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Today in books and publishing: E.L. James' husband isn't a dom; Cosmopolis reconsidered; NYPD called in for Junot Díaz reading; Pussy Riot to storm e-readers.
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Though Netflix may have emerged as the frontrunner when it comes to original streaming content, what with the successes of House of Cards and Arrested Development, don't expect Amazon to be following in its footsteps entirely. You won't be able to binge watch their new series Alpha House.
Today in books and publishing: E.L. James' husband isn't a dom; Cosmopolis reconsidered; NYPD called in for Junot Díaz reading; Pussy Riot to storm e-readers.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Just as Amazon's event to announce its new products got underway on Thursday, a federal judge approved a settlement with three major e-book publishers accused of colluding with Amazon's competitors (namely Apple) on prices.
Amazon's Kindle bonanza event has delivered, as expected, new Kindles, with so many options: Cheap ones, ones with bright screens, ones with big screens, ones with HD screens, and ones with HD screens with 4G LTE.
This afternoon Amazon is holding a media event, where it is expected to introduce a line of new gadgetry, including an updated Kindle Fire.
For those keeping score at home, as of today both Netflix and Amazon have content deals with movie distributor Epix, meaning not much has changed for the state of movies on Netflix -- at least not yet.
For its rumored upcoming Kindle Fire refresh, expected next week, Amazon will add maps functionality but it won't go with Google's popular offering, sources told Reuters' Alistair Barr.
Today in books and publishing: Amazon's fresh out of Kindle Fires; on the 'authenticity memoir'; states ready to end e-book suit; controversial Paterno bio sells like hotcakes.
Today in books and publishing: University of Missouri Press revived; Lois Lowry follows up The Giver; Errol Morris' new book maintains Jeffrey MacDonald's innocence; the feds probed Bradbury.
What political books are residents of your state reading? A new interactive map from Amazon shows recent book sales broken down by either "red" or "blue" political leanings.
Today in books and publishing: Chicago Public Library bestows amnesty; rediscovering Thomas Browne; Google accused of copyright infringement; the results from NPR's Y.A. poll.
Discovered: Caffeine helps Parkinson's sufferers; cancer stem cells drive tumor growth; the features of super intelligent brains; some Peruvians have developed rabies resistance.
Today in books and publishing: JK Rowling builds a treefort Hogwarts; a change in leadership at The Bookseller; Amazon's income takes a tumble; writers weigh in on 50 Shades.
Yesterday after markets closed both Facebook and Amazon reported earnings that should have had similar effects, yet Facebook disappointed and Amazon didn't.
Billionaire Internet mogul Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are giving a $2.5 million donation to the backers of Referendum 74, a ballot initiative that would legalize same-sex marriage in Washington State.
Today in books and publishing: Martin Amis talks class; agent to the literary stars Tina Bennett has a new employer; the Justice Department responds to criticism of its investigation of Apple's e-book pricing; dispatches from the Rare Book School.
Today in books and publishing: A first-time Aussie novelist becomes a millionaire; writers who think they can act; online retailer wants to replicate the instant gratification offered at bookstores; and a publishing company profits by ditching Amazon.
Following Google's announcement of its own tablet yesterday, reviewers have gotten some hands-on time with the device, finding it a higher quality machine than some other $200 tablets we could name.
Today in books and publishing: Rielle Hunter's memoir promotion begins in full; The Rock Bottom Remainders author band will break up after a final tour; Winston Churchill e-books; Fifty Shades of Etsy.
The owners of the old New York Times building in Times Square want it to be a hub of new media companies and advertising firms, making their end vision sound a bit like the classic old New York recording industry hub, The Brill Building.
State spokesman Philippe Reines explained more about how the program will work and clarified some things that aren’t included in the available public documents.
Update: A procurement contract between the State Department and Amazon worth $16.5 million over five years allows for the purchase of more than the 2,500 Kindles cited in the documents as the government's "immediate need."
Today in books: Book Expo America is on; Sony introduces an augmented reality book for Playstation by J.K. Rowling; Amazon buys Avalon Books; and more.
After a much blogged about expose revealed the borderline inhumane working conditions at Amazon's American shipping warehouses, the online retailer has made working in its facilities more humane.
Today in publishing and literature: a reappraisal of The Atavist, Amazon has charmed Waterstones, and Texts from Bennet will soon be a book.
Today in books: Multivolume biographies aren't what they used to be, Amazon has some big Harry Potter news, and the 2012 election will result in a quickie Ann Coulter book.
Amazon already has its hand in the online clothing shopping game, with the flash sale site MyHabit.com and its shoe version Endless.com, but The New York Times's Stephanie Clifford tells us today that the "Walmart of online shopping" wants to go high end.
Today in books and publishing: Target is kicking Amazon out of their stores, the Fifty Shades of Grey parody book boomlet is here, and Steve Coll also has a big, important piece of non-fiction out this week that isn't about Lyndon Johnson
Today in books: Buzz Bissinger's plan to do something nice for a Friday Night Lights character was derailed by Apple and Amazon, a Duke alum vows to expose the "toxic culture" of Wall Street, and Books-A-Million may be going private.
The first Reuters headline on Zynga's first-quarter earnings blared that the company had lost $85 million. The update announced that it had posted a revenue of $321 million. As it turns out, both are true.
Today in books and publishing: Ernest Hemingway's estate leaps into the luxury hotel business, Amazon has a copycat bestseller problem, and a tour of Jane Friedman's sprawling, well-read Manhattan duplex.
Today in books: Jonathan Safran Foer has a new book coming out next year, James Bond's license to kill now comes from Jeff Bezos, and a first edition of The Importance of Being Earnest can be yours for somewhere in the neighborhood of $190,000.
Greenpeace isn't pulling any punches with its annual report on Internet companies and their energy consumption.
Today in books and publishing: 96-year-old Pulitzer Prize winner Herman Wouk gets a book deal, deconstructing Amazon's charitable ways, and a non-heartbreaking letter from David Foster Wallace to Don DeLillo.
Today in books and publishing: Amazon is selling Spanish language e-books, David Foster Wallace once misused a word, and you can now read Dickens with all the original ads.
For $775 million Amazon has acquired robot company Kiva Solutions, looking to "improve productivity" in those fulfillment centers we've heard such un-fun things about.
Today in books and publishing: Linsanity may be subsiding, but the Knicks guard is still going to the subject of a biography for kids
Today in books: Amazon shows the Los Angeles Review of Books its generous side with a $25,000 grant, an argument against investigating publishers for collusion, and the grubby life of a celebrity chef's ghostwriter.
Amazon's revenues from downloads are estimated at $1.12 million, defending Jonathan Franzen's tough talk on Twitter and e-books, and a Courtney Love tell-all is being shopped
The Justice Department's warning to Apple about the company's apparent collusion with publishers on e-book pricing couldn't have been better timed.
Yesterday's New York Times featured a story about actress Junie Hoang's ongoing lawsuit against the Internet Movie Database for publishing her actual age against her wishes, but the paper of record ended up committing an even more egregious error by accidentally making her a year older than she is.
After hearing all about the horrible working conditions it takes to make our electronics at Foxconn, Mother Jones' Mac McClelland shows us what it takes to ship those products.
Today in publishing and literature: The Oak Park, Illinois house Ernest Hemingway grew up in can be yours for $525,000, Amazon is starting to get the hang of this villain role, and how a good pen name can rejuvenate a writer's career
Google is considering opening a retail store in Dublin, Ireland, Bloomberg reports. This follows rumors that Amazon is considering its own stand-alone outlet in Seattle.
Today in publishing and literature: The company is rumored to be opening a "small boutique" store in Seattle later this year, Jonathan Franzen praises The House of Mirth author in a very long New Yorker essay, and more hand-wringing about the popularity of "genre fiction" on e-readers.
Revisiting Barnes & Noble's decision not to carry Amazon Publishing titles in stores, new Debbie Reynolds memoir will correct the previous Debbie Reynolds memoir, and McGraw-Hill's textbook business may be up for sale.
Barnes & Noble had some fighting words for Amazon Tuesday with their announcement that the company won't sell titles from Amazon's new publishing arm in its stores.
The former British prime minister is writing a book about life in the year 2025, how Barnes & Noble is holding back the "post-apocalyptic world of publishing," and the fake Cormac McCarthy Twitter account has been suspended.
We didn't need a New York Times article to bring to our attention to the fact that certain companies bribe their customers for good Internet reviews in exchange for rebates.
Today in books: Amazon Publishing strikes a licensing deal with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Vladimir Putin wants Russia to have a canon to call its own, and the beautiful, impractical, and gaudy homes of successful authors.
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