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guardian.co.uk  May 17  Comment 
Independent retailers angry at lack of government intervention on web retailer's tax payments Independent booksellers have hit out at the government following this week's news that Amazon has paid only £3m on £4bn sales, saying it is time for...
guardian.co.uk  Apr 24  Comment 
The petition, asking the PM to make Amazon pay UK corporation tax, had over 150,000 signatures Supported by Stephen Fry, Margaret Hodge and Charlie Higson, independent booksellers Frances and Keith Smith delivered a petition calling on David...
New York Times  Apr 14  Comment 
The publishing world — stinging after a 2012 in which the Pulitzer Prize board did not bestow a fiction award — hopes for a winner in 2013.     
guardian.co.uk  Feb 22  Comment 
The UK loses 7% of its remaining independent bookshops in the past year, with the total down a third since 2005 Another 73 independent booksellers shut up shop in 2012 – more than one casualty for every week of the year – bringing the number...
The Hindu Business Line  Feb 13  Comment 
After protesting over controversial maps in Chinese passports claiming sovereignty over disputed South China Sea, the Philippines has asked all book stores in the country not to sell globes made i...
The Hindu Business Line  Jan 7  Comment 
The 37th edition of the Kolkata Book Fair will be inaugurated on January 26 this year. The fair would continue up to February 10. According to the organisers, Publishers & Booksellers...
NPR  Nov 26  Comment 
Independent bookstores have weathered competition from big chains, Amazon and now e-books. But NPR's Lynn Neary reports that this year's holiday shopping season looks like an improvement on past years, as booksellers offer quality hardcovers and...
guardian.co.uk  Nov 21  Comment 
Seasonal selection includes 101 Uses of a Dead Kindle along with other 'alternative' gift tips Booksellers are poking fun at Amazon with a new Christmas campaign pushing the tongue-in-cheek title 101 Uses of a Dead Kindle. The book by Adrian...
guardian.co.uk  Nov 20  Comment 
Indie booksellers advertise their tax returns in dig at online giant's alleged use of tax havens "We pay our taxes!" independent booksellers are telling customers across the country in the latest fightback against Amazon. A new high-street...
Wall Street Journal  Nov 18  Comment 
Barnes & Noble and other booksellers are counting on familiar names to ignite holiday sales when there is no obvious blockbuster equal to last year's biography of Steve Jobs.




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