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Silicon Valley business owners call on Amazon to drop fight against sales-tax law

Aug 22 2011: Clark Kepler saw the beloved independent bookstore that bears his name nearly undone six years ago by Internet retailers who were able to offer lower prices because they do not collect sales tax.

Now that the state has passed a law requiring companies such as Amazon ...

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Liberty Media buy 16.6% of B&N

Aug 19 2011: Liberty Media are to invest $204 million into Barnes & Noble, forgoing earlier plans to buy the company outright. Under the terms of the deal, Liberty will buy 12 million shares – or 16.6% of the company – at a price of $17 per share. The deal comes three months after ...

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New algorithm helps online sites recognize fake reviews

Aug 19 2011: As online retailers increasingly depend on reviews as a sales tool, an industry of fibbers and promoters has sprung up to buy and sell raves for a pittance.

Determining the number of fake reviews on the Web is difficult. But it is enough of a problem to attract a ...

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Philip Levine named new USA Poet Laureate

Aug 11 2011: Philip Levine has been named Poet Laureate of the USA. The eighty-three year old grew up in Detroit, working at automobile factories in his youth, and published his first book of poetry in 1963, at the age of 38. He went on to win the 1991 National Book Award for his ...

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WWII heroine who inspired Sebastian Faulks 'Charlotte Gray' dies

Aug 09 2011: French Resistance heroine Nancy Wake, who provided the inspiration for Sebastian Faulks' Charlotte Gray has died at 98.

Wake was known as the White Mouse for her uncanny ability to run rings around the Gestapo in occupied France, in spite of a 5 million franc price ...

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Amazon alters rules for Kindles in school libraries

Aug 02 2011: Amazon has apparently created new rules governing the use of its Kindle ereader in school libraries in the USA. Amazon's website states that content cannot be loaded across multiple devices at one time and that each Kindle be tethered to its own account.

If permanent...

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Children's books finally receive exemption from lead testing requirements

Aug 02 2011: The publishers of printed books and materials received good news on Monday. Three years after the enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, the USA government passed an amendment exempting "ordinary" children's books from the law’s lead testing ...

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LA Times eliminates freelance books columnists

Jul 27 2011: The Los Angeles Times has eliminated a number of freelance books columnists, including Susan Salter Reynolds, author of the weekly "Discoveries" column.

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