What do you call a thriving marketplace of robots buying nonexistent books from other robots for millions of dollars? Apparently, Amazon.com. The online retailer we know and mostly love can be something of a wild west, especially on the frontiers of its business. Consider the experience of Carlos Bueno , a software engineer at Facebook who, late last year, wrote and self-published a children’s ...

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SHAH ALAM, Feb 22 — Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim instructed today the state’s religious authorities to investigate apostasy claims and put a stop to baseless accusations. He said the state government has agreed for Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) and Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) to investigate the apostasy ...

February 22, 2012: The North Koreans have formed a new unit of secret police to crack down on anti-government media and illegal copies of even legal media. Counterfeit DVDs are a big business in the north, but so is the sale of locally produced anti-government songs and videos.

My late mother-in-law used to tell me that a person could never have too many books. I am inclined to agree. This week, readers share whether they purchase or go to the library for most of their reading material.