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  'Captain America' and the other books given to prisoners at Guantanamo Bay

  By Matt Brian on April 29, 2013 05:00 am + 42 comments

  What happens within the walls of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp has largely remained a secret, Continue reading…

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  Vote for May's Book Club book now!

  By Laura June on March 29, 2013 02:15 pm + 41 comments

  In April we'll be reading Michael Chabon's alternate history novel, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Continue reading…

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  Amazon to acquire Goodreads, a social network for book recommendations

  By Tim Carmody on March 28, 2013 04:13 pm + 52 comments

  Amazon will acquire book recommendation site and readers' social network Goodreads, according to an Continue reading…

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  Google reportedly discontinuing print copies of Frommer's travel guides after buying company

  By Carl Franzen on March 21, 2013 02:50 pm + 31 comments

  Google is reportedly discontinuing all future print editions of the once-popular Frommer's series of Continue reading…

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  Apple finally opens iBookstore for business in Japan

  By Sam Byford on March 5, 2013 08:36 pm + 6 comments

  Apple launched the iBookstore in Japan today with "hundreds of thousands" of books and manga now Continue reading…

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  New Thomas Pynchon novel will be set in a New York startup after the dot-com boom and bust

  By Russell Brandom on February 25, 2013 11:54 am + 13 comments

  Word broke today that Thomas Pynchon's eighth novel, Bleeding Edge, will be set in the New York Continue reading…

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  How authors are buying their way to the top of bestseller lists

  By Carl Franzen on February 24, 2013 05:10 pm + 39 comments

  Getting on the bestsellers' lists of The Wall Street Journal or The New York Times can offer a huge Continue reading…

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  The best books for your new Kindle

  By Laura June on December 25, 2012 10:04 am + 35 comments

  So someone sweet bought you a Kindle, huh? Well aren't you well-loved? But now comes the hard Continue reading…

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  'The Where, the Why, and the How' combines art and science to explain life's mysteries

  By Aaron Souppouris on November 24, 2012 07:58 pm + 16 comments

  A self-described "science book like no other," The Where, the Why, and the How attempts to answer 75 Continue reading…

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  Holiday Gift Guide: music, movies, books, and more

  By Verge Staff on November 22, 2012 11:01 am + 11 comments

  There's nothing like the challenge of the "content" gift. Granted, it's often more affordable Continue reading…