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Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- HMV Group Plc , the U.K.'s largest music retailer, said revenue growth weakened in the past 18 weeks as a dearth of non-fiction book releases hurt sales at the Waterstone's chain and offset booming demand for video games. Same ...

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HMV Sales Growth Slows on Lack of Non-Fiction Books (Update2) - Bloomberg

HMV reported a slowdown in sales growth today as revenues from the Waterstone's bookshops business fell and the overall economic picture darkened. The company, which is into the second year of a recovery plan to shift its focus away from traditional ...

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HMV slips as Harry Potter magic fades - Guardian Unlimited

THE printer of the Harry Potter books, St Ives, is to axe its final salary pension scheme for existing employees. Chief executive Brian Edward said it was "regretful" that the plan was closing but said the company was forced to because of escalating ...

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Printer closes pension book - Edinburgh News

HMV reported a robust performance at its music and entertainment stores, but sales at Waterstones, the book store, fell in comparison with last year, when the last Harry Potter title boosted trade. Ahead of the group’s annual meeting on Friday, HMV ...

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HMV sounds upbeat note as sales rise - Financial Times

Ah med is 12, and he is trying to cajole the librarian at Maadi’s Public Library to let him borrow the only copy the library owns of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The system is down, she tells him. Dejected, Ahmed takes the copy and ...

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Heard in the Playground - Egypt Today

NEW YORK — Another beloved children's series will soon be over. The fifth and final of Rick Riordan's million-selling "Percy Jackson and the Olympian" books, "The Last Olympian," is coming out May 5, 2009. The first four adventures of the 12-year ...

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"Percy Jackson" children's book series to end next year - Seattle Times

NEW YORK -- Once upon a time, Halloween was a one-day event. Then the pumpkins and parties started moving back to the weeks between Columbus Day and Oct. 31. Now the holiday is morphing into an entire season, at least in the tourism industry, with ...

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Halloween not just a day but a season - Delaware Online

Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- HMV Group Plc , the U.K.'s largest music retailer, said revenue growth weakened in the past 18 weeks as a dearth of non-fiction book releases hurt sales at the Waterstone's chain and offset booming demand for video games. Same ...

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HMV Sales Growth Slows on Lack of Non-Fiction Books (Update2) - Bloomberg

Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- HMV Group Plc , the U.K.'s largest music retailer, said revenue growth weakened in the past 18 weeks as a dearth of non-fiction book releases hurt sales at the Waterstone's chain and offset booming demand for video games. Same ...

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HMV Sales Growth Weakens on Dearth of Non-Fiction Book Releases - Bloomberg

NEW YORK - On Tuesday, the U.S. publisher of Harry Potter will premiere a highly ambitious series with a mystery ending for readers and a couple of puzzlers for the industry: How big is the market for a multimedia story - and can a phenomenon be ...

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