TechMan: Could this be the year that the e-reader takes off?
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The biggest player is Amazon's Kindle ($259 retail), an e-reader made popular by its vast selection of books and the ability to download them at any time. …

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Is the tracing of our Web habits going too far?
Louisville Courier-Journal
“If people say, 'I just want to opt out,' they don't find out about the sale and don't get coupons for discounts.” Victoria Thornton of Dayton, Ohio, …

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Ebay to Begin Advertising Campaign
Wall Street Journal
The San Jose, Calif., company last year shifted marketing dollars away from ads and into coupons. Overall, eBay slashed its 2008 US ad spending by almost …

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Ebay to Begin Advertising Campaign
Wall Street Journal
The ads also emphasize what eBay dubs the "secondary market" for overstock and out-of-season goods. One interactive online ad says that last year's model …

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Spree Upgrades Its Open-source Platform; Amazon Launches PayPhrase
Practical Ecommerce
Spree, the open source ecommerce shopping cart, and Amazon.com have both announced new products in time for the holiday shopping season. …

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Money-saving sites to check out, part 2
San Francisco Chronicle
Coupons.com — If you're big into brand-name groceries, or are playing the kind of grocery game where you combine weekly sales with coupons, …

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Shoppers should be winners when Meijer, Walmart, other retailers wage holiday …
MLive.com
Paul L. Newby II | The Grand Rapids PressWith the new low pricing signs hanging overhead, Jim Baxter, a retired truck driver, looks through his coupons …

Family goes extra step to help cancer patients with benefit: A Place in the Sun
Sun Star Courier
The event includes pumpkin decorating, a sketch artist, air brush artist and Amazon Rob with his animal friends. He'll be there 2-4 pm There also will be …

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Tips for DIY holidays in New York and DC
TVNZ
At Times Square, where I stood outside the station peering at my map, a man handing out Pizza Hut coupons approached me to ask if I needed help. …

Blogging: Changes in "Targeted Marketing" by BSLG
FoodBizDaily.com (press release)
… experts: Amazon.com and AOL. But grocery stores are no slouches in the digital revolution as experts predict the end of paper coupons within 5 years, …