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Amazon.com's 1984 Problems Are Just Beginning - BusinessWeek - 1 views

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e-book digital rights digital publishing

shared by Suzanne Cardwell on 05 Aug 09 - Cached

Suzanne Cardwell on 05 Aug 09

The uproar, including a lawsuit, over the removal of copies of 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindle devices comes as Amazon faces renewed e-book competition. Interesting article in terms of some of the issues discussed in the Thompson reading this week re the digital revolution and the publishing world.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The uproar, including a lawsuit, over the removal of copies of 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindle devices comes as Amazon faces renewed e-book competition. Interesting article in terms of some of the issues discussed in the Thompson reading this week re the digital revolution and the publishing world.</div>

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TheHandbookofCheating Taught Me a Lot - 2 views

TheHandbookofCheating is a very helpful book for me. It gave me ideas how to face cheating partners. This book even taught me how to empathize with them than to lash out right away without hearing ...

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Sony ramps up e-book self-publishing options | Crave - CNET - 0 views

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Digital Publishing Ebook

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Sony ismaking a real push into this area with a new Publisher Portal and partnerships with self-publishing companies Smashwords and Author Solutions. This is really good news for self-publishing avoiding the traffic that Amazon does.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Sony ismaking a real push into this area with a new Publisher Portal and partnerships with self-publishing companies Smashwords and Author Solutions. This is really good news for self-publishing avoiding the traffic that Amazon does.</div>

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Renee Xin on 06 Oct 09

"Sony ramps up e-book self-publishing options"

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Google on Books Settlement: It's About Preserving Human Knowledge - 0 views

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shared by Shan Luo on 11 Oct 09 - Cached

Shan Luo on 11 Oct 09

After finally reaching a formal agreement with authors and publishers, a host of other heavyweights including Microsoft and Yahoo came forward to challenge the settlement of Google books. Google co-founder Sergey Brin addressed criticisms of the settlement in a lengthy editorial.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">After finally reaching a formal agreement with authors and publishers, a host of other heavyweights including Microsoft and Yahoo came forward to challenge the settlement of Google books. Google co-founder Sergey Brin addressed criticisms of the settlement in a lengthy editorial.</div>

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Google's digital-book future hangs in the balance - 1 views

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Google Google Book Search online publishing copyright

shared by HUANHUAN XU on 14 Oct 09 - Cached

HUANHUAN XU on 14 Oct 09

"Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful", however, there is always a copyright concern around Google Book Search project.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful", however, there is always a copyright concern around Google Book Search project.</div>

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Google to launch online book store, rules out Kindle-like device - 1 views

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Google ebooks

shared by Shan Luo on 16 Oct 09 - Cached

Shan Luo on 16 Oct 09

Google plans to launch an online store to deliver electronic books to any device with a web browser, threatening to upset a burgeoning market for dedicated e-readers dominated by Amazon's Kindle.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Google plans to launch an online store to deliver electronic books to any device with a web browser, threatening to upset a burgeoning market for dedicated e-readers dominated by Amazon's Kindle.</div>

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The Future of e-Books: "A Tale of Discovery" - 0 views

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shared by Huang Jing on 15 Oct 09 - Cached

Huang Jing on 15 Oct 09

A short clip about the advatanges and disadvantage of E-books. but more on the optimistic side. It predicts that the future e-book market will increase.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A short clip about the advatanges and disadvantage of E-books. but more on the optimistic side. It predicts that the future e-book market will increase.</div>

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New E-Book Company to Focus on Older Titles - 0 views

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ebook; publishing

shared by Huang Jing on 15 Oct 09 - Cached

Huang Jing on 15 Oct 09

Electronic is going to be the center of the universe, so HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide decided to publish old books into digital form.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Electronic is going to be the center of the universe, so HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide decided to publish old books into digital form.</div>

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Amazon's Kindle e-reader coming to Australia | News | News.com.au - 1 views

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E- Reader Amazon Future books Newspapers

shared by Craig Betts on 19 Oct 09 - Cached

Craig Betts on 19 Oct 09

E- Reader, Amazon, Future, books, Newspapers

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Chinese writers seek redress on Google e-books - 2 views

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shared by HUANHUAN XU on 23 Oct 09 - Cached

HUANHUAN XU on 23 Oct 09

China has the largest online population, and Chinese writers are seeking for their copyrights on Google Book.

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Brains, Books and the Future of Print - Lane Wallace - 1 views

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Sandra Rivera on 28 Oct 09

Are print books really about to disappear, overtaken like horse-drawn carriages in the age of Detroit and the Ford Model T? Truth is, nobody knows. Nobody ever really knows what the future is going to hold, no matter how sure they sound in their predictions.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Are print books really about to disappear, overtaken like horse-drawn carriages in the age of Detroit and the Ford Model T? Truth is, nobody knows. Nobody ever really knows what the future is going to hold, no matter how sure they sound in their predictions.</div>

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Apple Tablet Will Restore Comic Books To Former Glory - Comic Books - Gizmodo - 0 views

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New Readers Comics Disney

shared by Craig Betts on 18 Sep 09 - Cached

Craig Betts on 18 Sep 09

Comics going Digital, Worried about Paper versions

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Google acquires web security firm reCAPTCHA - 0 views

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reCaptcha

shared by Nicole Webb on 17 Sep 09 - Cached

Nicole Webb on 17 Sep 09

GOOGLE has acquired reCAPTCHA, a company that produces the squiggly words used by websites to guard against spam and fraud. reCAPTCHA's technology would be used to increase fraud and spam protection for Google products "but also to improve books and newspaper scanning process."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">GOOGLE has acquired reCAPTCHA, a company that produces the squiggly words used by websites to guard against spam and fraud. reCAPTCHA's technology would be used to increase fraud and spam protection for Google products "but also to improve books and newspaper scanning process." </div>

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Google Book Settlement Negotiations Continue - 2 views

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Google eBooks Copyright Competition

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The Google book settlement is far from being resolved, as objections persist both from private business, and even government agencies.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Google book settlement is far from being resolved, as objections persist both from private business, and even government agencies.</div>

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The Access Principle: the case for open access to research and scholarship - 0 views

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Open Access scholar research

shared by Yichen Zhu on 24 Sep 09 - Cached

Yichen Zhu on 24 Sep 09

The book review of Willinsky, J. (2006) The Access Principle: the case for open access to research and scholar- ship. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. xv + 287 pp. ISBN 0-262-23242-1.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The book review of Willinsky, J. (2006) The Access Principle: the case for open access to research and scholar- ship. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. xv + 287 pp. ISBN 0-262-23242-1.</div>

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Reference Notes: Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data - 0 views

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Web 2.0 mashup library

shared by Amit Kelkar on 21 Sep 09 - Cached

Amit Kelkar on 21 Sep 09

New book on collaboratively "mashing up" data for use in libraries.

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7 Things You Should Know About Lulu - Powered by Google Docs - 0 views

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Lulu Print on demand

shared by Karolina Molka on 14 Sep 09 - No Cached

Karolina Molka on 14 Sep 09

Lulu is a print on demand, self-publish book, ebook portal that makes possible for everyone to become a "Published author"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Lulu is a print on demand, self-publish book, ebook portal that makes possible for everyone to become a "Published author"</div>

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Google's library digitisation project: philanthropy or piracy? | Robert McCrum | Books ... - 0 views

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Google copyright library digitisation project

shared by Adriana Delgado on 09 Sep 09 - Cached

Adriana Delgado on 09 Sep 09

Robert McCrum: New Zealand has finally woken up to the copyright implications of Google's project to digitise the world's libraries. Should we?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Robert McCrum: New Zealand has finally woken up to the copyright implications of Google's project to digitise the world's libraries. Should we?</div>

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Google faces rising anger over digital books plan - 0 views

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shared by Karolina Molka on 07 Sep 09 - Cached

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