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Because of the cloud-based storage of the Kindle Fire, no syncing is necessary. And Mr. Bezos goes on to take a swipe at Apple. "That model, that you are responsible for backing up your own content, is a broken model," he says. The most recently used items, no matter what the content is, will be stored in a task bar/carousel interface.

A side-by-side look at the Nook Color and the new Kindle Fire. But can it really take on the iPad? CNET wonders here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20112696-1/will-the-kindle-fire-threaten-to-burn-%20the-ipad

Amazon.com today unveiled its long-awaited color tablet, the Amazon Kindle Fire, at an event in New York that also saw the introduction of two new e-readers. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the tablet, which ships Nov. 15, would retail for $199. "We're building premium products at non-premium prices," he said.

With the Google Book Settlement all but dead, another sign that the market is moving on: This morning, the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) confirmed that Michael Healy, the former executive director (designate) for the Google Settlement's proposed Book Rights Registry, is joining CCC and will start in October in the newly created post of executive director, Author and Publisher Relations.

Hmm. This is British and talks about a primarily British (that I can tell) service marrying itself to Facebook, but it has interesting implications should others decide to adopt the same thing. "'There's been a big barrier to sign-up, we wanted to remove that and make it a seamless experience,' [Daniel Ek, Spotify co-founder] said in one tweet, apparently indifferent to the criticism that Spotify had just erected a barrier where there wasn't one before." "'We want to remove barrier to sign-up and create a more seamless experience...' he confirmed in a follow-up." Yep, it'll be completely seamless for the advertisers who want to target Spotify users, they can get all sorts of other info on them besides just that they downloaded Rebecca Black's "Friday"...Zuckerberg must be laughing all the way to the bank.

Apparently the U.S. isn't so far behind! See: http://elangdell.cali.org/content/federal-rules-ebooks-legal-information-institute who posted Federal Procedure e-books just a few weeks ago.

Barnes & Noble and other bidders purchased parts of Borders Group's intellectual property in an auction that raised $15.7 million. Hilco Streambank, the intellectual property valuation and disposition arm of Hilco Trading, LLC, said the auction included more than 50 rounds before the winning bidders emerged.

In answer to recent reports of financial trouble at Montreal-based children's publisher Lobster Press, president and publisher Alison Fripp says she intends to persevere, making changes in the business and paying money owed to authors and illustrators.

Tablet wars? Speculation on the Amazon tablet expected to be announced 9/28

Some very practical advice from a publisher on how to  use free.

A poll from Harris Interactive finds that one in six U.S. residents uses an e-reader. Among those who do not own such a device, one in six plans to purchase one in the next half year.

Reflections on the e-book years after the introduction of the Kindle.

The Authors Guild filed suit against five universities and the digital tower, called HathiTrust, that those universities created to preserve and make available to students and faculty scans of books from their collections.

"The device comes first...Once you've chosen a device, you'll buy the content for it. You'll pay with money or with other currency like watching an ad or providing the personal information companies use to sell those ads or sell you other things. You'll pay for convenience. And habit." -Dana Chinn

More coverage of Amazon's decision to make Kindle e-books available through public libraries.

Aptara Corp.'s third annual e-book survey of book publishers found a rapid increase in sales and title output, especially among trade houses, but questions still need to be resolved about e-readers, formats, and standards.

Amazon announces that 11,000 libraries are now set for loaning Kindle e-books to patrons. How much of library budgets will go to support a reading format that only the relatively well-off can use?