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Big-Name Bookstores To Close
Several bookstores across the country announced they are closing their doors this week, including Cody's Bookstore on Stockton Street in San Francisco. Cody's, whose flagship Berkeley store closed in July, will shut down on April 20, according to the 'San Francisco Chronicle,' but the third location, on Fourth Street in Berkeley, will remain open.
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Barnes and Noble Admits to Improperly Dated Stock Option Grants - April 05, 2007
The Special Committee established to review Barnes & Noble's stock option practices found instances of both misdated stock option grants and backdating, the company announced. While the gross amount of the price differences was approximately $45.5 million over a ten-year period plus an additional $10 million from BarnesandNoble.com, Barnes & Noble emphasized that the committee did not find and "intent to defraud or fraudulent misconduct by any individual or group of individuals."
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Amazon Looking for 'Harry-est' Towns - April 04, 2007
Virginia, Pennsylvania and Washington are leading the pack when it comes to pre-ordering J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,' which is set to be released on July 21. Amazon.com's latest promotion, the search for the Harry-est Town in America, is tracking pre-orders on a per capita basis to decide what town is the most Potter crazy.
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B&N Not 'Reluctant' To Recommend Hamid - April 03, 2007
Barnes & Noble chose Mohsin Hamid's 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' to be the next featured book in the Barnes & Noble Recommends program. Diane Setterfield's 'The Thirteenth Tale' and Chris Bohjalian's 'The Double Bind were the first two books chosen for the new program.
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Reading Lists in Iraq - April 03, 2007
History, current affairs and self-help are just some of the topics featured in books ordered by people stationed in Iraq, according to Abebooks.com. The company recently released a list of 50 diverse books ordered by U.S. soldiers, members of the U.K. military and even civilian contractors while serving and living in Iraq.
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Comparable Store Sales Down for Books-A-Million - April 02, 2007
Books-A-Million announced increased net sales for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ending Feb. 3, 2007, but decreased comparable store sales. For the fourth quarter, net sales were $174.6 million, an 8.4 percent increase over the fourth quarter last year.
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Gruen and Ephron Win Book Sense Book of the Year Award - March 30, 2007
The winners of the 2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards were announced today by the American Booksellers Association. Sara Gruen's 'Water for Elephants: A Novel' is the winner in the Adult Fiction category while Nora Ephron's 'I Feel Bad About My Neck' won in Adult Nonfiction. Markus Zusak is the winner of the Children's Literature award for 'The Book Thief' and the Children's Illustrated winner is 'Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship,' by Isabella and Craig Hatkoff, Dr. Paul Kahumbu with photos by Peter Greste.
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DRY MANHATTAN: Prohibition in New York City
April 01, 2007 - The clear, focused text provides ample evidence of this first-time author's wide research and deep familiarity with the relevant sources. Lerner recognizes Prohibition's central issue: the desire to define morality narrowly and to force that definition upon others. Teeming with immigrants and overflowing with booze, New York City seemed an unlikely battlefield, but William H. Anderson and his Anti-Saloon League came, saw and conquered. Anderson began his fierce and creative anti-alcohol campaign upon arrival in the city in 1914; by 1920, Prohibition was constitutional. The author does a good job of exploring and explaining Anderson's strategies and of identifying the cultural and historical forces that enabled his initial successes, among them the identification of beer-drinking with Germans, America's opponents in World War I....A fine history of a most troubling time. ...Full Review
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