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THE ROUNDUP
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Really? You're
Not In a Book Club?: "I used to think that the popularity
of this institution was a quirk of life in New York...But the book-club boom is
nationwide." From James Atlas's opinion piece in the "New York
Times."
'Divergent' Tops
Weekend Box Office : The teen science-fiction franchise
"Divergent" debuted with $56 million at the box office, one of the
year's biggest openings, but one shy of some expectations.
How to Read at
600 Words Per Minute : You don't even have to move your eyes
with the latest speed-reading apps.
Apple, Amazon
Hit with VAT Rulings: Apple and Amazon will no longer be able to
dodge charging VAT on U.K. downloads after chancellor George Osborne moved to
close a loophole which allowed the international giants to skip the 20 percent
tax.
Toronto Book
Lovers Mourn Closings: This month, three landmark bookstores
with a total of 101 years in business are closing their doors. For more than
three decades, Book City’s flagship branch in the Annex, the World’s Biggest
Bookstore in the heart of downtown and The Cookbook Store in Yorkville were
centrepieces of their communities.
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