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Dec 01 2007: Many reporters and bloggers have pitched in their opinions on Amazon's Kindle bookreader ((named to convey the "igniting" of knowledge, according to Amazon) in the week since it launched, including Walter Mossberg for the Wall Street Journal (http://ptech.allthingsd.com...
Nov 30 2007: The International Herald Tribune reports that nearly a decade after the Universal Library project (http://www.ulib.org/) was initiated, they have now scanned more than 1.5 million books. The project is not the first of its kind. Online search engine operator Google Inc...
Nov 29 2007: The Associated Press reports that Federal prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking the identities of 24,000 people who bought used books through online retailer Amazon.com after a judge ruled the customers have a First Amendment right to keep their reading habits ...
Nov 28 2007: Reuters reports on the imminent release of the $180 million movie adaptation of The Golden Compass, the first book in Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy (including The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass). Even though the church is a central theme to the ...
Nov 25 2007: The 2007 Costa Awards shortlist has been announced with four books shortlisted in each of the five categories: 1st Novel, Novel, Biography, Children & Poetry. The winners will be announced in January 2008. A brief synopsis of each book is available at the Costa Book ...
Nov 22 2007: Reuters reports that 26-year-old Ishmael Baeh, a former child soldier in Sierra Leone's civil war and author of A Long Way Gone has been named an ambassador for the U.N. children's agency. He vows to be an advocate for children worldwide, not just in African war ...
Nov 20 2007: Amazon have launched the Kindle electronic book reader retailing at $399. The Kindle utilizes electronic-paper display which provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that is claimed to look and read like real paper. It requires no computer and no cables. Books can be...
Nov 19 2007: The New York Times reports that a newly released report by the National Endowment for the Arts, based on an analysis of data from about two dozen studies from the federal Education and Labor Departments and the Census Bureau as well as other academic, foundation and ...
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