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...iPad started it. When Apple introduced its new tablet device on Jan. 27, it also announced an iBook store where publishers could set their own prices for e-books. Publisher Macmillan responded by demanding that online retailer Amazon sell Macmillan e-books for as much as $14.99, up from $9.99. Amazon did not agree with that idea. The website removed "buy" buttons from e-texts published by Macmillan, angering authors and customers. Some prospective buyers, however, sided with Amazon, vowing that they would not pay more for Macmillan e-books. The freeze began to thaw Jan. 31, when Amazon started...
...1990s, Toyota set out to become the world's top auto company. Being the best and being the biggest created a tension that Toyota couldn't resolve. Says MIT operations expert Steven Spear: "If quality is first, it drives a certain set of behaviors. If market share is the goal, it drives a different set of behaviors...
...diamond-studded tennis bracelet? No: inner peace and the means to cope with the impermanence of all things, including herself. This kind of crisis--regarded as a luxurious problem by many--is not an uncommon malaise in the well-heeled, 40-something mom set. Not coincidentally, they tend to purchase a lot of books...
Shapiro uses the word neurotic to describe herself--a relief, because it saves me from pointing the finger. She is the nervous type, and her journey evolves in such an indulged mind-set that those plagued by more practical matters may find Devotion silly. But her sincerity, intelligence and admission that she doesn't actually read all the yoga books she buys are endearing; her need for answers touching. What makes Devotion most compelling is its willingness to explore the elusiveness of certainty...
...thick, dark haze, all lazy drum-machine beats, ghostly organs and retro synth lines. If you were ever to hear one in a movie, it would be as background music to a mysterious woman dancing in the twilight. By album No. 2, Devotion, that sound was so rigidly set that it seemed as if the duo had run slowly but beautifully into a dead end. Why mess with perfection...