A new report on global ebook sales suggests that as the ebook market matures in the U.S. and U.K., other countries are starting to pick up the slack.
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The FBI has shut down notorious online marketplace, Silk Road, and arrested the man who controls it. The news appears to creating upheaval in markets for Bitcoin, the currency used for Silk Road deals.
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First the president of Iran has a back-and-forth with U.S. president Barack Obama on the occasion of their historic phone call, then he responds to a question from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey about free speech in Iran.
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The federal government shut down is affecting websites too -- the Copyright Office site is down. Other agencies have cash to keep going for a few weeks. It's unclear what will happen after that.
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The Dallas Morning News has become the second major paper to pull down the paywall around its news, saying the strategy failed to generate enough reader interest. It's still going to try selling a premium service though.
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Barnes & Noble has hired two new executives to help oversee its struggling digital division, Nook Media.
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Independent digital bookstore and publisher Emily Books already offers subscriptions to its monthly ebook selections through its website. Now it has launched an iOS app, "Emily Books Reader," that lets users subscribe and read the ebooks on their iPhones or iPads.
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Facebook is going to start sending TV networks weekly reports on activity around their shows. The move is partly an attempt to compete with Twitter, which is making TV a big part of its IPO strategy.
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