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Stunning pictures of art made from old, damaged books .

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New lives for old books | Bookshop Blog

The fact that Sony bothered to send out press releases about the fact that it now offers 1 million free books clearly shows that the competition in the eBook market is heating up. Sadly, most eReaders are locked down with digital rights …

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EBooks: Sony Now Offers 1 Million Free Books From Google Books

All this leads me to the topic of new book forms. I did listen to an audiobook a couple of times when I was driving long distance and it was not bad but the books that I listened to on it were lightweight humor.

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On books, audiobooks, and eBooks | Machines Like Us

The Times published an article explaining that the Orwell books were unauthorized editions that Amazon removed from its Kindle store.

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Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others | Ethiopian News

The Red Electric reflects my interests in the Hillsdale Neighborhood, community and communication, media literacy, journalism, typewriters, Quakers and envelope-pushing in general.

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The Red Electric: Are electronic books mere "Kindling"?

She talked about where her last 20 books came from, partly because Marie of The Boston Bibliophile just posted a follow-up to her Bloggers and Commercialism post where she lists the sources of her last 20 reviewed books , …

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Where do I get my books? | Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin'?

Note: Also see Robert Nagle’s different view of Baker. By the way, unlike Robert, I agree with Baker on the issue of the many books missing from E. This is a.

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E-book skeptic Nicholson Baker open-minded about the iPhone and …

The Boston Globe is reporting about a recent panel on the Google Book settlement at the Boston Public Library. Thanks to ShelfAwareness for the link: …

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Google Books raises issues | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home

I sat daydreaming at my desk for a moment after reading that, both about what my life would look like as a bookstore owner (I am both book – and tech-inspired, I already have a cat fond of plopping down on stacks of books , …

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Why save Prairie Avenue Books, anyway? – Chicago Subtext

There have been lots of reports flying around recently about the decision by Amazon to delete copies of two works by George Orwell (ironic, that) from the Kindle devices of folks who thought they had bought those books for once and for …

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