Some good news on the retail front: The New Yorker book bench reports, 'Books had a great Black Friday, according to the National Retail Federation, accounting for 40.3 % of sales, and coming in second to clothing. Reports trickled in of Going Rogue, the Twilight series, and the Vampire Academy series selling well; the Kindle rounded out its best sales month ever, and the Nook would have, had it not sold out earlier in the week.' Of course, as the writer points out, the retailers were forced to cut into their margins with steep discounts (at half-off all bestsellers, Amazon probably only cut a 10% profit on each sale).
On the other hand, and proving that locals here have an excellent sense of the absurd, 'Lorem Ipsum bookstore, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, offered an “Anti-Sale”: “In this special, one-day only event, the bookstore with 19,000+ gently used books will be offering none of them for sale at a discount,” the press release read.' You just can't beat a deal like that.
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