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Amazon Closes Book on Rumors of New Kindle
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No new Kindle from Amazon this year [Rumomonger]
From Valleywag | August 28, 2008 -
Amazon.com's purchase of Shelfari locks up competition [Acquisitions...
From Valleywag | August 26, 2008
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Amazon.com execs: Kindle not quite the huge hit everyone says it...
From Valleywag | August 25, 2008After a TechCrunch report said that Amazon.com had already sold 240,000 Kindles this year, Wall Street analyst Mark Mahaney called the Kindle... more
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Amazon.com's $2-5 Sweet Spot
From Coolfer | August 23, 2008Amazon.com's MP3 customers are showing $2 is a low enough price to pick up just about any album. Yesterday's $1.99 special was Classics by... more
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BEFORE HIRING A PRO, CHECK THE LIST
From News | August 23, 2008There are review resources for everything, from merchandise on Amazon, www.amazon.com. more
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Obama book falls victim to booksellers' rivalry
From Examiner Politics | August 19, 2008A new book about Sen. Barack Obama has intensified a rivalry between two powerful competitors: Barnes & Noble, Inc. and Amazon.com. more
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Electric bicycle sales soar world-wide
From AutoblogGreen | August 17, 2008Filed under: EV/Plug-in, On Two WheelsWe like the idea of electric bicycles and, apparently, the world does too. We've known that electric... more
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Valleywag spy startles rare Kindle user on subway [Caption Contest...
From Valleywag | August 14, 2008Amazon.com's electronic-book reader, the Kindle, is a rare find in the wild. The only place we've ever spotted one was in New York's subway... more
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Pardon me, do you have any grey poupon? [Caption Contest]
From Valleywag | August 14, 2008Amazon.com's electronic-book reader, the Kindle, is a rare find in the wild. The only place we've ever spotted one was in New York's subway... more
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Anti-Obama book becomes big-seller
From The Swamp | August 12, 2008by Mark Silva The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality, a new book about Barack Obama that contends, among other... more
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'Mad Men' using Frank O'Hara's 'Meditations in an Emergency' boosts...
August 10, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesIn a bit of poetic justice, it took a hit TV show to boost poetry sales. A book of poems featured prominently in AMC's widely lauded "Mad... more
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Get Your Gears of War 2 Lancers! [Amazon]
From Kotaku | August 8, 2008Amazon.com has announced an exclusive Gears of War 2 Lancer. Yours for a mere US$139.99! Out November 7th, the life-sized replica of course... more
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Warner Music Group Improves Net Loss, Shows Digital Strength
From Coolfer | August 7, 2008The nuts and bolts of Warner Music Group's Q3 2008 earnings release are below. The conference call (notes below) was as informative as any... more
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Anti-Obama books seem to be selling well
August 6, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesNEW YORK -- Going negative against Democrat Barack Obama isn't just a campaign strategy for Republican John McCain. It's also a good formula... more
