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Article: Internet Archive


The link below is to an article on the Internet Archive – probably my favourite place on the Internet.

For more visit:
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/07/09/internet-archive-now-hosts-4-4-million-ebooks-sees-15-million-ebooks-downloaded-each-month/

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Article: Books on Whistleblowing


The link below is to an article that takes a look at books on whistleblowing.

For more visit:
http://www.boston.com/arts/books/2013/06/22/look-selected-books-whistle-blowing/jxw5pRahletytReSiceE0I/story.html

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Article: Self-Publish a Kindle Ebook


The link below is to an article/tutorial on how to self-publish your own Kindle ebook.

For more visit:
http://michaelhyatt.com/kindle-publishing-success.html

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Article: Who Controls Ebooks?


The link below is to an article that looks at the question of ‘who controls ebooks?’ I’m sure a good number of people now know that the answer is not the reader who paid for it.

For more visit:
http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/07/ideas-bank/how-amazon-kindled-the-bookburners-flames

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Article: Refusing to Use an Ebook Reader


The link below is to an article that looks at why people refuse to use ebook readers and thereby ebooks.

For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-rubinstein/no-i-wont-use-an-ereader_b_3542684.html

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Article: Amazon ‘Showrooms’


The link below is to an article that reports on a practice that many ebook enthusiasts have probably engaged in – browsing in a bookshop and then buying books/ebooks from an Amazon bookstore online.

For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/bookstores-tired-of-being-amazon-showrooms/

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Article: Ebook Single Releases Increasing


The link below is to an article that reports on the rising number of Ebook Singles entering the market.

For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/ebook-single-releases-up-18-in-q2-thin-reads_b38029

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Article: Ebook Covers


The link below is to an article that asks the question, ‘when will ebook covers evolve?’ It’s a good question – and when will ebooks themselves evolve beyond a typical traditional book appearance?

For more visit:
http://jwikert.typepad.com/the_average_joe/2013/07/when-will-ebook-covers-evolve.html

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Article: Traditional Books Vs Digital Books


The link below is to an article that takes another look at the traditional book versus digital book argument, from a somewhat different perspective to what is usual.

For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/paper-books-vs-e-books-and-the-clash-of-bookstore-cultures/

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Apple and the Ebooks Lawsuit


The link below is to an article that takes a look at why Apple is still fighting the suit brought against it.

For more visit:
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424127887323689204578573874030205966-lMyQjAxMTAzMDIwODEyNDgyWj.html