The Week’s Biggest Book News
21 Oct
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The Week’s Biggest Book News

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Top Stories Tamfitronics This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Catch up with the most popular stories from this week’s editions of Today in Books.Top Stories Tamfitronics Amazon Introduces First Color-Screen KindleAmazon announced this morning that its refreshed e-reader lineup will include the company’s first Kindle with a color screen. The Kindle Colorsoft, retailing for $279.99, is available for preorder now and will ship on October 30th. I’ve been waiting for this announcement since Amazon acquired digital comics distributor ComiXology in 2014 and ultimately folded its contents into the Kindle ecosystem. Kindles have been exclusively black-and-white since their introduction in 2007, but comics call for a full-color display. Better late than never, I suppose, since manga sales have quadrupled since 2020 and don’t look to be stopping any time soon.Top Stories Tamfitronics...
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Buried in this week’s aged care reforms was an idea that once cost two ministers their jobs
14 Sep
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Buried in this week’s aged care reforms was an idea that once cost two ministers their jobs

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Politics tamfitronics The late Australian playwright Alex Buzo liked to celebrate the art of tautology.For a period from the late 1970s onwards, he ran an event known as Australian Indoor Tautology Pennant, which celebrated gems uttered by public figures such as, "I don't want to sound incredulous but I just can't believe it."Rex Mossop, the (also) late Sydney rugby league caller, was a regular winner, and was often credited with popularising a phrase first used by American baseballer Yogi Berra that something was "deja vu all over again".For those with long political memories, there has been a bit of deja vu all over again in federal politics this week.That's been particularly true on the subject of aged care policy, but also on the question of the relationship between government and the Reserve Bank.Keeping partial aged...
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