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Amazon previews e-reader

Apr 18 2007: Although Amazon has been previewing its e-reader to publishers both in the U.S. and U.K. for months it has declined to comment on its existence to the press. However, according to publishers who've seen the player it is a step up from the Sony Reader which was ...

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Google to offer Online Access

Apr 18 2007: Google's presentation at this week's London Book Fair included a glimpse at an option that they expect to make available later this year—Online Access. Google has made reference to the program before, but has provided few details. Under the program consumers will be ...

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More independent bookstores closing

Apr 15 2007: In a recent article The San Francisco Chronicle mourned the loss of yet another independent bookstore, and the loss of independent bookstores in general, whose numbers across the USA have dropped by half since 1993, as shoppers eyeball books in the independents and then...

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Kurt Vonnegut dies

Apr 12 2007: Novelist Kurt Vonnegut died last night in New York City at age 84 from irreversible brain injuries as a result of a fall several weeks ago.

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Bertelsmann buys Time Warner's stake in Bookspan

Apr 10 2007: German publishing giant Bertelsmann AG have agreed to buy Time Warner Inc.'s stake in Bookspan, giving the company full ownership of Book of the Month Club and making it the biggest operator of book, music and DVD clubs in the U.S.

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Mobile-Phone Manga Storms Japan

Apr 10 2007: Japanese teenagers are reading more and more comics on their cell phones. Last year Japanese consumers spent $20 million to view e-comics (better known as manga or anime) on handsets, with the average e-comics buyer spending about $15 a month. $20 million ...

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B&N misdated $45.5 million in stock options

Apr 05 2007: During the past 10 years, Barnes & Noble misdated and improperly backdated stock options to the tune of $45.5 million, a special committee formed by the company to investigate the issue has found. B&N will make changes on its balance sheet to reflect that amount; B&N....

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Borders Group reevaluates issuing convertible notes

Apr 05 2007: Borders Group owners of Borders and Walden bookstores is "reevaluating" the $250 million of convertible senior notes it was planning to issue today in order to pay off other debts. The turnaround is due to "shareholder feedback." David Dreman, whose Dreman Value ...

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