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The death of bookstore chain Borders begs the question: Is there still a place in the Internet-dominated market for brick-and-mortar booksellers and the value they add? Independent bookstores thinks so, and the numbers in the American Booksellers Association, believe it or not, are growing.

A New York judge has called off a deal between Google and the book industry that would have created a universal library. But a new deal could still go forward with modifications.

Google opened its long-anticipated Internet book store Monday, putting itself in direct competition with Amazon.com. Buyers can read its 3 million e-Books on any Web device or reader -- except on Amazon's Kindle.

Google has apologized to thousands of Chinese authors after the writers said the search giant scanned their work for inclusion in its book-search project without their permission. But it remains unclear how -- if at all -- Google plans to actually change its book-scanning practices.

The head engineer of Google (NYSE:GOOG) Books would like to sell his library on the Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle. Dan Clancy of Google told Reuters, "If Amazon allowed Kindle users to buy from Google Editions it would be easy for the two companies to set up the sales." In that scenario, there are...

Google (GOOG), book authors and publishers had until midnight to provide a federal court with a plan to settle differences on how the search engine digitizes and charges for books. The group waited until the last minute to get its proposed settlement to the courthouse. The new agreement may address...

Real competition is emerging for Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle. A few days ago, bookseller Barnes & Noble (BKS) announced a deal with Plastic Logic to supply a Kindle-like reader. B&N's catalog of 700,000 titles, twice that available for the Kindle, should be a major attraction for consumers, as...

Let's pretend Susan Author wrote a book about chess cheaters, "The Bad Check," in 1973. You need it to finish your thesis. However, the book is out of print, still under copyright, and it will take weeks to get your hands on a copy. Your problem could be worth millions to Google, if the courts...

The next time you're stuck at the airport, why not while away the hours with a classic book like Great Expectations or The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes? No need to buy a copy at the newsstand, or visit the library; thanks to Google's ongoing book-scanning project, over 1.5 million e-books are...