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Seattle, December 27 -- The post-Christmas annual statement by Amazon.com has revealed that its Kindle e-book has become the most-gifted Amazon item ever this Christmas.

New York, December 24 -- Barnes and Noble's e-book reader Nook, which has gained increasing popularity in the past few months, will now reach on time for Christmas to the people who pre-ordered it.

New York, September 18 -- After almost seven years of scanning books, Google, in partnership with On Demand Books (ODB), will let readers access printed version of some digitized books.

New York, September 9 -- After the flurry of court briefs filed Tuesday, the last day for briefs to be accepted, New York District Court will now review claims about how the Goggle book deal would affect the authors’ rights and the public at large.

New York, September 8 -- In a move to pacify European publishers’ concern over digitization of books, Google on Monday said that European books out of print in U.S. but commercially available elsewhere will not be added to Google books unless rights holders give consent.

New York, September 5 -- In a move to make amends for mistakenly deleting copies of George Orwell novels from its customers' electronic readers this summer, Amazon has offered to redeliver copies of digital books.

New York, August 21: As e-book battle gains momentum, Microsoft, Amazon.com and Yahoo have planned to join forces to fight Google's proposed settlement with book publishers and authors reached last October.

Washington, June 25: It appears that the United States has won the first battle in the trade war that will continue for some time. The U.S. has got a preliminary World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling in its favor against the Chinese policies on imported films, books and recorded music.