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Mother's Day gifts: 4 great e-readers for Mom

Stumped for a Mother's Day gift this year? Your mom would probably love one of these four e-readers.
10 most intriguing tablets of 2012

From the inevitable iPad 3 to the mysterious Google Nexus tablet, here are the 10 tablets to watch in 2012.
The most expensive items on Amazon

We went through each of Amazon's departments looking for the most expensive item. Here's what we found.
Five things you need to know about 'the cloud'

Menacing as this hazy tech term may sound, the cloud is actually a regular part of daily digital life. In fact, gadget analysts expect this metaphorical cloud to envelop more of the world in coming years.
5 discoveries made about the Amazon Kindle tablet

In all likelihood, Amazon’s hotly anticipated press conference scheduled for Sept. 28 in New York will introduce its latest weapon in the tablet wars: the Amazon Kindle tablet. The new entrant in the tablet world promises to shake up the industry and threaten Apple iPad’s dominance. Rumors have been circulating for months about the Amazon Kindle tablet. Here’s what sleuthing techies have discovered so far:

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E-textbooks may not be the answer after all

While e-textbooks may be cheaper and easier to carry around, some are beginning to wonder if they're as effective in teaching students to retain information.
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Kindle Cloud Reader: Is this the future of online reading?

The Kindle Cloud Reader, a free web-based app, was launched by Amazon on Wednesday.
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Amazon releases the Kindle Cloud Reader – and scores a win over Apple

Adding cloud technology to the Kindle puts Amazon a step above Apple in the e-reader wars.
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Apple, leading US publishers, charged with collusion

Two plaintiffs in an anti-trust lawsuit claim that Apple and five publishers colluded to drive up Amazon's low e-book prices, raising profits for publishers and making Apple's iPad more competitive against Amazon's Kindle.
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E-books cause publishing industry growth

The publishing industry has grown over the last three years, boosted mainly by soaring e-book sales.
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Amazon launches Kindle textbook rentals

Kindle textbook rentals will allow students to rent Kindle versions of textbooks for short periods of time and at a low, low price.
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The Nook finally bests the Kindle

For the first time since the Kindle's release, Consumer Reports reviews favor another e-reader.
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'Harry Potter' to appear on Google Books this fall

The 'Harry Potter' e-book series will be readable on Google Books by the fall.
Borders: A pioneer exits. Will its trail vanish, too?

Borders looming liquidation will have wide-ranging effect on the book industry. Borders bankruptcy marks the decline of big-box stores it pioneered.
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Borders closing remaining stores

As Borders falls apart, almost 400 stores across the country will be closing.
A eulogy for books, but long live stories

I'm a slow adopter of technology. But I bought a Kindle this summer and I am now – to my surprise – writing a eulogy for the old-fashioned book. Even as we bury the book, let us praise the story, which will live forever.
Amazon tablets mix best of Kindle and iPad: report

More tablets enter the ring as Amazon preps its own iPad rival to launch in October, according to reports. Can the minds behind the popular Kindle create tablets that stand out?
Battle of the e-readers: who wins?

Who thought that reading could be this much fun? Yes, this activity is still timeless, but e-readers (tablet-like devices used for reading electronic versions of books and periodicals) are taking the personal technology world by storm. Many e-readers have been put up for sale, but four companies have emerged to dominate this field. Keep reading to find out who comes out on top!
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iriver Story HD: Google eBooks gets its first dedicated e-reader

Google has taken the wraps off the iriver Story HD, the first e-reader to be completely integrated with Google eBooks.
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Could the Flipback be the new Kindle?

“If a smartphone & a paperback book had a baby, it would be a Flipback,” claim the makers of new, pocket-sized books being touted as "Kindle slayers."
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What is Pottermore: 5 top theories

J.K. Rowling has said that she will reveal the nature of her new website, Pottermore, tomorrow. Until then, here are our Top 5 best guesses.
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Amanda Hocking, John Locke: poster children for self-publishing success?

The surprising careers of self-published writers like Amanda Hocking and John Locke may raise as many questions as answers.
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Amazon faces a spam attack

Spam is cluttering Amazon's Kindle bookstore in the shape of "spam-books."
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Kobo eReader Touch Edition could push e-reader prices low, low, low

Kobo's new eReader Touch Edition – the smallest, lightest, and cheapest touchscreen e-reader yet – is getting rave reviews.
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Amazon as publisher: What does it mean?

With Amazon at the table, says one publisher, "the price of playing poker just went up."
The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life’s Work at 72

How an 18th-century dilettante became an artist late in life.
Amazon: the most well-read cities in America are also the most romantic

Amazon released its "Most Well-Read Cities in America" list this week and guess what? It mirrors its "Most Romantic Cities in America" list from 2010.
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It happened so fast: E-books now surpass print book sales at Amazon

Less than 4 years after they were introduced by Amazon, e-books have now overtaken print.
In Pictures: Is this the end of news?
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Kindle users can borrow library e-books – is that a good thing?

Amazon's announcement that Kindle users can borrow library e-books may be good news for readers and libraries – but publishers could be the losers.