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Simon & Schuster launches the vook

Oct 01 2009: In an experiment testing consumers' interest in integrated print and video content, Simon & Schuster has partnered with multimedia start-up Vook to create a quartet of titles that melds print and video. The fruits of the partnership are four vooks.

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Publishers 'completely divided' over e-book pricing

Sep 30 2009: An overwhelming majority of publishers believe that e-books should be less expensive than the printed version, but only 15% support Amazon.com flat-rate of $9.99 on front-list titles, a survey from the Frankfurt Book Fair has suggested. The survey indicates that ...

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Universal library access across UK

Sep 28 2009: The UK Society of Chief Librarians has announced a new scheme enabling readers to borrow books and other items from any public library in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. More than 4,000 libraries have signed up to the scheme, which becomes operational today.

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National Book Festival draws record crowds

Sep 28 2009: Despite a midday deluge, book lovers turned out in record numbers (approximately 130,000) for the ninth annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.

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Political columnist & novelist William Safire dies, aged 79

Sep 28 2009: William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard M. Nixon and a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for The New York Times who also wrote novels, books on politics and a Malaprop's treasury of articles on language, died on Sept. 27, 2009. He was 79.

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'One Hundred Years of Solitude' tops poll of world literature

Sep 28 2009: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's seminal novel One Hundred Years of Solitude is the piece of writing that has most shaped world literature over the past 25 years, according to a survey of international writers.

Indra Sinha, Blake Morrison, Amit Chaudhuri and 22 other authors...

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French publisher demands damages from Google

Sep 28 2009: French group La Martiniere has become the first publisher worldwide to sue Google in court, demanding 15m Euros (~US $8m) in damages for copyrighted books digitized by the search engine without permission.

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Google deal to be 'postponed', others say 'dead'

Sep 23 2009: The US Authors Guild and the American Association of Publishers have asked for the Fairness Hearing into the Google Settlement to be postponed as they seek to address concerns raised by the US Justice Department last week.

If granted it will be the second time the ...

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