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Universal Library project now contains 1.5 million scanned books

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...

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Federal prosecutors withdraw subpoena for identity of 24,000 Amazon shoppers

Nov 29 2007: The Associated Press reports that Federal prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking the identities of 24,000 people who bought used books through online retailer Amazon.com after a judge ruled the customers have a First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 ...

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'The Golden Compass' movie under fire

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 ...

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Costa (formerly Whitbread) Awards Shortlist Announced

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 ...

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Ishmael Baeh named an ambassador for the UN Children's agency

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 ...

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Amazon introduces the Kindle

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...

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Study Links Drop in Test Scores to a Decline in Time Spent Reading

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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Rare edition of 'Wuthering Heights' sells for record price

Nov 18 2007: A rare first edition of Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights has sold for £114,000 (~$228,000) at Bonhams London auction house today, more than double the expected sale price. The Guardian reports that the copy was purchased by "antiquarian bookseller Robert Kirkman...

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