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By Paul Wachter - AOL NewsIt's been a bad couple of decades for independent bookstores. First, came the Wal-Martization of Barnes & Noble and Borders, and then the online, price-slashing Amazon.com. It would seem the advent of the e-reader -- the Kindle, the iPad -- would be another blow, were it not for an unlikely ally: Google. "Google is on the verge of completing a deal with the American Booksellers Association, the trade group for independent bookstores, to make Google Editions [the company's new e-book] the primary source of e-books on the websites of hundreds of independent booksellers around the country, ...
Amazon Battles Back on Sales Tax
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyIt's Amazon vs. Colorado, bloggers vs. lawmakers, local retailers vs. behemoths and, of course, Democrats vs. Republicans. A week after Colorado enacted sales taxes for retailers with affiliates in the state, Amazon fired back Monday, eliminating thousands of "associates." Those associates are typically retailers or bloggers who include Amazon advertising on their pages in exchange for a cut of the revenue when a Web surfer clicks and buys. The 2.9 percent online sales tax is one of nine tax measures signed by Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter to help close the state's huge budget shortfall but it's ...
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