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Windows 7 to Harry Potter: Expelliarmus

in News on October 21, 2009 at 10:01 am PT

Here’s an interesting Windows 7 stat as we near the operating system’s official release: It’s Amazon U.K.’s biggest pre-ordered product of all time. In fact, the online retailer has received more pre-orders for Windows 7 than it did for J.K. Rowling’s final “Harry Potter” book.
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Kindle Averts Battle Over Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol"

in News on August 13, 2009 at 3:30 pm PT

Many publishers were eager to see if Random House would challenge Amazon’s strategy of pricing the book industry’s most successful titles at $9.99 for the Kindle e-reader by withholding the e-book edition of Dan Brown’s upcoming novel, “The Lost Symbol.”