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Amazon Kindle-exclusive books top 100 million buys and rentals
By Michelle Fitzsimmons published
Kindle users have been purchasing, downloading and renting their way through Amazon's extensive list of select titles.
Amazon now sells more Kindle ebooks than printed books
By Kate Solomon published
Amazon has announced that it now sells more Kindle ebooks than all print books – that's hardcover and paperback combined – through its Amazon.com site.
Android Market adds books to webstore
By Chris Smith published
Android phone owners can now buy and download books from the Android Market webstore.
Google denies digital books plan is illegal
By Gareth Beavis published
Google has launched a defence of its revamped plan to digitise out of print books, after criticism from a number of parties.
Will Google Books own the Western literary canon?
By Adam Hartley published
A new settlement agreed this month means that Google's attempts to scan the world's books faces a few new limits.
US Copyright Office opposes Google Books
By Adam Hartley published
The US Copyright Office has changed tack and is now opposing a deal that will give Google the rights to digitise millions of out-of-print books.
Games tell stories as well as books
By Adam Hartley published
Is Gears of War an example of a classic 'male ego fantasy narrative'?
Will eBooks replace the printed novel?
By Adam Hartley published
Kindle 2 launch prompts questions over the future of print
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