http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=23&catid=14News Feed for - Book-publishinghttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96548038&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=142009-11-26T07:32:00LONDON (Reuters) - Bookseller Borders UK has entered administration, becoming the latest high street victim of recession. Late Wednesday, the firm owned by Valco Capital Partners, the private equity arm Reuters UKhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96413410&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=142009-11-26T04:02:00Editor's note: the RRP listed is in US dollars and is subject to fluctuations in the current exchange rate between the US and Australian dollar. The price is also listed minus postage. 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In the past, anybody hoping to read PDFs on the eBook reader PC Prohttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96534206&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=142009-11-26T04:25:00(McClatchy-Tribune Informa) If everything goes as planned, this will be the last holiday shopping season that Sam Weller's Zions Bookstore spends at the downtown Salt Lake City location that has been Individual.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96532268&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=142009-11-26T04:03:00Bakesale & 50/50 Draw for United Way at the BookstoreSt. Thomas Universityhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96522950&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=142009-11-26T03:32:00Amazon is providing consumers with extended battery life up to eighty-five percent, and the ability to view PDFs natively instead of converting it to a Kindle format. 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'Going Rogue' sold 700,000 copies -- a number that includes pre-orders -- in its first week of release, according Click Orlandohttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96399637&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=142009-11-26T02:15:00ODENTON, Md. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - M-Edge Accessories, the leading provider of eReader accessories, today announced a new Contemporary line of accessories for the latest generation Amazon Kindle that allows NewsBlazehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96418860&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=142009-11-25T23:51:00Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) widened second quarter losses to 43 cents per share from 34 cents per share last year but reported high demand for its Nook electronic reader. Shares of the book retailer San Francisco Chroniclehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96489709&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=142009-11-25T19:20:00A few months ago I wrote about the fact that the Amazon Kindle did not support local public library offerings through Overdrive while the Sony Reader did. Since then we have seen the Barnes & Noble Nook ZDNethttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96471156&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=142009-11-25T14:47:00Yesterday Amazon released an update to its Kindle ebook, adding PDF support and dramatically improving battery life. But does Amazon know where its going with the Kindle, or is the technology already ZDNethttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96459578&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=142009-11-25T12:54:00Series: Kipper Williams Email Recipient's email address Your first name Your surname Add a note (optional) Your IP address will be logged Share Contact us Contact the Business editor Report errors or Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96447679&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=142009-11-25T12:50:00SYDNEY (Reuters) - Michael Morpurgo has been writing award-winning children's books for decades but he has lost none of his passion for storytelling or his fascination with taking a real-life event and Reuters UKhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96442388&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=142009-11-25T07:05:00Reporting from Grand Rapids, Mich. - Team Huck rolls into the bookstore like a NASCAR pit crew, red shirts adorned with the corporate logos of Mike Huckabee's website, his speaker's bureau and his publisher. Los Angeles Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96507401&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=142009-11-25T23:19:00Will 2010 be the year of the e-reader? It sure looks that way. Amazon continues to improve its popular Kindle lineup, and claims it can't keep up with customer demand for its new Nook e-reader. Meanwhile, NetworkWorldhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96476402&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=142009-11-25T15:25:00With all the interest in just how well Sarah Palins Going Rogue has done since it was released November 17, HarperCollins has confirmed reports that the book sold 700,000 copies in its first week on sale. PublishersWeekly.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96317606&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=142009-11-25T09:41:00One of the things that is keeping the Amazon Kindle out of some major universities is the fact that the device is inaccessible to the blind and visually impaired. ReadHowYouWant has announced a new way I4Uhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96298589&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=142009-11-23T11:15:00Like many other forms of technology, the Kindle has changed the game for book publishers and media outlets. The evolution will likely continue, with book-selling companies getting their own e-readers, Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96293884&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=142009-11-23T10:03:00Borders has 45 stores across the UK The Borders bookshop chain in the UK has appointed advisers to try to find a buyer for the business. Reports have said WHSmith walked away from a takeover deal on Friday, BBC