Amazon in a rare evening launch revealed its third-generation Kindle reader. The new hardware is 21 percent smaller and 15 percent lighter than the model it replaces but is better in nearly every way. It uses a new E Ink Pearl display with 50 percent better contrast and 20 percent faster page turns but can now last for up to a month with wireless off on battery, twice as much as before, and for ...

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On the strength of the popular Kindle, Amazon says it now sells more e-books than hardcovers. What's being lost is the messy tactile narrative of how books are made manifest and cling to our lives, as "The Hobbit" did to mine.

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Amazon e-book tipping point: Is the death of books upon us?

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Amazon: Kindle e-book sales have overtaken hardback book sales

Among the books the National Cathedral may part with are some donated by Queen Elizabeth II and the first Bible written in modern language.

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National Cathedral Might Sell Rare Books

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Amazon.com launched a beta version of the new " Rare & Collectible Books " store that is designed to enhance the shopping experience for book collectors on Amazon.

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Amazon.com Launches Store for Rare & Collectible Books

Amazon has inked an deal with the UK's British Library to make some 65,000 out-of-print books from the 19th Century available as free downloads on its Kindle e-book, or for sale as paperbacks via a print-on-demand service.

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Amazon's Kindle Gets Access to Out-of-Print 19th Century Books (Cellular-News.com)

NEW YORK - A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for US$1 million, smashing a record set just last year.

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'Superman' comic sells for $1M (Jam! Showbiz)

The amended Google Books settlement agreement (ASA) has not impressed the U.S.

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Justice Department Objects To Google Books Settlement (WebProNews)

Amazon in a support document for publishers using its Digital Text Platform has revealed that it will let those selling Kindle books shed the copy protection. Where it had previously been difficult to remove, the digital rights management (DRM) can now be left off of a book or periodical simply by marking a checkbox.

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Kindle publisher program eases dropping DRM (MacNN)