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23 hrs ago | TheStreet.com

2010: The Year of the E-Book

SEATTLE , Sony , and Barnes & Noble could reap the benefits of e-book "mania" in 2010, according to analyst firm Gartner .

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Related Topix: Sony, Retail, Business News

Wed Nov 11, 2009

ShoppingBlog.com

Nook Shipment Date Gets Pushed Back on New Pre-orders

Brighthand and CNET report that Barnes and Noble has pushed back shipment dates for the Nook .

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Related Topix: Retail

Tue Nov 10, 2009

TheStreet.com

Wal-Mart Takes Fight to Amazon

While visiting Wal-Mart's Web site in search of an obscure book, I could not find it in stock nor could I order it.

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Related Topix: Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Amazon

Mon Nov 09, 2009

About Last Night

TT: Ready or not, here I come

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is sending me on a coast-to-coast tour in support of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong .

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Related Topix: New Orleans, Music!, Drama Movies, Louis Armstrong, Black Entertainment, Boston, MA, Retail, Easy-Listening, Broadway, Banking, Broadway Financial, Financial Services

The Huffington Post

Sarah Palin Book Tour: Full Schedule

Texas For Sarah Palin has put out a full book tour schedule for the former Alaska governor.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sarah Palin, Retail, Grocery, Jacksonville, FL, Norwood (Jacksonville, FL), The Villages, FL

HipHopDx

KRS-One Announces New York Area Book Signings

Brooklyn's Powerhouse Books launched its I Am Hip-Hop imprint with the man synonymous with the phrase: KRS-One . Having recently published The Gospel of Hip-Hop: First Instrument , the Boogie Down Productions co-founder-turned-author is touring New York and New Jersey to greet fans and readers of the effort.

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Related Topix: Tribeca (New York, NY), KRS-One, Hip-Hop, Boogie Down Productions, Retail, Livingston, NJ

Sun Nov 08, 2009

COLDFUSION Developer's Journal

Barnes & Noble Booksellers Implement In-Store Recommended Reading for ...

Barnes & Noble, Inc. continues its storied tradition of making books and reading more accessible to kids with its newest addition to the Children's section: both in-store and online, Barnes & Noble now features an array of titles as recommended by #1 bestselling author James Patterson and his website dedicated to making kids readers for life, ...

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Related Topix: Retail, Family, Kids

Sat Nov 07, 2009

OnMilwaukee.com

On the town in Milwaukee: Stacking up against NYC

Btw Katie Price cannot sing >< about 8 minutes ago LondonBmwFan : Bmw 525 Tds On A M Reg For Sale Or Swap For Automatic : I Am Looking To Either Se.. link about 11 minutes ago Melissaaaaah : @Lynne90 so i'm looking at the price for it to be shipped here, and i'll see if its cheaper for me to buy it an send it, or u buy it :) about 12 minutes ago ...

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Borders to close 200 Waldenbooks stores, cut jobs

Borders Group Inc., the second-largest U.S. bookstore chain, said Thursday it would shutter more of its small-format Waldenbooks stores in January as it focuses on its more profitable superstores.

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Related Topix: 9, Ann Arbor Metro, Detroit Metro, Retail

Clover Herald

Deja vu: Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target in DVD price war

First it was books. Now it's DVDs. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. started another price war Thursday, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following its price cut on books last month.

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Related Topix: Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Amazon, Bentonville, AR, Games, Board Game

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Plain Dealer

Borders to close 200 Waldenbooks including 16 in Ohio

Borders Group Inc. , the second-largest U.S. bookstore chain, said Thursday it would shutter 200 more of its small-format Waldenbooks and Borders Express stores in January, including 16 in Ohio, as it focuses on its more profitable superstores.

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Related Topix: 9, Strongsville, OH, Akron Metro, Cleveland Metro, North Olmsted, OH, Retail

Wed Nov 04, 2009

TwinCities.com

'Going Rogue' Sarah Palin's book tour plans fit her fan base

Sarah Palin's book tour is a gift for her base. No stops are planned in Seattle, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and other major cities and book-buying communities that are standard for authors on the road, but where the voters tend to be Democrats.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sarah Palin, US News, St. Paul, MN, Rush Limbaugh, Retail, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election

Jacksonsun.com

Palin book tour to start Nov. 18

NEW YORK - Oprah Winfrey is only the beginning for Sarah Palin's book tour. Starting Nov.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sarah Palin, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Retail, Grand Rapids, MI, Grand Rapids Metro

Boing Boing

Video: Robert Crumb talks about his illustrated Genesis

Elizabeth says: "Robert Crumb hasn't been doing any TV interviews, and is only doing one radio interview, but we did tape his B&N event in New York last week.

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Related Topix: Retail

Tue Nov 03, 2009

ABC News - Brian Ross

Spring Design Sues Barnes & Noble Over E-Reader

Technology company Spring Design said Tuesday it filed a lawsuit against Barnes & Noble alleging it misappropriated trade secrets and violated a nondisclosure agreement when it launched its electronic reader Nook last month.

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Related Topix: Retail, Cupertino, CA

Computers in Libraries

Internet Archive Dishes up BookServer as Digital Books Market Heats Up

Perhaps anticipating the upcoming holidays, a number of key ebook product announcements have been made recently.

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Related Topix: Retail, Amazon, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Laptops/Notebooks, PDAs, Computers

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Express India

E-readers need tech upgrade, cant solve publisher woes yet

New York: Publishers hoping to halt a slide in sales with new electronic reading devices will struggle to get consumers to embrace them until the technology improves, experts say.

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Related Topix: Amazon, Retail, iPhone

Sun Nov 01, 2009

TheSpectrum.com

Meeting Mahler in Manhattan

So much has changed around Lincoln Center since the '80s and '90s when I regularly travelled to New York from Hong Kong on business.

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Related Topix: Mahler, Classical, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, Retail, Symphony, Arts

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Battle of the book readers

Amazon reported huge quarterly financial results yesterday, thanks in large part to sales of its Kindle e-reader: "Kindle has become the No.

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Related Topix: Amazon, Amazon.com, Retail, Computers, PC, Amazoncom

New York Magazine

Life Has Crushed Augusten Burroughs Into a Pancake of a Man

Name: Augusten Burroughs Age: 44 Neighborhood: Battery Park City Occupation: Writer.

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Related Topix: Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Retail, New York Metro

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