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BBC News
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More books are sold on the internet than any other product and the number is increasing, research suggests.
Polling company Nielsen Online surveyed 26,312 people in 48 countries. 41% of internet users had bought books online, it said.
This compares..
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BBC News
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A weapon used to fight spammers is now helping university researchers preserve old books and manuscripts.
Many websites use an automated test to tell computers and humans apart when signing up to an account or logging in.
The test consists of typing..
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Los Angeles Times
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In yet another sign of the convergence between publishing and the Internet, Simon & Schuster Inc. announced that it is launching a digital video channel to promote the company's authors and forthcoming releases. The publisher, working in concert with Turn..
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BusinessWeek
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Europeana, the new cyber library, will offer over 6 million books, movies, and documents from across Europe, to strengthen cultural diversity
The French national library BNF has launched a prototype version of its contribution to a European digital lib..
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