UK supermarket says Potter publisher "profiteering"
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The publisher of the Harry Potter books called in the lawyers after a British supermarket chain accused it of "blatant profiteering" for charging 17.99 pounds ($36) for the final novel in the series.
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Amazon.com Inc, the Web retailer known for selling books, said it had paid about $4 million to buy a handwritten, illustrated book of wizardry by "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling.
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The New York Times published a review of  the final Harry Potter book on Thursday before it went on sale,  drawing a stinging response from author J.K. Rowling.
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LONDON &#151; Harry Potter has cast a spell on British book buyers, who purchased more than 2.6 million copies of the boy wizard's final adventure in 24 hours, an industry data service said Monday.
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Publishers of the new Harry Potter novel have been trying to suppress websites featuring extracts apparently taken from the book. By Esther Addley.
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BLOOMSBURY, the publishing house behind the phenomenally successful Harry Potter novels, has hinted that it could have more blockbusters in its pipeline.
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Blog: Online book distributor and parent company are now up to their eyeballs in lawsuit, and something is awfully fishy in Hogwarts.
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Bloomsbury PLC, the British publisher of the Harry Potter books, said Thursday that advance orders for the latest and final volume of the series are 17 percent ahead of the pre-orders for the previous book.
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Leading British supermarkets have  embarked on a last-minute price war over the final book in the  Harry Potter wizard series, slashing prices to 4.99 pounds  ($10.23) in an effort to lure shoppers to their stores.
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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 sixth Potter book tops bookseller Amazon's chart less than 24 hours after its release date is announced.
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The seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series has become online retailer Amazon's most pre-ordered product, with almost 1.6 million copies bought globally ahead of the book's release on July 21.
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The British competition watchdog accused British supermarkets and dairies on Thursday of colluding to fix prices, resulting in customers being overcharged 270 million pounds (386 million euros, 542 million dollars) for dairy products.
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Maybe it should be called "Harry Potter and the Deathly Discounts." British retailer Asda Group Ltd. said yesterday it would sell the final book in the Harry Potter series for $10, just over one-fourth of the recommended retail price.
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Amazon.com Inc, the Web retailer known  for selling books, said it had paid about $4 million to buy a  handwritten, illustrated book of wizardry by "Harry Potter"  author J.K. Rowling.
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British supermarket chain Asda apologized to the publisher of the Harry Potter books on Tuesday, having accused it earlier of "blatant profiteering" for charging 17.99 pounds ($36) for the last novel in the series.
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The final book in the Harry Potter series sold an estimated 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours of sale, setting a new record for the book industry, according to U.S. publisher Scholastic.