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Google sparks e-books fight with Kindle FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Google plans to launch an online store to deliver electronic books to any device with a Web browser, threatening to upset a burgeoning market for dedicated e-readers dominated by Amazon's Kindle.   People:Steve Ballmer Angela Merkel   Source:(Reuters)   2009-10-15 Lincoln's treasures rolled out for bicentennial WASHINGTON (AFP) - Among the wealth of exhibitions being rolled out for the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth on Thursday, the Library of Congress has taken center stage.   Nations:U.S.   People:Barack Obama Abraham Lincoln   Source:(AFP)   2009-02-09 America's most famous French bookstore to down shutters NEW YORK (AFP) - America's most famous French bookstore will close its doors this year after 73 years in business, unable to bear a staggering rent increase in New York's Rockefeller Center.   Nations:France U.S.   People:Nicolas Sarkozy   Source:(AFP)   2009-01-02 Random House to digitize thousands of books NEW YORK - With e-book sales exploding in an otherwise sleepy market, Random House Inc. announced Monday that it was making thousands of additional books available in digital form, including novels by John Updike and Harlan Coben, as well as several volumes of the "Magic Treehouse" children's series.   Source:(AP)   2008-11-24 New Mozart piece of music found in French library PARIS - A French museum has found a previously unknown piece of music handwritten by Mozart, a researcher said Thursday. The 18th century melody sketch is missing the harmony and instrumentation but was described as important find.   Nations:Austria France   People:Mozart   Source:(AP)   2008-09-18 Headlines Google sparks e-books fight with Kindle 2009-10-15 Lincoln's treasures rolled out for bicentennial 2009-02-09 America's most famous French bookstore to down shutters 2009-01-02 Random House to digitize thousands of books 2008-11-24 New Mozart piece of music found in French library 2008-09-18 Library confrontation points up privacy dilemma 2008-07-19 Borders returns to Web retailing after 7 years 2008-05-27 Scanning world's every book means turning many, many pages 2008-04-25 Shakespeare goes digital with online project 2008-03-26 Borders book stores may be sold 2008-03-20 SMU will host Bush presidential library 2008-02-22 In Microsoft vs. Google, search is true prize 2008-02-04 Study: Young adults heavy library users 2007-12-30 Clinton library gets 'green' roof 2007-11-18 "War and Peace" translations duel for Tolstoy fans 2007-10-21 Despite demand, libraries won't add PCs 2007-09-12 Malaysian bookstores shelve Harry Potter boycott 2007-07-24 Couple plans wedding, then Harry Potter 2007-07-19 Potter everywhere as book release nears 2007-07-18 Harry Potter's end has publishers and fans sweating 2007-07-16 Hype and hysteria as Harry Potter series nears end 2007-07-15 Harry Potter magic spells losses for booksellers 2007-06-11 Printing books online: an author you can't refuse 2007-06-09 Ex-Presidents at Graham library opening 2007-05-31 Researchers turn Web blather to books 2007-05-25 Vonnegut's son takes late author's place 2007-04-27 Controversial Google library project grows 2007-01-19 U.S. contest seeks to be "American Idol' of books 2007-01-11 Man pays library $171, 47-year late fee 2007-01-07 'Tis season for nearly nude calendars 2006-12-25 Google book-scanning efforts spark debate 2006-12-20 Library takes novel approach to romance 2006-12-20 Dewey the cat dies in librarian's arms 2006-12-01 Houghton Mifflin sold to Riverdeep 2006-11-29 Genre bookstores hold off big chains 2006-10-08 Many faces of India in focus at world's biggest book fair 2006-10-02 Sony to launch Web bookstore, e-book device 2006-09-26 New program allows online book browsing 2006-08-03 French library in New York suit over stolen Hebrew text 2006-06-13 Borders corrects 1st-quarter results to wider loss 2006-06-07 Groups to give free access to online books 2006-06-02 Obama's Stand Against Patriot Act Cheered 2005-06-26 Chinese cut back reading, crave entertainment 2004-08-20 China seeks foreign investors for state book giant 2004-08-09 Bertelsmann Seals China Bookstore Deal 2003-12-03 China publisher says Hillary Clinton book fine as is 2003-09-25 Harry Potter Rushes to Beat China Pirates 2003-09-21 China seeks to avoid curse of Harry Potter pirates 2003-09-18 Singapore Sends Noise Police to Libraries 2003-06-26 Matches Shown: | 1-50 | 51-100 Most-viewed Borders' Loss Widens Slightly on Web Spending 2000-05-19 Lincoln's treasures rolled out for bicentennial 2009-02-09 Shakespeare goes digital with online project 2008-03-26 Despite demand, libraries won't add PCs 2007-09-12 Researchers turn Web blather to books 2007-05-25 Sony to launch Web bookstore, e-book device 2006-09-26 Groups to give free access to online books 2006-06-02

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