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Barnes & Noble Draws Its Line Against Amazon
Many book retailers - chiefly Barnes & Noble - have drawn the proverbially "line in the sand" against Amazon by refusing to carry any titles in stores printed by the online retailer's new publishing arm.
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Barnes & Noble (BKS) and Canadian book seller Indigo Books & Music...
Barnes & Noble and Canadian book seller Indigo Books & Music refuse to sell books from Amazon's publishing arm in objection to its push to sign exclusive deals with authors.
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The e-book revolution is changing the book publishing space quickly and completely.
Amazon savaged Barnes and Noble and Best Buy in much the same way Wal-Mart destroyed mom and pop retail in the 1980s and 1990s: It used disruptive technology to change how we shop.
Do not trust them when they repeatedly tell you that the era of paper books is ending, that they would soon become as obsolete as vinyl records or coal-fired train engines.
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It looks as if Amazon, which seemed like it would never set foot outside of the digital world, will open its own brick-and-mortar store later this year.
Critic and essayist Renee D'Aoust shares memoir 'Body of a Dancer'
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ITC Said To Favor Barnes & Noble In Patent Dispute With Microsoft
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Another Chain Says It Won't Carry Amazon Books, But Does It Matter?
Canadian bookselling chain Indigo Books & Music is joining Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million in their refusal to carry any Amazon Publishing titles in their stores.
Wolverton: New Kindle Touch is an impressive e-reader
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos holds up the new Kindle Touch at a news conference during the launch of Amazon's new tablets in New York September 28, 2011.
Techbits: Barnes & Noble says it won't stock Amazon titles
Barnes & Noble is attempting to irk its publishing rival Amazon.com Inc. by not stocking Amazon-published titles in its stores.
Worried publishers put hopes on Barnes & Noble
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Microsoft Pulls Patent from Lawsuit
Microsoft Corp. has pulled one of five patents used last year to sue Barnes & Noble Inc.
Mike Kelley's last interview in Artillery magazine: "Now I'm not in the mood to make art"
The late artist told Artillery magazine about his failed attempt to buy his childhood home; his years of therapy, and his art-world fatigue: "Now I'm not in the mood to make art" When Tulsa Kinney interviewed Mike Kelley for a cover story of Artillery, the bi-monthly magazine about contemporary art, it was because she believed the Los Angeles-based ... (more)
Atria to kick off mystery bus tour
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Books-A-Million Won't Carry Amazon Titles, Either
Books-A-Million - the nation's second largest bookstore chain after Barnes & Noble - announced today that, like B&N , it will not carry Amazon Publishing titles in its stores.
Services Sector Review: IBM Cuts Jobs in Germany, B&N Takes Amazon Out of Stores
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