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Not a simple price war, but a fight over what you get to read

Posted: 02 Nov 09 | What's new for bookshops, publishing and libraries? E-books, e-bookreaders, digital textbooks, global developments in publishing, including the rise of supermarket sales in the UK and US and the learning processes and thus the reading habits of the Google generation. |

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Open web of books

Posted: 26 Oct 09 | Internet Archive unveils ambitious project called BookServer, allowing users to find, buy, or borrow digital books from sources all across the web. |

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New Jane Austen 'Emma' is a 'Corset Geek'

Posted: 19 Oct 09 | A new production of Emma is currently showing in the UK on the BBC - DVD will be available from Amazon at the end of November. |

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Talking About Detective Fiction

Posted: 15 Oct 09 | P D James' New Book 'Talking About Detective Fiction' will be available in Australia through Allen and Unwin in January and I do encourage all lovers of detective fiction and PD James to acquire it |

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Wikipedia: A ''Victim Of Its Own Success?''

Posted: 06 Oct 09 | There has been much discussion lately on the long term growth of Wikipedia and issues relating to the stresses on volunteer editors. |

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Thomas Keneally's Australian Reds

Posted: 29 Sep 09 | The People's Train lurches from event to event, and would benefit from more saturation in contemporary sources, says the TLS. |

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The Case for Books.

Posted: 21 Sep 09 | The book is not dead. In fact, the world is producing more books than ever before. |

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Steve Jobs Snipes at Amazon

Posted: 14 Sep 09 | Apple's chief executive says e-readers like the Kindle will "never be a big market". |

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Google's library monopoly and the Future of the Book

Posted: 07 Sep 09 | ANU Emeritus Fellow Colin Steele sifts through interesting developments and trends in books and information worlds. |

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Harvard launches fashion line and Mein Kampf sells for $41,000

Posted: 24 Aug 09 | ANU Emeritus Fellow Colin Steele sifts through interesting developments and trends in books and information worlds. |

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Sex scandal behind Brideshead Revisited and Canberra

Posted: 17 Aug 09 | ANU Emeritus Fellow Colin Steele sifts through interesting developments and trends in books and information worlds. |

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Wikimedia glams up and the best gangster films

Posted: 10 Aug 09 | ANU Emeritus Fellow Colin Steele sifts through interesting developments and trends in books and information worlds. |

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Sexiest vampires and the real Raymond Carver

Posted: 03 Aug 09 | ANU Emeritus Fellow Colin Steele sifts through interesting developments and trends in books and information worlds. |

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How to arrange your books and the best failed literary couplings

Posted: 27 Jul 09 | ANU Emeritus Fellow Colin Steele sifts through interesting developments and trends in books and information worlds. |

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Library eroticism and an interview with Jay McInerney

Posted: 20 Jul 09 | ANU Emeritus Fellow Colin Steele sifts through interesting developments and trends in books and information worlds. |

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Sydney Writers Festival highlights and the best ever summer reads

Posted: 13 Jul 09 | ANU Emeritus Fellow Colin Steele sifts through interesting developments and trends in books and information worlds. |

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Michael Jackson's love of books and the most revolting dish ever

Posted: 07 Jul 09 | ANU Emeritus Fellow Colin Steele sifts through interesting developments and trends in books and information worlds. |

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The 50 Best Movie Villains and Bloomsday celebrations

Posted: 29 Jun 09 | ANU Emeritus Fellow Colin Steele sifts through interesting developments and trends in books and information worlds. |

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Top 200 Artists of the 20th Century and America's best-loved novelist

Posted: 22 Jun 09 | ANU Emeritus Fellow Colin Steele sifts through interesting developments and trends in books and information worlds. |

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Myths surrounding Martin Amis and why Salinger is suing

Posted: 08 Jun 09 | ANU Emeritus Fellow Colin Steele sifts through interesting developments and trends in books and information worlds. |

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Colin Steele is Emeritus Fellow at ANU, having been University Librarian 1980-2002. He has a long standing interest in books and communication issues. He believes that information provision and science fiction are rapidly merging.

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