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A Million Little Panderers This commentary poses the questions: Post-Harry Potter, what will be the next big hit in book publishing? Will it be based upon merit or celebrity? |
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October 14, 2011
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Amazon Gets Back to Its Roots Amazon's making inroads in the publishing industry. |
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March 23, 2007
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Building a Better Borders? The bookseller outlines some interesting avenues for growth, but investors will have to wait a while. |
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2007
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Gathering Shoppers at Borders The bookseller is the latest to jump on the social-networking bandwagon. It doesn't hurt for Borders to try to drive retail traffic and sales -- both online and to its bricks-and-mortar locations -- in this way. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2010
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Kindle Becomes Amazon's Best-Selling Product of All Time The leading online retailer has another round of hollow accolades for its Kindle. |
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September 14, 2006
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Foolish Book Review: "The Wisdom of Crowds" James Surowiecki's book is a fun, thought-provoking read that puts forth a theory that could have very important implications in business, investing, and the direction of the Internet these days. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2008
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Fool Video: 5 Big Technologies for Investors, New Competition for Amazon, and How Not to Protect Your Identity Amazon's Borders challenge, investing in robots, and how not to protect your identity are all discussed in this video. |
The Motley Fool
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The Best E-Commerce Stock for 2007: Amazon.com While Amazon's expected to report lower net income for 2006 (on a 24% increase in revenues), it's certainly not some old, doddering, slow-growth company yet. |
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Breaking Down on "Breaking Dawn" Borders and Barnes & Noble; Noble want to drink your blood. Book chains are getting into the spirit of things for the release of Breaking Dawn, the fourth installment in Stephanie Meyer's Twilight book series. |
The Motley Fool
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A Big Bid for E-Bookworms Sony and Borders are hoping for a blockbuster hit in digital books. Investors will have to wait a few quarters to see how it turns out for these companies. |
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Amazon Misses Its Target Amazon is finally targeting Target for its Kindle retail debut. |
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July 16, 2007
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Amazon's Harry Situation Amazon.com's gearing up for Harry Potter at the perfect time. Investors, take note. |
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November 7, 2011
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Don't Buy Amazon.com. Fear It. The e-commerce giant should be known as The Great Disruptor. |
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November 11, 2009
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Is Borders the Next Circuit City? If it can't survive this holiday season's impending price war, bookseller Borders could be the next big retailer to close. |
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August 3, 2006
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Dueling Fools: Amazon.com Bull Rebuttal Don't underestimate the power of Amazon. Despite its recent fall, the stock trades at a P/E of 38. That sounds understandably pricey to investors who are comparing it to slower-growth companies. |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2007
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Harry Potter's Magic Returns Although the short term looks bright for the booksellers, given the imminent arrival of Harry's final chapter, there's a lot for investors to contemplate when it comes to booksellers' long-term outlook. Harry Potter may be magic, but this spell doesn't last forever. |
The Motley Fool
July 20, 2007
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Book Leaks While Scholastic chases down retailers who shipped the new Harry Potter book too soon and cyber-spoilers who have printed pages online, the rest of the world eagerly anticipates the midnight release of the final installment in the seven book series. |
BusinessWeek
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Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Amazon has relentlessly dropped prices on books and other products and offered free shipping. It has also worked on attracting more retailers to its platform. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2007
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Magical Earnings at Scholastic Harry Potter helps Scholastic turn in another good quarter, but what does the publisher have planned for the future, now that the series is finished? |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2007
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Another Unexciting Chapter at Borders Sales are strong, but the bookseller still sees a significant loss in the second-quarter. Investors, take note. |
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July 18, 2005
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Still Hog-Wild Over Hogwarts After six books and three films, Harry Potter shows no signs of slowing down. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2006
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Fuzzy Around the Borders Booksellers' quarterly results this week haven't been an exciting read, and Borders is no different. Investors, take note. |
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June 30, 2004
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Get Ready for Harry Potter VI J.K. Rowling releases the official title for the sixth volume in the series. The financial juggernaut that is the Harry Potter franchise just keeps on rolling. |
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July 8, 2010
Jim Royal |
Is There Anything This Company Can't Sell? Amazon.com expands its tentacles even further. |
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April 4, 2005
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Amazon Buys On Demand Player BookSurge Company moves further into print-on-demand market. |
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December 7, 2011
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What You Need to Know About Amazon's Book-Publishing Move The online giant is moving into children's books. |
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Can Anything Save This Wreck? The resignation of CEO Ron Marshall is yet another ominous sign for beleaguered bookseller Borders. |
Salon.com
January 12, 2001
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Harry Potter hanky-panky Book publishers' furtive change of a key detail in "The Goblet of Fire" has fans buzzing. |
The Motley Fool
July 23, 2010
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Is Amazon Regressing? Amazon.com is coming up short where it counts the most. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2007
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Amazon's Classical Blowout Should investors blow a gasket over the e-tailer's cheap classical music? |
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July 13, 2005
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Potter Gets Hotter Preliminary buzz seems to indicate that Harry keeps getting stronger. If Scholastic shares seem a little sluggish at the moment, despite all the excitement, maybe investors are starting to wonder how the future will look for Scholastic without Harry and his magic. |
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May 2012
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Feature: The Ebook Wars - Amazon Versus the Rest The move to electronic publication of books is creating some of the same issues and problems for publishers and distributors that the music industry -- not to mention, the information industry -- has been dealing with for years now: disintermediation. |
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Big-Box Booksellers Have Lost the Plot Borders and Barnes & Noble offer painful lessons for investors. |
Fast Company
September 2001
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Harry Potter's Corporate Parent Behind the Harry Potter juggernaut is a London-based company that is rewriting the rule book in publishing. Its formula: Stay nimble, share the wealth, and work the way your authors do... |
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April 13, 2007
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5 Things I Learned From Grinderman How buying one music disc brought about five observations about the music industry, both in its physical and digital formats. |
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August 27, 2008
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Borders Peddles Pulp Fiction Borders' latest quarter may look much improved on the surface, but the numbers -- and investors' response to them -- remind one of the genre known as "pulp fiction." |
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June 11, 2007
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Harry Potter Can't Save the Day Even bestsellers aren't much of a boon in the current bookstore climate. Investors, it's hard to foresee sustainable growth ahead. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2005
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Amazon's Spring Cleaning Amazon.com comes through with a better-than-expected quarterly showing. Investors, take note. |
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July 9, 2009
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The Kindle Price Cuts Keep Coming Electronic books keep getting cheaper. |
The Motley Fool
May 30, 2007
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Borders Group Still Regrouping Apparently, the performance at book retailer Borders Group will have to go down to go up, because 2007 is turning out to be a more challenging transition year than investors had anticipated. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Is Amazon Connect a Page Turner? Will authors' blogs help Amazon sell? For now, the most compelling content for many investors is going to be the company's earnings announcement. |
The Motley Fool
June 13, 2008
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Should Amazon.com Buy Borders? An activist Borders shareholder wants to sell to the leading online retailer. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2011
Gary Cassady |
In-Depth Analysis: Can Borders Survive? Can Borders right its ship? |
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November 16, 2007
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Amazon's e-Book Reader Set For Gala Debut Online retailer Amazon.com is expected to reveal Kindle, its new e-book reader device, at a gala event in New York City. |
BusinessWeek
June 21, 2004
Christopher Farrell |
Heeding The Herd Instinct "The Wisdom of the Crowds" by James Surowiecki discusses why the many are smarter than the few and how collective wisdom shapes business, economies, societies, and nations. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2012
Alyce Lomax |
Why I'm Buying This Tech Giant Amazon is big, but it could get a lot bigger. |
The Motley Fool
November 27, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Why Kindle Will Change the World On Amazon's digital reader Kindle, anyone can sign up, anyone can be published. Amazon stands to profit nicely from this. |
AskMen.com
February 18, 2015
Ian Taylor |
How To Write A Book The rise of the e-book means the traditional publishing model is increasingly outdated. If you have a story to tell, you don't need an agent or a deal with a publishing house. |
