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Media giant sees 31% increase in earnings due to "Fifty Shades" trilogy

Sep 01 2012: Experiencing a major rise from E.L. James' "Fifty Shades" trilogy, German media giant Bertelsmann (which owns Random House, the world's largest trade publishing group) enjoyed a dramatic surge in profit in the first half of 2012, posting posted a 31% increase in net ...

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Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster agree to $69m state deal

Aug 30 2012: The Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster have reached a $69 million agreement that will resolve lawsuits brought by 54 attorney generals from 49 states, the District of Columbia and territories, that charged the publishers with fixing e-book prices. ...

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The American Booksellers Association in partnership with Kobo to sell e-books and e-readers

Aug 29 2012: As had long been rumored, the American Booksellers Association (which represents nearly 2000 independent bookstores in the USA) announced today that it is partnering with Kobo to give member stores an opportunity to sell e-books and, for the first time, e-reading ...

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Carrie's War author, Nina Bawden, dies aged 87

Aug 23 2012: British author Nina Bawden, best known for the children's novel Carrie's War, died on August 22 at her home in London. She was 87.

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Bookstore Sales Up 3.8% in June

Aug 21 2012: June bookstore sales rose 3.8%, to $1.04 billion, compared to June 2011, according to preliminary estimates from the Census Bureau. For the year to date, bookstore sales have risen 0.6%, to $6.979 billion.

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Apple Refuses To Settle In DOJ Case

Aug 16 2012: Apple has filed a new memo in its defense against the Department of Justice, stating that it will not settle with three book publishers, as has been proposed. Instead, Apple is seeking a trial.

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Former Cosmo editor, Helen Gurley Brown, dies aged 90

Aug 14 2012: Helen Gurley Brown, who created the idea of a modern woman with her book "Sex and the Single Girl" and was editor in chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for three decades, has died at age 90, the Hearst Corporation said Monday.

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Orange Prize for Fiction might well soon be the Apple Prize

Aug 13 2012: The well respected prize that celebrates the best of women's international fiction that has, since 1995, been known as The Orange Prize for Fiction, might well soon become the Apple Prize for Fiction - if the rumors abounding that the US technology giant is close to ...

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