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google.com - 17 days ago

The Associated Press: Price moves up and down for new Grisham book

— google.com — 1 day ago NEW YORK It was a weird day in the book price wars. The cost of John Grisham's "Ford County," officially released Tuesday, moved up and down like stock market shares as rivals Amazon.com and Walmart.com extended, then rescinded, their high ... (more) The Associated Press: Price moves up and down for new ...

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theatlanticwire.com - 22 days ago

Are Amazon, Target, and Wal

— theatlanticwire.com — Are Amazon, Target, and Wal-Mart Destroying Books? No Trams to Lime Street/Flickr The American Booksellers Association has asked the Justice Department to investigate a pricing war between Amazon, Target, and Wal-Mart. The three giants have been ... (more) Are Amazon, Target, and Wal

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luxuryreading.com - 20 days ago

Book Price Wars continued

— luxuryreading.com — There has been a flurry of new activity since I last blogged about the now infamous book price wars. Wal-Mart is now offering ten hardcover pre-releases for $8.98 (see Time magazine article), Target has jumped on the bandwagon and is offering the same ten books for $8.99, and Sears is now ... (more) Book Price Wars continued

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Now This Is Just Silly
Book Chase — ... We've talked about the limited price war on books being fought by Walmart, Target and Amazon but what happened today turns an idea that already is dangerous to publishing into one that is simply absurd. John Grisham's new book, Ford County , seems to have helped set off a feeding frenzy. This ...

National Bookstore Day Today: Let’s Shop!
January Magazine — ... and the hardcover price wars of earlier this autumn, there’s got to have been at least a few days in 2009 when some booksellers just didn’t even want to get out of bed. All of this leads us to the Publishers Weekly -sponsored ...