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Is Amazon Planning Hundreds Of Bookstores? Analysts Doubt It

10:01pm February 03, 2016

by Yuki Noguchi

A mall real estate executive let slip that Amazon plans to build up to 400 walk-in stores. Analysts were skeptical, and now the executive says his comment wasn't intended to represent Amazon's plans.

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Alain Mabanckou, a French novelist born in the Republic of Congo, wrote a letter to support Cameroonian poet Dieudonne Enoh Meyomesse.

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Book News: In Support Of Persecuted Colleagues, Writers Turn To Letters

7:39am June 19, 2015

by Colin Dwyer

In the run-up to the Day of the Imprisoned Writer, authors have written open letters to several imperiled authors around the world. Also: A recap of the truce between Amazon and Hachette.

Franklin Foer recently wrote a cover story for The New Republic titled, "Amazon Must Be Stopped." He argued against Amazon at the latest Intelligence Squared U.S. debate — and won.

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Debate: Is Amazon The Reader's Friend?

4:01pm January 22, 2015

by NPR Staff

Two teams of editors and writers, including best-selling author Scott Turow, face off over Amazon's influence over the publishing industry, in the latest debate from Intelligence Squared U.S.

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Visitors walk through the Hachette Book Group's exhibition in May at BookExpo America, the annual industry convention in New York.

Amazon And Hachette Reach A Deal On E-Book Pricing

2:00pm November 13, 2014

by Colin Dwyer

The multiyear agreement, which will take effect in early 2015, ends a months-long stalemate between the online retail giant and the publishing powerhouse.

Amazon Wants To Put A Listening Speaker In Your Home

1:12pm November 07, 2014

by Avie Schneider

Are you ready to bring an eavesdropping device that's connected to the cloud into the privacy of your abode? Amazon thinks so, as it introduces Echo, a speaker that takes your questions and commands.

An Amazon.com employee walks down one of the miles of aisles at an Amazon.com Fulfillment Center in Phoenix.

Amazon To Hire 80,000 Holiday Workers

7:44am October 16, 2014

by Doreen McCallister

An increase in customer demand is prompting Amazon to add 14 percent more temporary workers this holiday season than it hired last year at this time.

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Book News: Big Names And A Few Surprises Among National Book Award Finalists

9:28am October 15, 2014

by Colin Dwyer

The prominent literary prize narrowed its nominees to 20 writers — a mix of heavyweights and many new ones. And across the Atlantic, Richard Flanagan won Britain's biggest award, the Man Booker Prize.

Report: Amazon To Open Brick-And-Mortar Store

6:52pm October 09, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

The Wall Street Journal reports the online retailer's store will also serve as a mini-warehouse that could provide same-day delivery the New York region.

Employees pack copies of the new book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for shipment in July 2007 at an Amazon fulfillment center in Fernley, Nev. Workers at the center filed a suit in 2013, seeking compensation for time spent in a mandatory security l

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Justices Will Decide Whether Workers Must Endure Unpaid Inconvenience

11:26am October 09, 2014

by Nina Totenberg

Some employees who worked for an Amazon fulfillment warehouse in Nevada had to wait nearly 25 minutes after each shift to be screened by security. They want to be compensated for that time.

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Book News: Listen To The First-Timers Nominated For PEN Prize

9:40am September 29, 2014

by Colin Dwyer

A night before the winner's declared, the writers shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize read their works. Listen here first. Also: Thomas Pynchon might soon be coming to the big screen.