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...However, Kindle's lead and popularity are far from entrenched as the book industry braces for a digital revolution similar to what happened to the music industry more than a decade ago. So far, Amazon's Kindle has had a first-out-of-the-gate advantage over rival e-readers from Sony and Barnes & Noble. But industry experts believe the recent launch of Apple's highly anticipated iPad tablet, a device that offers Web-browsing, e-mail and other laptop functions in addition to an e-reader, could be the Kindle's biggest threat yet. Apple has already signed...
...book pricing. Apple signed deals that allow publishers to set the prices in Apple's iBooks store, and new e-book best sellers are expected to be priced at $12.99 to $14.99 - which is considerably higher than Amazon's $9.99 price. Publisher Macmillan is already pressuring Amazon to offer similar pricing. It demanded the right to set prices on Amazon, causing an angry Amazon to pull all of Macmillan's books from its site. However, two days later, amid a firestorm of debate, Amazon indicated that it would agree to Macmillan's demand...
...alumni panelists boasted a diverse array of undergraduate concentrations, interests, and professional background—ranging from public service to law—but they offered similar advice for students seeking to enter the job market...
...committee members suggested providing more structured January programming, similar to MIT’s four-week January “Independent Activities Period,” though it seemed unlikely the College would undertake such a project in the current fiscal climate...
...series of similar actions doesn't necessarily represent a coherent policy. Several instances of the Chinese government acting "tougher" could just be discrete events. Rather than read too much into the intensity of recent rhetoric about Clinton's speech and the arms deal, we should watch to see whether, in the coming weeks, China goes along with or tries to block American efforts to put pressure on Iran...