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Amazon buys US publisher Avalon
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Amazon has announced the acquisition of Avalon Books, a US publisher with a backlist of around 3,000 titles predominantly in the Romance, Mystery and Western categories. The deal heralds the arrival of the firm’s titles on Amazon’s Kindle ereader. Avalon was established in 1950 by Thomas Bouregy and has been run by his daughter Ellen…
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Tor announces DRM-free eBook store
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Sci-fi and fantasy publisher Tor is to open its own eBook store, allowing customers to buy direct rather then via middlemen such as Amazon and Apple. Owned by Macmillan, Tor announced in April that its UK and US divisions would drop DRM from all titles later this year. Announcing the new store, Tor’s Tom Doherty…
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The Bourne Legacy – trailer
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Universal Pictures has released a sneak peek at The Bourne Legacy, the fourth film based on Robert Ludlum’s novels. This new film takes its name from a novel by Eric Van Lustbader who continued the franchise after Ludlum’s death. Missing this time around is Bourne himself, played by Matt Damon in the earlier films. The…
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David Tennant, Billie Piper and David Morrissey star in BBC One’s True Love
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David Tennant, Ashley Walters, Billie Piper, Jane Horrocks and David Morrissey star in a new BBC One series which starts later this month. Described as “BBC One’s first improvised series”, True Love explores five powerful and overlapping love stories set in the same town. The first episode centres on Nick (Tennant), who is happily married:…
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OverDrive announces new HTML5 browser reading service
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OverDrive, the company which distributes eBooks for retailers and libraries around the world, says it will launch a browser-based reader later this year. In March the company purchased Australian eBook retailer Booki.sh which makes titles available via the customer’s web browser rather than requiring them to install apps. OverDrive’s new service will be based on…
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Update released for Civilization Revolution iOS
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The iPad and iPhone edition of Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution has been updated to bring a number of improvements to the game. Additions include new in-game achievements, 10 new scenarios and animated units. The game arrived in the iTunes App store in August 2009 offering 16 playable civilizations, new graphics and an entirely new gesture-based…