Feb 12 2009

Birds of a feather fly far a field. – Canada.com


CTV British Columbia

Birds of a feather fly far a field.
Canada.com – 3 hours ago
By Margaret Munro, Canwest News ServiceFebruary 12, 2009 UNDATED – One purple martin, fitted with a tiny geolocating “backpack,'' flew 7500 kilometres from the Amazon basin to North America in just 13 days.
Tracking the Flight of Birds, With Tiny Backpacks New York Times
Songbirds hit a sizzling beat Globe and Mail
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Feb 11 2009

E-books: coming soon to a BC library near you – Globe and Mail


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E-books: coming soon to a BC library near you
Globe and Mail – 10 Feb 2009
The publishing industry is waking up to the possibilities of electronic books. But even as companies such as Google Inc. and Amazon.
Google Book Settlement Site Is Up; Paying Authors Per Scanned Book TechCrunch
Increasing Concerns Raised Over Google's Book Search Settlement Techdirt
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Feb 11 2009

E-books: coming soon to a BC library near you – Globe and Mail

E-books: coming soon to a BC library near you
Globe and Mail – 10 Feb 2009
The publishing industry is waking up to the possibilities of electronic books. But even as companies such as Google Inc. and Amazon.
Official Notification of Authors and Publishers About Google Book … PR Newswire (press release)
Google’s book effort stuffs the copyright act TECH.BLORGE.com
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Feb 11 2009

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezo’s Worst Nightmare (PIC)

This might come true

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Feb 11 2009

Kindle runs into roadblocks outside of US – International Herald Tribune


guardian.co.uk

Kindle runs into roadblocks outside of US
International Herald Tribune – 15 hours ago
By Eric Pfanner PARIS: American readers can already move on to the sequel to Amazon.com's popular electronic book reader, the Kindle.
Review round-up: Amazon Kindle 2 Christian Science Monitor
* Bezos says Kindle focus is for reading guardian.co.uk
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Feb 11 2009

Kindle runs into roadblocks outside of US – International Herald Tribune


BusinessWeek

Kindle runs into roadblocks outside of US
International Herald Tribune – 11 hours ago
By Eric Pfanner PARIS: American readers can already move on to the sequel to Amazon.com's popular electronic book reader, the Kindle.
Review round-up: Amazon Kindle 2 Christian Science Monitor
Stephen King writes ebook horror story for new Kindle guardian.co.uk
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Feb 10 2009

E-reader Battle Royale: Kindle 2 vs. all the rest

The Amazon Kindle 2 bursts onto the scene with impressive new features, but it’s not alone. There are already plenty of e-readers on the market — and even more coming — each with its own abilities, shape and pricing. So how does the new Kindle stack up (ouch!) against its peers?

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Feb 10 2009

How to Download Free Books onto the Amazon Kindle

So the nice, shiny installment of Amazon’s Kindle has arrived. But the cost of books for e-book readers like the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader can add up. But there’s no reason to pay Sony or Amazon for books that are already in the public domain. Here’s how to get them onto your e-book reader for free.

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Feb 10 2009

Amazon Kindle 2: 10 Things You Should Know – PC Magazine


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Amazon Kindle 2: 10 Things You Should Know
PC Magazine – 44 minutes ago
by Lance Ulanoff I want a Kindle 2. In fact, I've wanted a Kindle for almost a year now. The fever reached its height right around the holidays when I thought I'd buy my wife one.
Kindle 2 launched Inquirer
A new chapter for digital books Globe and Mail
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Feb 10 2009

Why aren't ebooks taking off? Not enough pirates – guardian.co.uk


guardian.co.uk

Why aren't ebooks taking off? Not enough pirates
guardian.co.uk – 12 hours ago
People regularly draw a comparison between the music industry and publishing. The Amazon Kindle, we are told, can be "the iPod of books"; everybody's desperate for the sort of radical success that iTunes has enjoyed; and they are fearful of the damage …
Last.fm provides a much richer experience with greater depth than … Georgia Straight
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