http://news.auctionsviewer.com/books Just another News.auctionsviewer.com weblog Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en February 1, 2008 -- If we can't get our hands on inexpensive, historical surplus pieces, there's no reason we can't have some fun with the today's beautifully made and...Original post by default@goarticles.com (Marie Wakefield) http://news.auctionsviewer.com/books/2008/02/01/guns-magazine-surplus-replicas-traditions-new-model-army-44/ Sprint Nextel Corp., the nation's third-largest wireless provider, said Thursday it will have to write off a significant chunk of the remaining value of its 2005 purchase of Nextel Communications Inc.Original post by Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://news.auctionsviewer.com/books/2008/01/31/spint-nextel-may-have-big-write-down/ Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday it will buy online audio book seller Audible Inc.Original post by Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://news.auctionsviewer.com/books/2008/01/31/amazon-buying-audiblecom-for-300m/ " Since the 1990's Andy Campbell has experimented with the possibilities of writing fiction for the computer screen and, although most people still consider fiction something they'd read from a book, an ...Original post by Jess Laccetti's Musings http://news.auctionsviewer.com/books/2008/01/31/andy-campbell-the-ioct/ AFTER READING JUST A FEW PAGES, it's easy to understand why Random House is so giddily excited about Charles Bock's debut novel, Beautiful Children.Original post by Las Vegas City Life http://news.auctionsviewer.com/books/2008/01/31/neon-shadows/ In a Jan. 30 story about Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick, Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth," The Associated Press misstated the starting date of the Web program on the book.Original post by San Jose Mercury News http://news.auctionsviewer.com/books/2008/01/31/correction-books-winfrey/ Do not go gentle into that good night, Audible ! The digital audiobook specialist has agreed to join forces with Amazon.com , like so many promising young companies before it.Original post by Fool.com http://news.auctionsviewer.com/books/2008/01/31/dont-go-yet-audible/ MOSCOW : Russia has split its government fund for oil windfall profits into two portions and cleared the way to invest one of them, whose size rivals the largest U.S. hedge funds, in Western stocks and bonds.Original post by International Herald Tribune http://news.auctionsviewer.com/books/2008/01/31/russia-opens-door-to-investing-its-oil-reserves-in-western-stocks-and-bonds/ Amazon.com wants you to download your favorite reading and audio material on line.Original post by Forbes http://news.auctionsviewer.com/books/2008/01/31/amazon-calls-an-audible/ NIAGARA GAZETTE What do Peyton Manning and Las Vegas have in common? They will both do anything possible to make a dollar.Original post by Journal-Register http://news.auctionsviewer.com/books/2008/01/31/gambling-big-football-games-mean-bigger-bets/