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America's most famous French bookstore to down shutters
NEW YORK (AFP) - America's most famous French bookstore will close its doors this year after 73 years in business, unable to bear a staggering rent increase in New York's Rockefeller Center.
Nations:France U.S. People:Nicolas Sarkozy Source:(AFP)
2009-01-02
Borders returns to Web retailing after 7 years
Borders Group Inc. is returning to online retailing after seven years paired with Amazon.com, but analysts say it will be a challenge for the nation's second-largest bookseller to compete with established Web retailers.
Nations:U.S.
2008-05-27
Borders book stores may be sold
Borders, the nation's second-largest bookseller, said Thursday it may put itself up for sale and has lined up $42.5 million in financing to help the chain continue operations.
Nations:New Zealand
2008-03-20
"War and Peace" translations duel for Tolstoy fans
One is long, the other is longer. Two newly published translations of "War and Peace" have prompted renewed debate over the famed work by Leo Tolstoy.
Nations:France People:Leo Tolstoy
2007-10-21
Malaysian bookstores shelve Harry Potter boycott
The final Harry Potter book is back on the shelves of four major Malaysian bookstores after they agreed to end a sales boycott in protest over heavy discounting by two hypermarkets.
Nations:Malaysia
2007-07-24
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