Amazon tries to shut .book in face of authors, publishers

.READ it and weep: Online retailer bids for studious gTLDs

Amazon's recent moves to gain ownership of certain new generic top-level domain names have caused anger among writers and publishers. The company wants to take control of addresses including ".book," ".author" and ".read".…

via The Register - Networks

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