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Judge Shows Leniency In Apple Ebook Conspiracy Ruling

A judge granted the US government oversight of Apple’s content-distribution deals, also placing restrictions on Apple’s agreements with publishers

A federal judge rules that Apple colluded with publishers to drive up the prices of ebooks

Microsoft is reportedly looking to move deeper into the ebook market with a buyout of the Nook joint venture

The arrival of e-readers and tablets has renewed people’s love affair with reading, says a new Pew study

Apple’s New York press event on Thursday will reportedly concentrate on creation tools for ebooks

Kindle users are complaining that airport x-ray machines zap their electronic ink displays

Amazon has bypassed Apple’s strict app policies after allowing Kindle e-books to be read in a browser

The eBookstore adds search and translate features but plans to archive newspapers have been scrapped

Though sales figures for the Kindle
e-reader remain elusive, Amazon says it ships more ebooks than paperbacks

The launch of Google eBooks was overshadowed by the Nexus S, but a quick test shows they do the trick, says Clint Boulton