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Women more avid readers than men

Mar 24 2009: A study of reading habits showed almost half of women are 'page turners' who finish a book soon after starting it compared to only 26 per cent of men. The survey of 2,000 British adults also found those who take a long time to read books and only managed one or two a...

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Sony make half-million books available for free

Mar 19 2009: Aiming to outdo Amazon, Sony has done a deal with Google to make a half million copyright-free books available for its Reader device, a rival to the Amazon Kindle. The books are all out of copyright having been written before 1923.

Sony is hoping that the partnership...

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Half of UK under 16s prefer to read than spend time on social networks

Mar 18 2009: Almost half the UK's under-16s would rather read books than speak to their friends on social networks or other online sites - according to recent research.

The research was commissioned by the UK TV program, The Book Show, produced by Sky Arts. The poll surveyed 2000 ...

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US book sales rise slightly in January

Mar 16 2009: Shelf Awareness reports that January bookstore sales in the USA were $2.286 billion, up $1 million over January 2008, according to preliminary estimates from the Census Bureau. This marked the first gain for bookstore sales in four months.

The slight gain was all the...

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Despite recession, book sales up in Europe

Mar 16 2009: Despite being mired in recession sales of books in Europe are up - although sales are flat in Britain, they are up in much of Continental Europe.

For example, the number of books sold in France rose 2 percent in December from a year earlier and 2.4 percent in January...

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade for sale or not?

Mar 12 2009: Today, Publishers Weekly reports that the sale of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s trade and reference group is moving forward with four serious bidders including Hachette, Random House, a group led by a former HMH executive Wendy Strothman, and a independent publishing ...

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Two unknown Roberto Bolano novels found

Mar 11 2009: Two new novels by the Chilean author Roberto Bolano have reportedly been found in Spain among papers he left behind after his death. The previously unseen manuscripts were entitled Diorama and The Troubles of the Real Police Officer. The documents may also include a ...

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Obama battles vampires for Galaxy prize

Mar 10 2009: The shortlists for the British Book Awards have been announced. The winners will be awarded on April 5. Categories include biographies, thrillers, popular fiction, nonfiction, children's books, best new writer, author of the year, book of the year etc. Both of Barack ...

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