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To counter Amazon.com, Sony and other device makers as well as several publishers will use the same technology, called ePub, for digital book sales. ...
CHICAGO - The American Library Association (ALA) and the National Baseball Hall of Fame want to remind you that there is still time to Step Up to the ...
CHICAGO - The American Library Association (ALA) Council has passed a resolution calling on the ALA to immediately address "the severe national erosio...
Amazon.com has been down this road before: Like one-time Amazon e-commerce "partners" Toys R Us and Borders before them, Target executives announced l...
CHICAGO - ALA Editions , the publishing imprint of the American Library Association, announces the release of the fourth edition of " Sequels: An Anno...
The early bird registration deadline is approaching for the 2009 LITA National Forum, "Open & Mobile," to be held Oct. 1-4 at the Hilton City Center H... DealBook: Barnes & Noble to Buy Firm From Chairman
Barnes & Noble said it would buy a firm that operates college bookstores from Barnes & Noble's chairman in a deal worth $596 million. ......
Several major media organizations in the U.S., as well as the American Library Association, have united to appeal a ruling by a judge to ban a book de... Business Briefing | Company News: Target to End Deal With Amazon to Run Its Web Site
The Target Corporation plans to run its own Web site starting in 2011, ending a 10-year deal under with Amazon.com. ......
Target is taking control of its e-commerce operations and striking out on its own. The discount retailer plans to build and manage its own platform fo...
Target Corp.'s Target.com, which has operated on the Amazon.com platform since 2001, will migrate to its own e-commerce platform to better support a m...
The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) sent ...
Reuters - News Corp, which is trying to stem newspaper revenue declines, could charge for access to its news websites by the middle of next year, and ... A Small-Business Guide to Intellectual Property
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A new chair of the University at Buffalo's Library and Information Studies department has been named, just weeks after the department's Master of Libr... New Sony E-book Reader $100 Cheaper Than Kindle
Electronic books are often mentioned in the same breath as Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle digital reader. Now e-book rival Sony Corp. is determined to recap...
CHICAGO - Recognizing the importance of comprehensive health care for all Americans and its impact on libraries and their users, The American Library ...
CHICAGO - The American Library Association (ALA) Council is urging member libraries to support the goals of Intergeneration Day Means Libraries by off...
CHICAGO - The American Library Association (ALA) Council is recommending that all libraries purchasing, procuring, and contracting for electronic reso...