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Amazon Yanks Pedophilia E-Book Amid Boycott Talk

(Nov. 11) -- Amazon.com appears to have severed sales of an e-book that condones pedophilia, after news of the self-published "child-lover's" guide went viral on the Internet and sparked cries for a boycott of the online bookseller. The book, "The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover's Code of Conduct,"...

Nook Color: Game Changer or Just Another E-Reader?

(Oct. 26) -- Tech bloggers began salivating over the Nook Color on Monday when the "Nook Color Screen Film Kit" accessory briefly appeared on barnesandnoble.com. Today, approximately one year after the bookseller introduced the original Nook, Barnes & Noble is expected to officially reveal its first color e-reader at a...

Opinion: Will New Kindle Kill the Book?

(Aug. 27) -- To the delight of eager e-book readers, Amazon's new Kindle started shipping this week. But as the popularity of e-books climbs, so does the corresponding anxiety among book lovers about the future of traditional hardcover or paperback books. To some readers, the announcement by Amazon.com that Kindle...

E-Books Outsell Paper on Amazon for Christmas

(Dec. 28) -- Ready or not, here comes the future of reading. Amazon announced today that it sold more e-books this Christmas than it did the paper variety, a first in its history. In an interview this month with The New York Times, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos predicted the sea-change, stating, "It won't be too long before...

Background on e books

An electronic book (variously, e-book, ebook, digital book, or even e-editions) is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices.

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