Book news for April 15th

Amazon had major search function problems on Monday
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-amazon14-2009apr14,0,3536538.story

Marlee Matlin comes out with a new book
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/04/14/2009-04-14_in_new_book_actress_marlee_matlin_claims_actor_william_hurt_abused_her.html

Information about Amazon’s Kindle 2
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2345251,00.asp

A story out of Baltimore about book store closings and what it means to the future of books
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/books/blog/2009/04/whats_happening_to_our_book_cu.html

A popular book “Kite Runner” was highly challenged due to content according to the American Library Association
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1239796545250620.xml&storylist=entertainment

Book News April 6th

Not everyone is happy about the price of e-books
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/04/kindle-readers.html

How far will Kindle go to replace books?
http://media.www.pucchronicle.com/media/storage/paper1082/news/2009/04/06/Entertainment/Will-Kindle.Change.The.Written.Word-3697405.shtml

Two new books from the late author Michael Crichton
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7986124.stm

An opinion from the Wall Street Journal on Googles book settlement
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123880246568188615.html

April is national poetry month
http://www.ohio.com/entertainment/42488677.html

book New March 30th

Arthur Frommer has a new travel book out ‘ask Arthur Frommer & Travel Better, Cheaper, Smarter’
http://www.mercurynews.com/travel/ci_12030781

A new book about Larry Bird and Magic Johnson and their impact on college basketball
http://www.freep.com/article/20090330/SPORTS21/903300368/1048/sports/Book+examines+how+Magic+and+Bird+brought+college+basketball+into+the+madness

More information on the Kindle, a reading device
http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/03/30/amazon-thinking-beyond-the-kindle/

HP’s MagCloud allows anyone to produce a magazine. You produce it online, order a printed proof and then publish
http://www.appscout.com/2009/03/hps_magcloudcom_lets_you_be_a.php


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