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The rise of e-reading: Digital reading habits in China

Dedicatedtopromotingdigitalreadingandbridgingthegapbetweenpaperandonlinepublishing,thisyear'sDigitalReadingConferencereleasednumbersonthemostreaddigitalworks,as

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Google drops 'first click free,' loathed by many publishers

Googleisendingadecade-oldpolicythatrequiredpublisherstoprovidesomefreestoriestoGoogleusers—thoughit'snotclearhowmanyreaderswillevennotice,atleastforthemoment.Pu

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Indonesia’s Ubud ranked among world’s best places

Ubud township in Indonesia’s resort island of Bali was ranked among top 15 of world’s best places and number 4 in Asia alike by a prominent travelling magazine in its annual readers’ choice award program this year.

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Indonesia’s Ubud ranked among world’s best places

ByAPDwriterMaverickJAKARTA,July25(APD)–UbudtownshipinIndonesia’sresortislandofBaliwasrankedamongtop15ofworld’sbestplacesandnumber4inAsiaalikebyaprominenttravell

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Rich list shows China's book market trends

The wealth writers generate through royalty may not necessarily tell how good their works are, but it's an indicator of the readers' taste.

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German newspaper apologizes for racist cover photo to Cologne assaults

German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung apologized on Sunday to its readers for an illustration to the Cologne assaults on the front page of the weekend edition.

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Book reading culture in Nepal reaches new height

​While the second National Book Festival 2015 is underway in this capital, book reading culture has noticeably caught up in Nepal with more and more Nepali people now reading locally-written books and other periodicals.

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Reading less, some Chinese still love James Joyce

The Chinese version of the first part of James Joyce's 1939 novel Finnegan's Wake was published last December. Dai Congrong, professor of Chinese language and literature at Fudan University, Shanghai, spent eight years translating the notoriously difficulty work, and did not anticipate it would become a bestseller.