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Amazon.com net sales, marketing expenses up

July 26, 2011

Amazon.com reported a net sales increase of 51% in the second quarter to $9.9 billion, compared with the second quarter of 2010. Marketing expenses increased 61.6% to $341 million in Q2 for the Seattle-based e-commerce company.
 

Amazon.com to acquire Book Depository

July 05, 2011

Amazon.com agreed to acquire online bookseller The Book Depository International, a UK-based retailer, on July 4.The Book Depository reported sales of $173.5 million in the 12 months ending in June.
 

Amazon Q1 sales up, net income down, as marketing expenses balloon

April 26, 2011

Amazon.com net sales increased 38% year-over-year to $9.86 billion in the first quarter of 2011, the company said April 26 in an earnings report. However, net income decreased 33% to $201 million in the quarter, compared with the prior year, as marketing expenses increased by $126 million.
 

My travels with Hemingway and The Godfather: Why you can shove your e-reader

April 12, 2011

The closing of my neighborhood Borders reinforces my love for physical books and reaffirms my disinterest in e-reading.
 

Scholastic turns to data, loyalty in renewed push for book clubs

September 03, 2010

While many in the publishing world have been slow to embrace the digital evolution (save for a few e-readers), Scholastic is looking to take its decidedly old-fashioned - but popular - book clubs and bring them into a new era.