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Quebecor Media Strikes New ebook Partnership
Exec Digital (press release)
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - May 18, 2012) - Quebecor Media Inc. is happy to announce a new partnership with ReadBooks SAS, a France and Quebec-based company specializing in multi-language ebook libraries, software and consulting services.

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Quebecor Media Strikes New ebook Partnership
MarketWatch (press release)
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, May 18, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Quebecor Media Inc. is happy to announce a new partnership with ReadBooks SAS, a France and Quebec-based company specializing in multi-language ebook libraries, software and consulting services.

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Greenlee libraries offer eBooks: Includes best sellers, classics
Eastern Arizona Courier
Users may browse the Web site, check out with a valid library card, and download to PC, Macs, and many mobile devices. Users will need to install free software. To read eBooks, users will need Adobe Digital Editions. Titles can be enjoyed immediately ...

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Free Software Magazine

DRM books need to disappear. NOW. (Or, my horrific experience with www ...
Free Software Magazine
The solution was very simple: I used a Microsoft Windows machine (borrowed from a friend) to install Digital Editions. Using that, I managed to login and download my eBook (the one I purchased, remember?). Then, I simply downloaded a DRM removal ...



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Barnes & Noble NOOK Kids(TM) Titles Nominated in Best eBook Category at ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, May 15, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) , the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced that four of its exclusive NOOK Kids eBooks have been nominated to receive a Cynopsis ...
How to load eBooks on the Nook Simple Touch with GlowlightGood E-Reader (blog)

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Library Journal

Ebook Crowdfunding Platform Unglue.it Launched
Library Journal
If supporters pledge sufficient funding prior to the campaign deadline, the book will be released as an “unglued” ebook edition, free of digital rights management (DRM) software, and free to copy and share under a Creative Commons license.

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Bridging Digital Divide Through Broadband
AllAfrica.com
"Computer, in this case, means all devices that is able to access the Internet which include laptops, netbooks, tablets, eBook readers among others," he said. He proposed computer penetration of 20 percent and suggested strategies like the facilitating ...

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Dual music-download/DOOH kiosk co adds partners
Self-Service World
The Ovation Tower, a live digital media distribution kiosk and HD digital advertising platform, has officially partnered with Nederlander Concerts, MediaNet, Abbey Road Live, SeePoint Technology, Aderra Media Technologies and YCD Multimedia, ...

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Financial Times

Microsoft invests $300m in Barnes & Noble eBooks venture
Digital Spy
Microsoft is to take on Amazon and Apple in the eBooks market, after the software giant invested $300m (£184m) in a new venture from US book store chain Barnes & Noble. The new subsidiary, currently just referred to as Newco, will bring together the ...
Microsoft muscles in on ebooksFinancial Times
Microsoft teams up with Barnes & Noble on ebooksOutcome Magazine
Barnes & Noble Forms New eBook Subsidiary With $300 Million From MicrosoftGeekosystem
Forbes
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Lexis Debuts E-Book Software for Law Libraries
Law.com
Until now, legal professionals could only buy Lexis' 1100 e-books individually. The new Digital Library product gives firms customizable software from which lawyers can check out titles, and for librarians to establish lending policies.

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