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		<title>Parents Are Giving Up Ebooks In Favor of Print</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 04:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even the most hardcore ebook enthusiast (like myself) might be putting their Kindle down in favor of a print book. Why? Parents are finding that print books are still the best medium for reading to their little ones. I fall into this category. My son is a young toddler and he&#8217;s still at the age [...]


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		<title>Authors Guild Has Harsh Words For Amazon About Lending Library</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Authors Guild isn&#8217;t holding anything back in their criticism of Amason&#8217;s Lending Library. The library program is available to Amazon Prime members, who pay $79 per year for membership. The Authors Guild&#8217;s main complaint is that Amazon is lending out ebooks for free without the publisher&#8217;s permission, or even the author&#8217;s permission. The Guild [...]


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		<title>Warning: Think Twice Before Reading On The Toilet With Your iPad Or eReader</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s nothing new about taking a newspaper, magazine or even a book into the bathroom while you do your&#8230;uh&#8230;business. Usually the bathroom is the one place people can get a little peace and quiet, making it ideal for reading. Now we live in an age of iPads and eReaders. So it naturally follows that people [...]


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		<title>Libraries See Dramatic Increase In Ebook Rentals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ebooks are taking libraries by storm. After all, why buy an ebook, read it once and then archive it when you can &#8220;rent&#8221; an ebook at no cost. And forget about checking out an actual print book. Those things are like dinosaurs. Okay, I might be exaggerating a little, but not much. According to Mediabistro, [...]


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		<title>Romance Readers Eager To Adopt Ebooks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While ebooks have surged in popularity over the last few years, there&#8217;s one group that has adopted ebooks the quickest than any other group: Romance fans. The romance genre has always sold a lot of books. And the consumers of romance are all too eager to eat up the latest titles. One big reason why, [...]


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		<title>Ikea Predicts The Death Of Print Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end of print books is near. Very near. At least, that&#8217;s what the Swedish maker of cheap, near-impossible-to-assemble furniture company Ikea is predicting. That&#8217;s why the furniture maker is re-designing some of their bookshelves to feature glass doors, on the assumption that print books will soon be relics to be displayed in museum cases. [...]


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		<title>LeapFrog Now Sells A Real Tablet Computer Designed For Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gone are the days when you have to keep your kids occupied by letting them play with (and potentially breaking) your shiny new iPad. Now, you can get your little rug rats their own tablet computer that&#8217;s designed just for kids. LeapFrog has created a nifty tablet called the LeapPad. The device is geared toward [...]


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		<title>Locker Room Eavesdropping: The Borders Bankruptcy Saga</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was in the locker room at my local gym last night after an invigorating swim, getting ready to go home. When I&#8217;m in the locker room I usually try to get in and get out as fast as possible. But as I was changing, I couldn&#8217;t help but overhear two guys with lockers close [...]


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		<title>My Shifting Thoughts On Enhanced Ebooks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<title>&#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; Franchise Will Be Hard To Replicate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the release of the final Harry Potter movie, fans have little to look forward to. There&#8217;s always JK Rowling&#8217;s recently unveiled Pottermore website, and the release of the series in ebook format. But even those can take fans so far. Let&#8217;s not forget that Harry Potter has been a multi-billion dollar franchise. It has [...]


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