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Feb 07 2008: CEO of Reading Is Fundamental Carol Rasco issued a statement warning that "President Bush's proposed budget calling for the elimination of Reading Is Fundamental's (RIF) Inexpensive Book Distribution program would be devastating to the 4.6 million children and their ...
Feb 05 2008: The London Times has published a lengthy excerpt from assassinated former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's memoir, Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy & the West, in which Bhutto (who was twice removed from office on corruption charges) makes shocking allegations ...
Feb 04 2008: The Times of London reports that high street retailer Woolworths has withdrawn bedroom furniture for young girls bearing the sexually charged name Lolita after a campaign waged by a mothers’ online chat room. The Lolita Midsleeper Combi (a whitewashed wooden bed with ...
Jan 31 2008: Publishers Weekly reports that Amazon has agreed to acquire Audible, Inc, the USA's largest provider of digital downloads of spoken-word audio, for about $300 million. Audible has 160 employees and is based in Newark, N.J. and is the exclusive distributor of spokenword ...
Jan 30 2008: Thirteen people have been arrested in Turkey as part of an investigation into an ultra-nationalist gang reported to be planning the assassination of Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, reports the Guardian newspaper. According to reports in the Turkish press, Pamuk was ...
Jan 29 2008: More books are sold on the internet than any other product, according to a BBC report on a Nielsen survey of 26,312 people in 48 countries. According to the survey, 41% of internet users had bought books online compared with 34% two years ago. The largest percentage ...
Jan 28 2008: Slate magazine casts doubts on Amazon's top reviewers, such as Grady Harp who has reviewed over 3,500 books, CDs and movies for Amazon; and Harriet Klausner who has averaged 45 book reviews per week for the past five years.
Jan 28 2008: As major chains report weak holiday sales, the American Booksellers Association reports that a nationwide survey of 1,382 independent retailers has found that a desire to support locally owned businesses is emerging as a factor in people's shopping choices. Independent ...
L.A. Women by Ella Berman
Two ambitious writers in 1960s LA face betrayal when one writes a novel based on the other's life.
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