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B&N Sweetens The Deal For Windows 8 Users With Free Nook Books And Magazines

March 27, 2013
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Barnes & Noble content and tablet subsidiary Nook Media, part-owned by Microsoft specifically to help boost content for its new Windows 8 platform, today put some of that strategy into action: it has announced that people who download the Nook app for Windows 8 will get five books and five magazines free of charge. This…

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Italy court orders Knox retrial for Kercher murder

March 26, 2013
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Italy court orders Knox retrial for Kercher murder

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's top court on Tuesday overturned the 2011 acquittal of American student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher, and ordered a retrial.

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Sheryl Sandberg Launches ‘Lean In’ Organization As A Global Community For Workplace Equality

March 6, 2013
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This morning Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg officially launched “Lean In,” a non-profit organization aimed at creating a global community that encourages women to continue to be active and ambitious in their careers even as they start families. The launch of the organization, which Sandberg co-founded with Rachel Thomas, comes less than a week before Sandberg’s…

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J.K. Rowling’s next book: ‘The Casual Vacancy’

April 12, 2012
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J.K. Rowling’s next book: ‘The Casual Vacancy’

Buy AP Photo Reprints LONDON (AP) — She may not be able to match the phenomenal success of the Harry Potter series, but J.K. Rowling has high hopes for "The Casual Vacancy," her first novel for adults. The title was announced Thursday by Little, Brown & Co. along with a brief plot synopsis for the…

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Amazon says its Kindle Owners’ Lending Library drives 229% more sales in backlist e-book titles

April 4, 2012
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Amazon’s Kindle certainly seems to be dominating the e-reading space in many countries, but it’s perhaps its publisher deals that helps it truly stay ahead of the game. In a statement today, Amazon said that Kindle Exclusives accounted for 16 of its top-100 best-selling (paid) e-books last month. These 16 books, which don’t take into…

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Video: Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson talks at length about Apple’s iconic co-founder

April 4, 2012
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Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs has been a smash hit, topping bestseller lists on Amazon’s and Apple’s e-book stores, as people sought to gain insights into the late Apple co-founder’s life. Following the release of the biography in October, Isaacson has never been far from the media. He’s given interviews with news channels, delivered…

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This guy figured out how to recommend anything he wants to you on Amazon

March 28, 2012
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When you visit Amazon’s homepage, you’ve more than likely seen the recommended items that the company suggests you check out. It’s a really great way to get people into the mood of shopping when they might have just come to browse a bit. Sometimes I visit Amazon with an intent to buy something and have…

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Hacking the Epicurean Adventure: How to build the ultimate Geek Kitchen

March 11, 2012
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Where others see the chore of cooking up a meal, I see an adventure. Where others avoid using pans for fear of washing up, I see a laboratory waiting for my experiments. I’m a geek and I love cooking. Cooking to me is not just a way to get food on your plate and cover…

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Amazon is creating a very large silo you can’t escape from, say book industry chiefs

March 8, 2012
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Internet giant Amazon is creating a ‘locked’ silo which users can’t escape, according to a panel of publishing industry heads. Amazon was apparently invited to join this particular panel discussion at the Financial Times’ (FT) Digital Media Conference today, according to the FT’s West Coast Editor Richard Waters who was moderating the session, but alas…

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Isaacson left details of the ‘next Apple TV’ out of Steve Jobs biography

March 6, 2012
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Isaacson left details of the ‘next Apple TV’ out of Steve Jobs biography

In an interview with, among others, Brazilian journalist Caio Tulio Costa on TV Cultura’s Roda Viva, Isaacson had some interesting things to say about the details of a possible Apple television. About 57 minutes into the interview, Costa asks Isaacson “Walter, you already said you’d write an addition to Steve Jobs bio, so what’s missing…

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