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Matt Hamblen's recent article on e-book borrowing illustrates the difficulties libraries are facing in the digital age. It's too bad, because libraries are an important resource.

Apple and its iBookstore deals face regulatory investigation, with the European Commission launching a formal antitrust probe to find out if publishers colluded with Apple to force new 'agency' e-Book sales agreements.

In all the excitement about the new color e-reader/tablets, not enough attention is being given to the the smaller and less expensive E-Ink e-readers that may, because of their approximately $100 price tags, be even more of an impulse buy than their sexier siblings.

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) will launch its new color Kindle tablet on Wednesday, it seems. At an effective rumored price of $171, it'll be stiff competition for the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad 3, let alone the current version. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers look forward to true slate market competition -- at last! Not to mention: How to get a refund for an overpriced sandwich...

Google's iRiver Story HD is an interesting e-reader with some nice features and an excellent display, but it also has several design flaws.

The Kindle Cloud Reader lets you read your Kindle books with the Chrome browser, Safari for iPad and Safari for desktop. But how does Apple feels about that?

A few weeks ago, I got in an e-book reader called the Pandigital Novel, an Android-based e-reader with a lot of good qualities -- but which, in the end, doesn't really stand out amid all its competitors.

Back in 1984, I wrote a book that sold to a lot of libraries. It stayed on the shelves for over a decade. If it had been an e-book published today by HarperCollins, there's a good chance it would have been off those shelves within a year. Or sooner.

I recently had the chance to play with the new Kobo Wireless eReader,and was impressed by its simplicity and usefulness. Sometimes, all you really want to do is just read.

Amazon has launched its latest Kindle: smaller, faster, lighter, less expensive. Can it compete with the Apple iPad, or those new Android tablets? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers offer their opinions. Not to mention those oh-so-depressing kids' cartoons...
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In today's podcast: IBM earnings rise; Siemens warns not to change passwords; and Amazon says Kindle books outsell hardbacks.

Some fact, some speculation, but as Apple delivers its million-selling iPad to international audiences (at a premium price), we're seeing broadcasters embracing HTML5 as that Apple TV 'hobby' looks ever more like a secret fourth weapon in Apple's future business strategy.

While Amazon and Apple offer closed, proprietary e-book platforms, Google Editions looks like it will offer a lot more freedom. That's great for businesses of all sizes, writers, and readers.

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I recently got a hankering to re-read some of my favorite books. I already own them, in hardcover and paperback. But I'd like to re-read them as e-books. Do I need to buy the e-book versions, or can I download a pirated copy of the e-book for free?

Apple's newly released Guided Tour videos reveal the iPad as a formidable device for reading, sharing photos, watching video, and listening to music. It will transform personal entertainment the way the iPod transformed music.