Books and authors

• Amazon.com Introduces Print-On-Demand Program for Book Publishers; Program Lowers Economic Barriers for Publishers While Increasing Selection for Amazon.com Customers

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  May 19, 2006

• Amazon.com Launches ''Amazon Connect'' Enabling Customers to Receive Messages Directly from Authors

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  February 01, 2006

• Amazon.com Announces Plans for Innovative Digital Book Programs That Will Enable Customers to Purchase Online Access to Any Page, Section, or Chapter of a Book, as Well as the Book in Its Entirety

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  November 03, 2005

• Amazon.co.jp's Bookstore starts “Nakami Kensaku!™ (Search Inside!™),” a New Program of Searching and Previewing the Text Inside Books

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  October 31, 2005

• Amazon.com Innovation Aims to Revive Short-Form Literature -- Offers Exclusive Digital ``Shorts'' from Renowned Authors; ``Amazon Shorts'' Gives Readers Instant Access to Short Works for 49 Cents Each

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  August 19, 2005

• Amazon.de Launches “Search Inside!” Enabling Customers to Discover More than 100,000 Books by Searching and Previewing the Text Inside Books

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  July 19, 2005

• Amazon.com Receives More than 1.5 Million Advance Orders Worldwide for ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''; Delights Hundreds of Thousands of U.S. Customers with Delivery on Release Date and Additional Discount

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  July 18, 2005

• Amazon Receives an Unprecedented 1.5 Million Advance Orders for ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' at Its Web Sites Worldwide; Executes Largest Single-Product Delivery Event in Company's History

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  July 16, 2005

• 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' Sets New Record at Amazon with More Than 1.4 Million Advance Orders Worldwide; Surpasses 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' as Amazon's Largest New Product Release Ever

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  July 12, 2005

• Harry Potter Meter Returns to Amazon.com; Reveals More Than 560,000 Advance Orders Received to Date for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''

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  June 15, 2005

• Amazon.com Offers Harry Potter Fans Delivery of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' on the Day It is Released

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  April 05, 2005

• Amazon.com Offers ``Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' for Immediate Pre-Order; The Sixth Installment in the Harry Potter Series Scheduled for Release on July 16, 2005

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  December 20, 2004