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British bookstore chain Waterstone's sold to A&NN

May 20 2011: HMV Group has sold British bookstore chain Waterstone's to A&NN Group for 53 million (UK pounds).

Waterstones was established in 1982 by Tim Waterstone and currently employs about 4500 staff mainly in the UK but also in parts of Europe. Waterstones bought the ...

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South Carolina reverses decision, will give Amazon sales tax break

May 19 2011: Amazon appears to have won what South Carolina newspaper, The State, calls a "stunning reversal" in its battle to get a sales tax exemption in return for building a distribution center in Lexington County. Yesterday, the South Carolina House passed a measure 97-20 in...

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Philip Roth wins Man Booker International prize

May 18 2011: Philip Roth has won the Man Booker International Prize. Booker judge Carmen Callil resigned in protest saying, "I don't rate him as a writer at all. I made it clear that I wouldn't have put him on the longlist, so I was amazed when he stayed there. He was the only one I...

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Audible set to greatly expand availability of audio books

May 13 2011: Audible has launched the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX), to enable "any professionally published book, new or old, to become a professionally produced audiobook."

ACX has the potential to substantially expand the availability of books in the fast growing digital ...

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Kindle to generate $5.4b revenue in 2011

May 11 2011: According to an analyst at Caris & Co, this year the Kindle could generate over 5.4 billion in revenue in 2011 and as much as $7.9 billion in 2012. All figures are necessarily estimates, at best, as Amazon continues to not disclose business metrics for its Kindle ...

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'Godfather' Prequel to be published

May 04 2011: Grand Central Publishing is planning the publication of a prequel to Mario Puzo's The Godfather. The Family Corleone by Ed Falco is based on an unproduced screenplay by Puzo, and is slated for publication in June 2012.

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Amazon, the SEC, IRS and South Carolina

May 02 2011: In a regulatory filing Wednesday, Amazon said the Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into its sales tax dispute with Texas. The standoff began last September when the state assessed $269 million from Amazon in uncollected sales tax, interest and penalties for...

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Typewriter not dead after all

Apr 27 2011: Reports that typewriter manufacturer, Godrej & Boyce based in Mumbai, had closed led to many journalists and bloggers extrapolating on the story to report that the typewriter was no more. But, according to Swintec general manager Ed Michael, this is far from the case -...

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