Pre-orders surge for O.J. Simpson book
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A week ago, Barnes &amp; Noble, Inc., announced it would not keep copies of the new edition of O.J. Simpson's "If I Did It" in its stores, saying the book was not expected to sell well.
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Once again, a Japanese airline has come through with much-needed good news for Boeing, boosting the 7E7 order book. Boeing announced late last night an order from Japan Airlines (JAL) for 30 7E7s, with an option for 20 more.
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Tycho: There are two things I must mention.First, Gabriel liked the cover for book four (entitled "Birds Are Weird") so much that he wanted to make a poster of it, and it's not worth arguing with him when he gets like that so we let him do it. It is, even now, awailable!Also: PAX preregistration opens today, and since we've had a couple of these now you probably know if it's something you'd like to attend. You save ten dollars over the door price, which is, like, ten bucks. This is money you could put toward some other purpose!(CW)TB
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By DAVID TWIDDY KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Wayne amassed thousands of books in a warehouse during the 10 years he has run his used book store, Prospero's Books.
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The surge of interest in Barack Obama after his speech to the Democratic National Convention is spilling over to a book he wrote a decade ago, with a first edition copy going for &#36;255 on eBay and pre-release orders for a new edition already putting it on best-seller lists.
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The family of Ron Goldman has purchased the rights to O.J. Simpson's canceled book, "If I Did It," from a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee in a settlement reached Monday. The book rights will be held in the name of Ron Goldman LLC, Goldman family attorney David Cook said.
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"If I Did It," O.J. Simpson's hypothetical account of his ex-wife's slaying, has hit No. 2 on the New York Times best-sellers list for non-fiction, topping former U.S. President Bill Clinton's book "Giving."
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O.J. Simpson's scuttled book about  the murder of his ex-wife attracted hot but brief bidding on  eBay before being removed on Wednesday, while the former  football star laughingly said he had been paid and had spent  his advance.
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The bookseller beats core earnings estimates and raises its full-year guidance.
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Around 100,000 copies of the new Band Aid single were sold on its first day of release yesterday, according to estimates. Eager shoppers were queueing before stores opened to get their hands on the CD; HMV opened up an hour early to accomodate the demand.
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A Miami bankruptcy judge on Friday gave the father of Ron Goldman the rights to a book by O.J. Simpson that speaks in hypothetical terms about the 1994 murders of Goldman and Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole.
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By JESSICA MINTZ SEATTLE - Amazon.com Inc. has taken more than a million pre-orders for the final &quot;Harry Potter&quot; book due out in July, but the world's largest Web retailer won't make a profit, Chief Executive Jeff Bezos told shareholders at the company's annual meeting Thursday.
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A judge ordered on Tuesday that  rights to O.J. Simpson&#39;s aborted book, &quot;If I Did It,&quot; be sold  at auction to help satisfy a civil judgment against the former  football star -- meaning the book could find its way into  stores.
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O.J. Simpson's scuttled book about the hypothetical murder of his ex-wife appeared for sale on the Internet on Wednesday, attracting bids of $1,500 within the first two hours.
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Business & money: Publisher Bloomsbury boosted by strong overseas pre-orders of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
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By Kathy Morrison, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Dec. 17--With just about a week left for Christmas shopping, I couldn't resist offering a few more suggestions of gifts for readers of chapter books.
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES  - After a firestorm of criticism, News Corp. has scrapped its plan to release a controversial O.J. Simpson book and television special, with chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch taking the extraordinary step of personally apologizing for the pain it might have caused the families of the victims of 1994 double murder.