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Parity between Canadian & US dollars, but prices still higher in Canada

Jun 12 2008: Although the U.S. and Canadian dollars have had about the same value for a year, Canadian consumers are still paying up to 18% more than Americans for the same products. For example, a recent study found that a hardcover book selling for $30.79 in Canada costs only $...

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Books, tears and blood

Jun 11 2008: Saad Eskander, director of Baghdad's national library, wants to 'help Iraqis understand their past and build their future' through education. The former Kurdish fighter tells Stuart Jeffries why culture is the key, why the US must surrender looted papers - and why he ...

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Encyclopaedia Britannica to follow modified Wikipedia model

Jun 11 2008: In a bid to wed the comprehensive, grassroots information factory of Wikipedia with the authority of the traditional encyclopedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica is opening the floodgates for online user submissions into its 240-year-old publication -- a move it long resisted...

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J.K. Rowling's Harvard commencement address

Jun 11 2008: J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter books, delivers her Commencement Address, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination,” to Harvard's 2008 graduates.

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Amazon CEO talks about future of books

Jun 09 2008: In a Q&A in the Wall Street Journal Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos talks about the future of the book and e-book:

"Over some time horizon, books will be read on electronic devices. Physical books won't completely go away, just as horses haven't completely gone ...

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Notable finds in used books

Jun 09 2008: Abebooks reports on the many treasures found in used books - from cash, a diamond ring and a Mickey Mantle rookie baseball card to a marriage certificate from 1879 and World War II discharge papers. One lucky customer found a $1,000 bill worth about $40,000!

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The gift of prose to soothe the traveler

Jun 09 2008: The 15-year "Poetry in Motion" campaign on the New York subway system comes to an end in a few weeks time, to be replaced by prose pieces under the name "Train of Thought."

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BookExpo America attendance down.

Jun 05 2008: Registration at BookExpo America in Los Angeles was 28,494, down from 36,112 in New York in 2007. The most dramatic decline was in book buyers and librarians. The cost of travel, the fact ALA will be held in California in less than a month plus the fact that most of ...

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