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Is Half Life 2 on par with Shakespeare in terms of literary worth?

Games tell stories as well as books

By Adam Hartley published

Is Gears of War an example of a classic 'male ego fantasy narrative'?

Gaming
Kindle 2 sparks debate over the future of the printed novel

Will eBooks replace the printed novel?

By Adam Hartley published

Kindle 2 launch prompts questions over the future of print

eReaders
Google Books - major changes afoot

Google agrees terms to put world's books online

By Patrick Goss published

Google has come to an agreement with authors and publishers to make millions of books available online – with all lawsuits brought to an end and an £80million payout made.

Computing
Piracy - increases book sales - who would have thought!

Paulo Coehlo: piracy boosts book sales

By Adam Hartley published

The multi-million selling author Paulo Coelho has demonstrated that online book piracy has increased sales of his books in hard copy.

Computing
Amazon's Kindle sold well - but is reading books dying out?

Hornby bemused by eBooks

By Patrick Goss published

Author Nick Hornby has expressed his doubts over eBooks – although it is people’s attitude to reading as a whole that appears to be fuelling his argument.

eReaders
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