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German Buch News: IBM’s E-Readiness Rankings; Falks Travel iPhone Apps

By Siobhan O’Leary In IBM’s latest “e-readiness” rankings, measuring the quality and effectiveness of information and communication technology in the world’s largest economies, Germany has  … 

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Global Trade Talk: Europeans Balk at Untranslated Google Settlement

By Siobhan O’Leary and Ed Nawotka The Börsenverein, along with numerous other European publishers, associations and international publishers, has put together a statement of objections  … 

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German Buch News: Lettra Expands Audience by 10 Million, Spiegel’s New Travel Site

By Siobhan O’Leary Starting in October, Lettra, the online video portal devoted to books and authors, will have a much wider reach — 10 million  … 

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What’s the Buzz: Last Chance for TOC Panels, Smashwords, New Google Languages

By Hannah Johnson The best of the blogosphere and social media… Summer is over…so roll up those beach towels, shake the sand out of your  … 

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German Buch News: Bertelsmann’s Disappointing Half Year Results

By Siobhan O’Leary Despite recent corporate-wide measures taken to reduce costs and increase efficiency, Bertelsmann is still struggling through this difficult economic year. The Boersenblatt reports  … 

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Top US/UK Trade Talk: Will the UK Get Cheap Ebooks?; Munro Nixes Giller Prize

By Edward Nawotka Sony’s general manager for content and services development, Richard Palk, said that the UK would likely have to follow suit with US  … 

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German Buch News: 65,000 Ebooks Sold in Germany So Far in 09

By Siobhan O’Leary What’s in a number? The GfK (Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung), a market research and consumer insight agency, recently announced that 65,000 e-books were  … 

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Top US/UK Trade Talk: EC to Rethink Internet Copyright Rules; 60% Sales Spike for Lagardere

By Edward Nawotka The European Commission is looking at ways to alter existing copyright law to make it easier for users to post digital copies  … 

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German Buch News: Indie Pubs Launch Award to Challenge German Book Prize

By Siobhan O’Leary A group of independent publishers are protesting the dominance of conglomerate publishers among the books longlisted for the year’s German Book Prize  … 

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What’s the Buzz: Hashtags for Frankfurt; No Bertelsmann Party, No Problem

By Hannah Johnson It’s official! Twitter hashtags for the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009 and the Frankfurt Tweetup have been decided. (What is a hashtag? What  … 

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