Nobel Laureate Jelinek Book Sales Soar
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Readers are eager to learn more about Austria's Elfriede Jelinek, who was virtually unknown in the United States before the announcement that she had received the Nobel Prize for literature.
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A book of fairy tales created, handwritten and illustrated by J.K. Rowling sold for nearly $4 million at auction Thursday.
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Two economists whose work paved the way for success in the fight against inflation in Britain and other countries were rewarded with the Nobel prize yesterday.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Elfriede Jelinek, an Austrian novelist and playwright, has won the Nobel Prize in literature -- the first woman in eight years to be awarded the prize.
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Western European car sales jumped by 7.7 percent on the year in December, due to higher demand in Germany, the Association of European Auto Manufacturers said Friday.
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Vienna, October 8: Austrian author Elfriede Jelinek fears that winning the Nobel Prize for Literature will turn her into something she never wanted to be -- a celebrity.
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More than 140 books were unveiled on  Monday as candidates for one of the world's richest literary  awards.
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The Nobel prize for literature has this year been awarded to the Austrian novelist, playwright and poet Elfriede Jelinek. The Swedish Academy, which has given the award to a European nine times in the last
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A hand-written and illustrated tale of wizardry by Harry Potter author JK Rowling fetched 1.95 million pounds ($3.98 million) -- nearly 40 times its expected price -- at auction on Thursday.
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More books are sold on the internet than any other product and the number is increasing, research suggests.
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STOCKHOLM/VIENNA: Elfriede Jelinek on Thursday became the 10th woman and first Austrian to win the Nobel Literature Prize. Speculation had been rife that a woman would win.
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A hand-written and illustrated tale of  wizardry by Harry Potter author JK Rowling fetched 1.95 million  pounds ($3.98 million) -- nearly 40 times its expected price --  at auction on Thursday.
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The first novel in a decade by Nobel Prize author Gabriel Garcia Marquez went on sale across the Spanish-speaking world Wednesday, a launch pushed forward because counterfeiters were already selling copies of "Memories of My Melancholy Whores."
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OSLO -- Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus said yesterday the prize has given momentum to his cherished program of helping the poor through small loans, bringing him a flood of e-mails and invitations to meet with world leaders.
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U.S. sales of the seventh and final Harry Potter volume hit an estimated 8.3 million in the first 24 hours, confirming its place in the history books as the fastest-selling book ever.
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ANKARA, Turkey  - His books have sold more copies  than almost any other author in Europe this year and are hotly  debated by housewives and intellectuals alike, but newspapers  are reluctant to publish his work.
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Pope John Paul II has not allowed his fragile health to hamper a prodigious writing habit, with his latest book bound for bestseller status following its launch at the Frankfurt Book Fair.