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Amazon Numbers Stronger than ever, and watch their Words
Amazon.com, Inc. has announced its financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2008. And has a highly successful story to tell, despite the economic times - but also gives us a nice example, of telling a story with some simple spin.*** Ne...
Edinburgh sees record Online Sales for Festival
The first weekend of ticket sales for the Edinburgh International Book Festival has resulted in a 24% increase on 2007, with over 16% of the programme already sold out. Sales of high profile events such as Sean Connery, Margaret Atwood, Alex Salmond...
Crossing the border
Borders has announced another new US store opening. Just another in the fourteen new stores opening in 2008. Yes, and? You may say. And? But this is not just another series of new US bookstores, but fourteen mega-stores with a difference, 'concept' s...
A Spot of Bother
Monday night. I was all set. I was leading the Book Club review tonight, on Mark Haddon's "A Spot of Bother." Thanks to Sharon, who called me as I was brushing my teeth just as I was leaving (see, I get dressed up when I get a night off) I did half e...
Are you a cereal monogamist?
This and other dynamic definitions of day-to-day life, are included in The DailyCandy Lexicon: Words That Don't Exist but Should. It hits US book shelves July 8.It considers itself to be the insider's guide to what's hot, new, and undiscovered.This i...
