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<title>Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography to reach paperback on September 10th</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/06/17/will.include.new.cover.afterword/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1371494329_stevejobs-youngeyes.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A paperback version of Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs is going on sale September 10th, according to publisher Simon &amp; Schuster.  The new edition will differ little from previous digital and hardcover releases, mainly gaining a new afterword and a new cover.  The latter is a photo by Norman Seeff shot in 1984, but with Jobs in the exact same pose as the previous cover, which used an Albert Watson por...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Waterstones founder to launch Read Petite by end of year</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/11/subscription.service.aims.to.become.spotify.of.books/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1365699804_readpetitelogo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The founder of the Waterstones book chain in the United Kingdom is setting up a subscription service for digital books. Read Petite will allow customers to read short stories and serializations, with an unlimited number of novellas readable for a monthly fee, effectively becoming the equivalent of Spotify but for ebooks and magazines....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Barnes and Noble deploys new self-publishing service Nook Press</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/09/new.tools.offer.more.author.flexibility.better.tracking.of.sales/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1365537796_nookpublish-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Barnes and Noble e-publishing subsidiary Nook Media today announced the launch of Nook Press, a new self-publishing platform offering authors a fast and free way to write, edit, collaborate, and offer eBooks to avid readers. The new platform replaces the previous PubIt! platform after two and a half years of service....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google adds Read Aloud text-to-speech to Play Books app</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355942507_googleplaybooksthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has updated its ebook app for Android with a feature that reads books aloud for the user. Updated yesterday, Google Play Books (Google Play) also adds the ability to pinch or double-tap to zoom, text-editing features for notes, as well as recommending other titles within the Play bookstore, using the already-owned book collection and popular titles to offer potential titles to purchase....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wiley names BitTorrent infringers, demands trial by jury</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/fordummiesthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Book publisher John Wiley and Sons has named people accused of sharing books online and is calling for a trial with jury. If the trial goes ahead, this will be the first time a case based on evidence from BitTorrent will be tested in court....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Inside Apple' promises details on Apple's internal ops</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/03/writer.talks.dri.top.100.retreats/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/insideapple.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A upcoming book by Fortune editor-at-large Adam Lashinsky -- Inside Apple -- is promising to lay out Apple's "secret systems, tactics and leadership strategies," according to press material.  Due on January 25th, the title is said to be "based on numerous interviews" and hold "exclusive new information" about a collection of topics.  Among these are Apple's approach to innovation, its supply chain...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Amazon confirms Jobs bio topped both print and Kindle sales</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/news/1110/Jobs-bio-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Online retailer Amazon has today confirmed that Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography led in combined Kindle and print book sales at its storefront during 2011.  "We chose ëSteve Jobsí as one of the Top 10 best books of the year, and even though it was published in October, the sales have been phenomenal in both formats," comments Amazon's senior editor for books, Chris Schluep.  The title was ea...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Steve Jobs biography tops Amazon bestsellers for 2011</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/news/1110/Jobs-bio-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography has topped Amazon's bestselling book list for 2011, a new chart shows.  Amazon has not said how many copies of the title it has sold so far, but the achievement is significant just based on the length of time the book has been available.  It only went on sale October 23rd, moving 379,000 copies in its first week....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New book compiles email exchanges with Steve Jobs</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1110/stevejobs-gray.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A new book, Letters to Steve by Mark Milian, chronicles and explores some of the email exchanges between former Apple CEO Steve Jobs and the public, CNN notes.  Jobs was unusual among major tech executives in having a well-known email address from which the public could actually get a response.  In an official book description, the CEO is described as having "handled customer-service inquiries him...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Steve Jobs bio poised to become Amazon bestseller for 2011</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/10/24/digital.version.could.trump.paper.sales/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/news/1110/Jobs-bio-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The newly-released Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson is on track to becoming an Amazon bestseller, a company spokeswoman tells Reuters.  "The way things are trending, it could very likely be our top-selling book of the year," says Brittany Turner.  No sales numbers have been mentioned so far....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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