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Just before Christmas, Amazon infuriated booksellers with an app that allowed customers to check out prices in brick-and-mortar stores and then get a discount if they bought from Amazon instead.

Now publishers and booksellers are looking for new ways to compete with the Goliath of online retailers.

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Under a new law signed by Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown, online retailers like Amazon are supposed to start collecting sales taxes, even when they're based outside the state.

Amazon says the new law is unconstitutional, and it won't collect the tax. One way the company is trying to avoid it, is by severing ties with about 10,000 small businesses and individual blogs based in the state which link to Amazon.com through their websites.

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TechCrunch claims it has it on good authority that Amazon is looking into giving away Kindle e-readers to customers who subscribe to its $79 Prime service for fast, free shipping.

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When Apple makes its latest product announcement on Wednesday, many expect the company to unveil a tablet-size computer that will compete with Amazon's Kindle or Sony's Reader.

It may also change the way the book and newspaper industries view digital publishing.

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A report suggests that Amazon is scouring the U.K. for sites to open stores where people can pick up their orders more quickly.

In recent weeks, the landscape of cloud computing has changed dramatically, with the introduction of services from the likes of Amazon, Savvis, Terremark and OpSource.

Sony Corp. introduces two new devices to the world of digital book readers on Wednesday. Company officials say they hope to put Amazon and its Kindle on the defensive.

Sony's two new e-book devices are the Reader Touch Edition and the Reader Pocket Edition

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