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Topic: Harry Potter
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Bestselling books the week of 5/31/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/24/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/10/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/3/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/26/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/31/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Decoder Wire
New Romney ad outlines Day 1 of his presidency. Realistic? (+video)
If Mitt Romney is elected president, he'll have a busy first day, according to a new ad that outlines his priorities. But the ad may overpromise on what a President Romney could deliver.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/24/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Superheroes arrive to rescue ... Hollywood?
Box office analysts say 'The Avengers' is only the beginning of potential blockbusters for the summer season.
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Chapter & Verse
Harry Potter comes to Kindle
All the books in the Harry Potter series will arrive in the Kindle lending library – free for Amazon Prime members – on June 19.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/10/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Women and 3D help 'The Avengers' set box office record (+video)
Women bought 40 percent of all tickets to 'The Avengers.' The action movie beat 'Harry Potter' in setting a first weekend box office record with $200 million in ticket sales.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/3/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Prime literary real estate
They like to imagine themselves living in grand fictional homes – or even humble ones.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/26/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/19/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Change Agent
'Harry Potter' and 'The Hunger Games' fans urged to do good
Movies can inspire social action, says Andrew Slack, head of the Harry Potter Alliance. He challenges fans to 'fight injustices in our world the way [Harry Potter] fought injustices in his world.'
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Bestselling books the week of 4/12/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Modern Parenthood
Hunger Games: What's so great about a teen fight to the death?
Calling all Hunger Games fans: Help this mom "get it." Why is a fight to the death among teens so great?
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Hunger Games: anti-family or bonding tool?
Is “The Hunger Games” franchise subversively anti-family, or a family bonding tool? So far, many parents seem to be voting with their wallets. “The Hunger Games” movie has now surpassed the $300 million mark in total ticket sales, cleaning up for the third straight week at the box office.
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The Hunger Games: Great book. Good movie. Dangerous video game?
Lionsgate is looking to make "The Hunger Games" into a video game. But considering the plot of Suzanne Collins' books, designers must balance the series' graphic fight scenes with its PG-13 audience.
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Chapter & Verse
Pottermore gives users a sneak peek (+ video)
A new video offers Harry Potter fans a glimpse of the books and activities – the chance to be "Sorted" into a house or to duel with other users – that will be enjoyed on official Harry Potter website "Pottemore."
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Bestselling books the week of 4/5/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 3/29/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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How 'The Hunger Games' scored a marketing win
Lionsgate took a number of huge marketing risks with 'The Hunger Games,' including a March opening. They paid off with the biggest box-office debut outside of the summer season.
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'Hunger Games' leads Hollywood's dramatic turnaround
'The Hunger Games' posted the third-best opening in US history, adding to Hollywood's surge after a poor 2011, which saw the worst ticket sales in 16 years.
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Change Agent
'The Hunger Games' movie attracts campaigns to fight real-world hunger
'The Hunger Games' stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth urge fans to fight hunger. But some fans are forming their own hunger campaign – 'Hunger is Not a Game' – using the hashtag #NotAGame.
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Terrorism & Security
EU expands Syrian sanctions to include Assad's fashionable British wife
The European Union has announced that it will freeze the assets of four members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's family, including his British wife Asma.
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'Hunger Games' fandom: Can it become a force for good?
'The Hunger Games' is filled with themes of social justice, but efforts to motivate the fandom to fight hunger and join other causes have faltered. The films could change that.
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Chapter & Verse
'Harry Potter' e-book, audio pre-sales: delayed
Pre-sales to school and public libraries of 'Harry Potter' e-books and audio have been temporarily suspended.
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