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Amazon: E-Book Sales Eclipse Books In Print

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Fri, 05/20/2011 - 4:58am

Online retail giant Amazon.com says that as of now, it's selling more electronic books than books in print. Since April, the company says that for every 100 paperbacks or hardcovers, it moves 105 e-books.

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'Times' Best-Seller List Branches Out To E-Books

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Fri, 11/12/2010 - 5:04am

The New York Times best-seller list is going digital. Starting early next year, it will offer a look at the best-selling electronic books.

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Amazon Removes Books From Kindle

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Mon, 08/03/2009 - 6:54am

More people are getting used to reading e-books on devices like the Sony Reader or the Amazon Kindle. Recently Kindle owners who had purchased George Orwell's 1984 or Animal Farm had their books snatched back by Amazon when a rights issue arose.

The buyers were credited their $9.99, but such a recall could never have happened with actual books.


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Barnes And Noble Launches Kindle Competition

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 07/21/2009 - 4:30am

Amazon's digital book reading device, Kindle, faces a formidable new rival. Barnes and Noble launched its own e-bookstore Monday.

Rather than making its e-books readable on only one device — as Amazon does with Kindle — Barnes and Noble's e-books can be read on a number of devices, such as an iPhone or other mobile phones.


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