on which Cormac McCarthy typed all his novels for more than forty-five years (an estimated 5 million words) has sold at auction for $254,500. Mr McCarthy originally purchased the typewriter in 1963 for $50. He has replaced his old ...

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High Street Stores for Amazon?

Dec 07 2009: The London Times reports that Amazon UK is in secret negotiations to open high street stores but an Amazon spokesman states that "We have no plans to open physical stores anywhere in the world."

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Literary agent, Don Congdon, dies at 91

Dec 04 2009: Legendary literary agent Don Congdon, who spotted the talent of Ray Bradbury early in both their careers and whose long list of celebrated authors also included William Styron, Jack Finney, Evan S. Connell, William L. Shirer and David Sedaris, died on Monday at his home...

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Amazon claims to sell 48 ebooks for every 100 physical books

Dec 01 2009: In yesterday's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Amazon spokeswoman Cinthia Portugal claimed that, "For every 100 books we sell in physical, we sell 48 Kindle books... This is up from 35 books for every 100 in May. Our customers tell us they read more with Kindle because they ...

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Colleen McCullough to undergo brain surgery

Nov 30 2009: Colleen McCullough, the Australian author of the best-selling novel The Thorn Birds, is to undergo brain surgery for a condition known as trigeminal neuralgia that causes "unbelievable pain" to her face.

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