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Sony adopting industry standard for e-books
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Sony, in a challenge to Amazon's Kindle, unveiled plans on Thursday to do away with the proprietary software on its electronic Sony Reader and convert its e-book store to an industry standard format.
Amazon.com buys Stanza e-book app maker Lexcycle
Apr 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Kindle e-book retailer Amazon.com Inc. has purchased Lexcycle, a year-old company that makes the iPhone e-book application Stanza, in a move that ratchets up Amazon's presence in the electronic book market.
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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.
New Web site to amplify debate on Google book deal
May 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Caroline Vanderlip believes the escalating debate over Google Inc.'s plans for a vast Internet library of copyright-protected literature will yield enough compelling material to fill a book.
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.
Profits for publishers in making books accessible to all
May 23, 2008 |
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Many people have no access to most published books. European researchers are trying to remedy this by adapting new technologies to provide accessibility on demand for the visually impaired.
Company pulls plug on 'Fallujah' video game
Apr 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The publisher behind a video game based on one of the Iraq war's fiercest battles has pulled the plug on the title, called "Six Days in Fallujah."
National Science and Technology Council releases strategy for digital scientific data
Mar 23, 2009 |
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The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) released a report describing a strategy to promote preservation and access to digital scientific data. The report, Harnessing the Power of Digital Data for ...
Scientists' strategic reading of research enhanced by digital tools
Aug 18, 2009 |
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The revolution in scientific publishing that has been promised since the 1980s is finally about to take place, according to two University of Illinois experts in information science.
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.
Univ. of Michigan, Google amend book scanning deal
May 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The University of Michigan has amended a deal with Google Inc. to create digital copies of millions of library books and journals.
Amazon lowers Kindle e-book reader price to $299
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Jul 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. has lowered the price of its Kindle electronic book reader by $60. It's now selling for $299, in an effort to attract more bookworms to the device.
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