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Apr 07 2011: Borders presented a restructuring plan to its creditors on Wednesday that promised publishers and landlords a sleeker, more efficient company poised to emerge successfully from bankruptcy through increased online sales and revamped stores. But publishers characterized ...
Apr 07 2011: Arkansas has just become the fifth state to enact a state law that requires Internet retailers to collect sales tax if they do business with in-state affiliate web sites. The law imposes sales tax-collection responsibilities on Internet retailers that are referred ...
Apr 06 2011: Harry Potter: The Exhibition opened yesterday at the Discovery Times Square building in New York City. Additional locations are apparently also in the works.
Apr 06 2011: Borders Group plans to move its headquarters from its hometown of Ann Arbor, Mich., to the cheaper Detroit metro area. About 50 of the planned 226 superstores that are due to close by end of May are now closed and the company has negotiated $30 million in rent ...
Mar 30 2011: The shortlist for the biannual Man Booker International Prize, awarded to a writer for his or her achievement in fiction, has been announced.
The thirteen finalists are: Wang Anyi (China),
Juan Goytisolo (Spain),
James Kelman (UK),
John le Carré (UK),...
Mar 30 2011: Interesting data on the consumption of ebooks, albeit based on a relatively small base of 20,000 books sold by Smashwords (a distributor of indie books) through Barnes and Noble.
The top states by per capita consumption are:
Alaska
North Dakota
Utah
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Mar 22 2011: Amazon is being sued by Apple over the use of the phrase 'App store' (which Apple registered for a trademark in 2008). Apple Inc has called on the court to impose an injunction preventing Amazon from using the phrase, and award unspecified damages on top.
Mar 22 2011: In a stunning setback, Judge Denny Chin today rejected the Google Book Settlement, some 13 months after its final fairness hearing. "In the end, I conclude that the [Settlement Agreement] is not fair, adequate, and reasonable." Chin set a date of April 25th for a status...
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