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Supreme Court upholds 1994 copyright law granting protection to foreign works, including Tolkien and Orwell

Jan 20 2012: On Wednesday, the USA Supreme Court upheld a 1994 law granting copyright protection to a large number of foreign works that had been freely available in the public domain including books by J.R.R. Tolkien and George Orwell.

According to The Wall Street Journal, ...

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Amazon moving into Australia and India

Jan 20 2012: It looks like Amazon will be moving a data center into Australia soon to take advantage of the increasing number of Australians who buy from stores outside Australia so as to save money.

It is likely that Amazon will also enter the Indian market with its Amazon ...

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Salman Rushdie withdraws from literary festival due to assassination threats

Jan 20 2012: Salman Rushdie has confirmed that he will not attend the Jaipur Literary Festival (India's largest literary festival) in person, saying that intelligence sources have warned of a planned assassination attempt.

The development comes after vice-chancellor of the Darul...

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Apple reinvents textbooks

Jan 19 2012: Apple have announced a major new move to "reinvent textbooks" through the introduction of three new or updated tools, including "an entirely new kind of textbook that's dynamic, engaging and truly interactive."

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Gene Wolfe wins Fuller Award

Jan 14 2012: Gene Wolfe has been awarded the first Fuller Award. The award is for a lifetime contribution to literature and is presented by the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. Wolfe, whose latest book Home Fires is just out in paperback, will be presented with the award on March 17th...

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Barnes & Noble may spin off Nook business

Jan 05 2012: Barnes & Noble has announced that they are considering spinning off its Nook business into its own company. he disclosure came as part of B&N’s holiday sales report that showed large increases in sales of Nook devices, but also revealed that earnings, hurt by lower ...

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Tiny Sunbirds Far Away wins Costa First Novel Award

Jan 04 2012: The category award winners for the 2011 Costa Book Awards (formerly Whitbread Awards), which honor books by writers in the U.K. and Ireland, include:

Novel: Pure by Andrew Miller
First novel: Tiny Sunbirds Far Away by Christie Watson
Biography: Now All Roads Leads ...

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Walter Dean Myers named USA's third Ambassador for Young People's Literature

Jan 03 2012: Walter Dean Myers named today as the USA's national ambassador for young people’s literature. The third person to hold the post since it was created in 2008. Mr Myers' books chronicle the lives of many urban teenagers, especially young, poor African-Americans. He ...

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