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Book
hideA book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a leaf is called a page. A book produced in electronic format is known as an e-book.
Books may also refer to a literature work, or a main division of such a work. In library and information science, a book is called a monograph, to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as magazines, journals or newspapers. The body of all written works including books is literature.
In novels, a book may be divided into several large sections, also called books (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, etc).
A lover of books is usually referred to as a bibliophile, a bibliophilist, or a philobiblist, or, more informally, a bookworm.
A store where books are bought and sold is a bookstore or bookshop. Books can also be borrowed from libraries.
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News tagged with books
New transparent insulating film could enable energy-efficient displays
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Johns Hopkins materials scientists have found a new use for a chemical compound that has traditionally been viewed as an electrical conductor, a substance that allows electricity to flow through it. By orienting ...
Google to reincarnate digital books as paperbacks
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks.
Humanity's earliest written works go online
Apr 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- National libraries and the U.N. education agency put some of humanity's earliest written works online Tuesday, from ancient Chinese oracle bones to the first European map of the New World.
French court orders Google to stop scanning French books
Dec 18, 2009 |
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A French court on Friday told Google that it cannot digitise French books without publishers' approval and ordered the online giant to pay 300,000 euros (430,000 dollars) in damages.
French technology upstart challenges Google
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- France's efforts to digitize its culture, from Marcel Proust's manuscripts to the first films of the legendary Lumiere brothers, long have been bogged down by the country's reluctance to rely on help from American ...
Apple on track to launch tablet device next year, analysts say
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Apple Inc. is on track to launch a much-anticipated, tablet-sized computing device early next year, according to brokerage reports Wednesday.
Review: Barnes & Noble reader is dual-screen mess
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The e-book reading device is the gadget gift of the season. Both Sony and Barnes & Noble have sold out of their new models, and new buyers will have to wait until January for delivery. So why are ...
Hearst looks to digital readers of the future
Dec 05, 2009 |
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With an eye on the readers of the future, US publisher Hearst Corp. announced plans Friday to launch a digital newsstand, advertising service and electronic reader for newspapers and magazines.
Rare Charles Darwin book found on toilet bookshelf
Nov 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England.
Google books hearing set for February 18
Nov 20, 2009 |
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A US judge set February 18 for a hearing on the revised legal settlement between Google and US authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online.
Google makes concessions on digital book deal (Update)
Nov 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. will loosen its control over millions of copyright-protected books that will be added to its digital library if a federal judge approves a revised legal settlement addressing the earlier ...
Google's desire to scan old books has critics casting it as Goliath
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Google's ambitious plan to scan millions of old, out-of-print books, many of them forgotten in musty university libraries, has turned into one of the biggest controversies in the young company's history.
HP, Amazon to sell paperback versions of e-books
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Some of technology's best-known companies are betting there's pent-up demand for on-demand books.
Fury in Frankfurt at Google's global library project
Oct 18, 2009 |
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"Garbage" and "hysterical propaganda" was one angry reaction at the world's biggest book fair this year when Google, the world's biggest Internet search service, defended plans to turn millions of books into ...
Google to launch platform for selling books online
Oct 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. is launching a new online service that will let readers buy electronic versions of books and read them on such gadgets as cell phones, laptops and possibly e-book devices.
