TKC 55 Nicholson Baker
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News – Rupert Murdoch is still talking tough about a possible break with Amazon over the Wall Street Journal’ s Kindle edition, despite a price increase in May and a bigger share of the revenue for News Corp. Also, Sony announces two new Readers , one costing only $199 and the other featuring a touchscreen. Tech Tip – Zoolert really works! It checked every five minutes for four months and finally enabled me to purchase Power Rules for $9.99. Interview – Nicholson Baker , author of “A New Page: Can the Kindle Really Improve on the Book?” in the Aug. 3 issue of The New Yorker , says he expected to like his new Kindle more than he did, and that led…
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