The fourth Southern Reach novel, Absolution, launches on October 22nd, and author Jeff VanderMeer talks about following up the success of Annihilation.

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10.09.2024

Amazon is allowing Audible narrators to clone themselves with AI - The Verge

Amazon is inviting a small group of Audible narrators to train AI-generated voice clones of themselves, with the aim of speeding up audiobook production on the platform.

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10.07.2024

When you move, what do you do with all those books? - The Verge

There are still places out there where you can pass on your used books. Here are some ways you can move your reading material along to somebody else who could use it.

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11.04.2024

Kobo announces its first color e-readers - The Verge

Kobo’s first color e-readers, the Kobo Libra Colour and the Kobo Clara Colour, are available to preorder now ahead of their release date on April 30th.

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06.04.2024

Google Books reportedly indexing bad AI-written works - The Verge

Google Books indexes published content dating back to the 1500s. A report found it began indexing AI-written work that could impact the language research tool Ngram.

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05.04.2024

Jeff VanderMeer is writing a fourth Southern Reach novel - The Verge

Jeff VanderMeer has announced a new entry in his sci-fi series Southern Reach with a book called Absolution that’s due out in October.

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19.12.2023

The Verge’s favorite books from 2023 - The Verge

We asked the staff of The Verge what their favorite reads were over the last year, and their answers ranged from science fiction to an examination of gambling addiction.

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14.12.2023

Amazon is making it easier to browse your entire library of books - The Verge

Amazon is rolling out a new feature called Your Books. The hub puts all the books you’ve purchased on the platform in a single hub that you can browse through.

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22.11.2023

Braun: Designed to Keep is a book worth holding onto - The Verge

Book review of the complete history of Braun’s 100-year-old story, with and without famed designer Dieter Rams, which spans 400 pages and 500 images.

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17.11.2023

Some older Nook e-readers can’t get new books in 2024 - The Verge

Barnes & Noble is discontinuing services for the Nook Simple Touch, Simple Touch with Glowlight, and Glowlight starting in April 2024, and store access ends in June 2024.

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24.10.2023

Mimi’s Tales of Terror review: more scares from horror master Junji Ito - The Verge

Horror icon Junji Ito returns with Mimi’s Tales of Terror, a mange collection featuring nine different urban legends, which releases on October 24th.

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13.10.2023

Spotify is giving paid subscribers 15 hours of audiobook listening per month - The Verge

It’s the streamer’s first big step in expanding its audiobook business.

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16.08.2023

Authors call on FTC to investigate Amazon’s alleged monopoly in the bookselling industry - The Verge

The Authors Guild, American Booksellers Association, and Open Markets Institute are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Amazon’s alleged stranglehold on the bookselling industry.

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19.07.2023

Readers pick the best tech books of all time - The Verge

Last month, The Verge assembled a list of the greatest tech books ever. But we opened the door for readers to submit anything they felt should’ve been on the list — and boy did they have opinions.

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28.06.2023

The best nonfiction tech books of all time

The Verge presents a list of 40 of the greatest books ever written — books that tell us about technology, business, and the people who make it possible. Picks include works by Ellen Ullman, Neil Postman, and Anna Weiner.

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09.06.2023

How AI art killed an indie book cover contest - The Verge

An AI-assisted book cover led to the end of the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off cover contest, as science fiction and fantasy authors are finding new strategies for dealing with AI art and writing.

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30.03.2023

Libby maker OverDrive is shutting down its legacy ebook reader on May 1st - The Verge

OverDrive makes two ebook and audiobook borrowing apps used by libraries, OverDrive and Libby. The company will shut down OverDrive on May 1st and is helping libraries fully transition to Libby.

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18.03.2023

Hidden Systems is a book that could teach your kids how the internet works - The Verge

Hidden Systems, a 262-page graphic novel by cartoonist Dan Nott, beautifully illustrates and explains how to conceptualize the internet, water supply, and power grid.

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16.03.2023

Barnes & Nobel is going back to its indie roots to compete with Amazon - The Verge

CEO James Daunt explains how Barnes & Noble is different than Amazon and how decentralizing the stores will help the company survive.

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23.02.2023

The US Copyright Office says you can’t copyright Midjourney AI-generated images - The Verge

The US Copyright Office will grant copyright for the text and image arrangement in a comic book based on images produced by the AI tool Midjourney but not the images it generated.

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23.02.2023

Stephen King’s It is getting an HBO Max prequel series set in Derry - The Verge

Andy and Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs are teaming up for a new HBO Max horror series set in the same fictional town as Stephen King’s It.

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17.02.2023

The Verge’s favorite media obsessions - The Verge

We asked the staff of The Verge what their current obsessions were and here are the answers we got, divided into four categories: games, TV series, books, and music.

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07.02.2023

Shift Happens celebrates 150 years of typewriters, keyboards, and the people who use them - The Verge

Shift Happens is a new book by Marcin Wichary that attempts to tell the century-and-a-half-long story of typewriters and keyboards. It’s launching on Kickstarter today.

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11.01.2023

Chokepoint Capitalism can break you free from big tech and big content - The Verge

Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin talk about their new book. It has solutions to help creators get more money.

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07.12.2022

Why automating trucking is harder than you think - The Verge

Karen Levy, an assistant professor of sociology at Cornell, talks about her new book, Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance.

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24.10.2022

A history of the horny side of the internet - The Verge

An interview with journalist and author Samantha Cole about her new book, How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex.

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29.09.2022

Amazon’s Kindle Scribe is an E Ink tablet for reading and writing - The Verge

Amazon’s latest ebook reader also includes a stylus, which you can use to take notes on books or just write on the display. The 10.2-inch device starts at $339 and will be available this holiday season.

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01.09.2022

Kobo announces a new waterproof Kobo Clara 2E to compete with the Kindle Paperwhite - The Verge

Kobo’s releasing the new Kobo Clara 2E on September 22nd, but you can preorder it now for $129.99. The latest Kobo e-reader offers a few new features that make it more competitive against the Kindle Paperwhite, like waterproofing, extra storage, and Bluetooth support.

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16.06.2022

Ebook service Hoopla brings Holocaust denial and antivax books to libraries - The Verge

Ebook subscription service Hoopla is used in thousands of public libraries. Some librarians discovered earlier this year that the titles offered include Holocaust denial, anti-vax, and LGBTQ conversion content.

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16.06.2022

These luxurious Lord of the Rings books are illustrated by the films’ Oscar-winning designer - The Verge

The Folio Society’s latest edition are a set of The Lord of the Rings books. They’re hardback, obviously, and are quarter bound in burgundy leather with silver page tops. They cost $1,500.

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16.06.2022

Mr. Boop, the psychosexual webcomic that is a scathing critique of copyright - The Verge

Alec Robbins talks to The Verge about his webcomic’s new hardcover edition, the most sexualized Pokémon, and the copyright threats he may or may not have received after posting the series online.

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16.06.2022

Brooklyn Public Library is offering free digital library cards to young adults in the US - The Verge

The Brooklyn Public Library has announced than teenagers and young adults in the US, regardless of their location, can apply for a free digital library card and access the library’s entire collection of ebooks.

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Returning to Area X with Jeff VanderMeer - The Verge

Amazon is allowing Audible narrators to clone themselves with AI - The Verge

When you move, what do you do with all those books? - The Verge

Kobo announces its first color e-readers - The Verge

Google Books reportedly indexing bad AI-written works - The Verge

Jeff VanderMeer is writing a fourth Southern Reach novel - The Verge

The Verge’s favorite books from 2023 - The Verge

Amazon is making it easier to browse your entire library of books - The Verge

Braun: Designed to Keep is a book worth holding onto - The Verge

Some older Nook e-readers can’t get new books in 2024 - The Verge

Mimi’s Tales of Terror review: more scares from horror master Junji Ito - The Verge

Spotify is giving paid subscribers 15 hours of audiobook listening per month - The Verge

Authors call on FTC to investigate Amazon’s alleged monopoly in the bookselling industry - The Verge

Readers pick the best tech books of all time - The Verge

The best nonfiction tech books of all time

How AI art killed an indie book cover contest - The Verge

Libby maker OverDrive is shutting down its legacy ebook reader on May 1st - The Verge

Hidden Systems is a book that could teach your kids how the internet works - The Verge

Barnes & Nobel is going back to its indie roots to compete with Amazon - The Verge

The US Copyright Office says you can’t copyright Midjourney AI-generated images - The Verge

Stephen King’s It is getting an HBO Max prequel series set in Derry - The Verge

The Verge’s favorite media obsessions - The Verge

Shift Happens celebrates 150 years of typewriters, keyboards, and the people who use them - The Verge

Chokepoint Capitalism can break you free from big tech and big content - The Verge

Why automating trucking is harder than you think - The Verge

A history of the horny side of the internet - The Verge

Amazon’s Kindle Scribe is an E Ink tablet for reading and writing - The Verge

Kobo announces a new waterproof Kobo Clara 2E to compete with the Kindle Paperwhite - The Verge

Ebook service Hoopla brings Holocaust denial and antivax books to libraries - The Verge

These luxurious Lord of the Rings books are illustrated by the films’ Oscar-winning designer - The Verge

Mr. Boop, the psychosexual webcomic that is a scathing critique of copyright - The Verge

Brooklyn Public Library is offering free digital library cards to young adults in the US - The Verge

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