Tuesday, June 17, 2014

THE ROUNDUP with PW


Labor Department Probes Worker Deaths : Two workers have died at Amazon fulfillment centers since December, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, adding to safety questions about the warehouses where packages are shipped to customers.

Books to Hit the Big Screen This Fall : If you want to be prepared for the fall movie season, check out this summer reading list.

How to Quit Amazon: And shop in an actual bookstore (via "Esquire").

Amazon Seeks to Tether Consumers : The retailer is expected to introduce a smartphone on Wednesday at an event in Seattle, a long-rumored project that aims to close any remaining gap between the impulse to buy and the completed act.

How An Iraqi Poet Translated 'Ulysses' : On Bloomsday, June 16, readers celebrate "Ulysses," one of the greatest - and most demanding - novels in English. How much more challenging is it to translate James Joyce's masterpiece into Arabic?


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