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(AP) — Amazon.com is giving other merchants a chance to sell selections from its electronic book store and earn a commission. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

(AP) — Portions of the diplomatic cables contained in WikiLeaks are available for sale on Amazon’s U.K. website, an odd twist after the company ousted the organization from its hosting service. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Amazon unveiled Tuesday a program that allows Kindle electronic books to be sampled in a Web browser. Amazon unveiled Tuesday a program that allows Kindle electronic books to be sampled in a Web browser. (c) 2010 AFP

The WiFi model of Apple’s highly anticipated iPad multimedia device will be released in the U.S. on April 3, with 3G-enabled devices available later in the month, Apple announced Friday. All iPad models are set for availability in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, and the U.K. in late April, the company said. [...]

(AP) — After a weeklong absence, new copies of Andrew Young’s “The Politician,” Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall” and other books published by Macmillan are available for purchase on Amazon.com. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

In this Feb. 9, 2009 file photo, the Kindle 2 electronic reader is shown at an Amazon.com news conference in New York. Amazon.com says it will give in to publishing giant Macmillan and agree to sell electronic versions of its books even at prices it considers too high. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (AP) — Amazon.com says [...]

(AP) — New copies of Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall,” Andrew Young’s “The Politician” and other books published by Macmillan were unavailable Saturday on Amazon.com, apparently the biggest rift yet in the ongoing dispute over e-book prices. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.