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"Can Sony do for electronic books what Apple has done for digital music and video?" This article asks just that question. With the release of Sony's new paperback-size Portable Reader System this is a viable question to ask. The device only weighs 9 ounces and is one-half inch thick. The device will sell for $349.99 and will hold up to 80 e-books.
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If you can not locate a book at one of your local sources then by all means use the independent online sources, and if they can not meet your needs go to the big guns. Remembering that the big chains are in a position to end the existence of the independents and that they have already had a major effect on the publishing trade. Currently there is only one big gun aimed at them: Amazon.Com. For more on the subject of the ever-shrinking number of independent bookstores, check out this PBS program. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec97/books_8-18.html
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A newer version of the Microsoft Reader was under creation for the Pocket PC platform that will allow users from downloading and viewing b-books. A new committee to oversee the education and enforcement of e-book anti-piracy was created to monitor the illegal state of the e-books on web. Publishers and distributors were happy for the Microsoft's copyright protection efforts. Microsoft, book publishers and book sellers will team up together to work. This will prevent e-books from following the same road as music did.
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Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual ALA event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. This year, 2007, marks BBW's 26th anniversary (September 29 through October 6).
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FreeBookCentre.com contains links to thousands of free online technical books. Which Include core computer science, networking, programming languages, Systems Programming books, Linux books and many more. You are welcome to follow the following links for the free books tour..
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Sony is ... establishing a store similiar to iTunes, which is a digital storefront where electronic books may be purchased. Sony has deals with six major publishing houses and almost 10,000 titles at its store, which is called Connect e-Book-store. The books can be downloaded, at a slightly discounted price compared to the printed version, and then put on the Sony e-book reader. This is similar to someone that buys MP3s from iTunes and puts them on their iPod.
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