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The e-book hype reached its apex just before the holiday season. Now seems like a good time to take a closer look at the e-book market, especially given that this

One of my favorite places on earth, the British Library, and the world's most popular search engine, Google, have struck a spectacular deal. The BL will allow the search and

As our reading habits become increasingly digital, many book-lovers are wondering how this will impact libraries' ability to lend materials, particularly since many of the popular e-readers and e-booksellers have

Apple's e-reader app iBooks received an update last week, boasting a fairly typical set of changes: better stability, better layout, and a connection to AirPrint. But according to some reports,

While the rest of the world is digitizing and consolidating their belongings, some of us just can't stop being the pack rats that we are. While the Kindle offers a

In a move that has been anticipated for some time, the major book retailer chain Borders has filed for bankruptcy today. The news comes after months of declining sales and

Startup e-book publishing house Smashwords has sussed out a distribution agreement with Sony Electronics that will allow for user creation of publishing accounts and expedited publishing and distribution of books

Social publisher Scribd and CBS-owned megapublisher of "real" books Simon & Schuster have just announced an agreement to sell Simon & Schuster eBooks in the Scribd Store. The Scirbd store

Highly recognized Silicon Valley venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki is not only the author of the inspiringly titled blog How to Change the World, but he has also penned nine books

Amazon really wants to attract more independent authors to its publishing platform. It also wants to add competitive muster to its Kindle Store for e-books and the new Kindle