Amazon has begun targeting POD (print on demand) publishers in the US, removing their “Buy” buttons from its site unless they agree to use Amazon subsidiary BookSurge to do their printing. The move was exposed in a story in Writers Weekly and is another sign that the online giant is using its growing market dominance [...]

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One of the more interesting technologies that Hewlett-Packard showed off at a research event recently was HP BookPrep. This service essentially enables consumers to track down and buy any book – even those that have been out of print for years. HP is using its imaging algorithms to do more than simply scan rare books [...]

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Apple has released a Software Developers Kit (“SDK”) for its iPhone. With 10 million iPhones sold already, and momentum growing, this should provide a further boost by opening the iPhone up to a multitude of new applications from third parties. An SDK provides independent software developers with the tools they need to write applications that [...]

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