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30% Bookstores In Afghanistan Shut Due To Lack Of Good Market: Report
The commission to assess the problems of booksellers has revealed that 30 per cent of booksellers in Afghanistan have stopped their business due to a lack of a good market, Afghanistan-based Tolo News reported.
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Olympics Threatens To Erase A Paris Symbol: Over 500 Bookstores Ordered To Move
Booksellers along the river Seine say the Olympics threaten to erase a symbol of Paris after they were told by local authorities that they will have to remove their stalls for the Summer Games opening ceremony in 2024 for security reasons.
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Amazon To Shut Down Its Global Online Bookstore To Cut Costs: Report
Amazon will shut down global online bookstore Book Depository after almost two decades, CNN Business reported. The UK-based bookseller, bought by Amazon in 2011, announced Wednesday that it would cease operations on April 26.
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Bookseller To Ask Nancy Pelosi To Help Hong Kongers At Taiwan Meeting: Report
A staunch defender of human rights and long-time China critic, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to meet rights activists in Taiwan on Wednesday, a move certain to ramp up already fraught tensions between Beijing and Washington.
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Jeff Bezos Leaves Enduring Legacy As He Steps Away As Amazon CEO
As he prepares to blast off into a new career stage, Jeff Bezos leaves an enduring legacy after transforming Amazon from a modest online bookseller into one of the world's most powerful corporations.
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US Book Stores Launch 'Boxed Out' Campaign Against Amazon
The American Booksellers Association has launched an advertising campaign against Amazon to alert the public to what it calls the growing danger that book stores are under from the online goliath during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Presidency University Students To Raise Funds For Cyclone-Hit Booksellers
Students of Presidency University on Tuesday pledged to stand by the cyclone-ravaged booksellers of College Street -- the city's one-stop destination for bibliophiles -- and help them get back on their feet.
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Hong Kong Bookseller Arrested In China Raises $100,000 To Open Store
A Hong Kong bookseller who disappeared into Chinese custody for half a year raised nearly $100,000 in less than a day on Friday as he tries to open a new store in Taiwan.
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After Stunning Growth Streak, Amazon Ambitions Seem Boundless
Amazon, launched as an Internet bookseller nearly 24 years ago, has branched into offerings including voice-commanded speakers to original TV shows.
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International Kolkata Book Fair 2018: Date, Venue And Highlights
The 42nd edition of the International Kolkata Book Fair 2018 will be inaugurated today by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and France's Minister of Culture and Communication Francoise Nyssen. The fair, touted to be world's largest attended book fair, will be open for public from January 31 and will continue till February 11. The venue for the ...
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Amazon to Face US Antitrust Crackdown? Not So Far
Regulators have shown little appetite for taking on Amazon as it has expanded from an online bookseller into a marketplace for everything.
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Apple-Amazon Audible Antitrust Case Dropped by EU Regulators
The probe started at the end of 2015, sparked by a complaint from the German publishers and booksellers lobby.
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China Agrees To Talks With Hong Kong Over Bookseller Case
China agreed today to talks with Hong Kong in the wake of explosive revelations by a city bookseller who said he was detained for eight months on the mainland, as fears grow that Beijing is tightening its grip.
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4,000 Hong Kong Protesters Voice Against China On Bookseller Detentions
Over 4,000 people marched in Hong Kong today to protest against China's detention of five booksellers whose shop published gossipy books about Chinese leaders, including President Xi Jinping.
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Hong Kong Protesters Voice Outrage After Bookseller Detentions Exposed
More than 100 activists marched on China's liaison office in Hong Kong on Friday to protest against the detention of five booksellers after one of them recounted his ill-treatment by Chinese authorities.
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30% Bookstores In Afghanistan Shut Due To Lack Of Good Market: Report
The commission to assess the problems of booksellers has revealed that 30 per cent of booksellers in Afghanistan have stopped their business due to a lack of a good market, Afghanistan-based Tolo News reported.
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Olympics Threatens To Erase A Paris Symbol: Over 500 Bookstores Ordered To Move
Booksellers along the river Seine say the Olympics threaten to erase a symbol of Paris after they were told by local authorities that they will have to remove their stalls for the Summer Games opening ceremony in 2024 for security reasons.
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Amazon To Shut Down Its Global Online Bookstore To Cut Costs: Report
Amazon will shut down global online bookstore Book Depository after almost two decades, CNN Business reported. The UK-based bookseller, bought by Amazon in 2011, announced Wednesday that it would cease operations on April 26.
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Bookseller To Ask Nancy Pelosi To Help Hong Kongers At Taiwan Meeting: Report
A staunch defender of human rights and long-time China critic, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to meet rights activists in Taiwan on Wednesday, a move certain to ramp up already fraught tensions between Beijing and Washington.
-
Jeff Bezos Leaves Enduring Legacy As He Steps Away As Amazon CEO
As he prepares to blast off into a new career stage, Jeff Bezos leaves an enduring legacy after transforming Amazon from a modest online bookseller into one of the world's most powerful corporations.
-
US Book Stores Launch 'Boxed Out' Campaign Against Amazon
The American Booksellers Association has launched an advertising campaign against Amazon to alert the public to what it calls the growing danger that book stores are under from the online goliath during the coronavirus pandemic.
-
Presidency University Students To Raise Funds For Cyclone-Hit Booksellers
Students of Presidency University on Tuesday pledged to stand by the cyclone-ravaged booksellers of College Street -- the city's one-stop destination for bibliophiles -- and help them get back on their feet.
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Hong Kong Bookseller Arrested In China Raises $100,000 To Open Store
A Hong Kong bookseller who disappeared into Chinese custody for half a year raised nearly $100,000 in less than a day on Friday as he tries to open a new store in Taiwan.
-
After Stunning Growth Streak, Amazon Ambitions Seem Boundless
Amazon, launched as an Internet bookseller nearly 24 years ago, has branched into offerings including voice-commanded speakers to original TV shows.
-
International Kolkata Book Fair 2018: Date, Venue And Highlights
The 42nd edition of the International Kolkata Book Fair 2018 will be inaugurated today by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and France's Minister of Culture and Communication Francoise Nyssen. The fair, touted to be world's largest attended book fair, will be open for public from January 31 and will continue till February 11. The venue for the ...
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Amazon to Face US Antitrust Crackdown? Not So Far
Regulators have shown little appetite for taking on Amazon as it has expanded from an online bookseller into a marketplace for everything.
-
Apple-Amazon Audible Antitrust Case Dropped by EU Regulators
The probe started at the end of 2015, sparked by a complaint from the German publishers and booksellers lobby.
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China Agrees To Talks With Hong Kong Over Bookseller Case
China agreed today to talks with Hong Kong in the wake of explosive revelations by a city bookseller who said he was detained for eight months on the mainland, as fears grow that Beijing is tightening its grip.
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4,000 Hong Kong Protesters Voice Against China On Bookseller Detentions
Over 4,000 people marched in Hong Kong today to protest against China's detention of five booksellers whose shop published gossipy books about Chinese leaders, including President Xi Jinping.
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Hong Kong Protesters Voice Outrage After Bookseller Detentions Exposed
More than 100 activists marched on China's liaison office in Hong Kong on Friday to protest against the detention of five booksellers after one of them recounted his ill-treatment by Chinese authorities.
