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Which company started as an online seller of physical books?

book

[book] / bʊk /






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Before sponsors and a book deal, Bushby claims he was a "penniless backpacker" who relied on donations and even food discarded on roadsides to survive.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

And because of the character’s impact, and how King sold the screen rights, the book would go on to spark more adaptations than any novel in his enormous body of work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Or I’ll go back to doomscrolling and watching news until my feelings are hurt or I’ll read a book that I have.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The American biographer Joseph Frank described “The Idiot” as “the most personal of all Dostoevsky’s major works, the book in which he embodies his most intimate, cherished, and sacred convictions.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

I scrawl something unintelligible in the book and then set my plate awkwardly on the end table next to the sofa, ready to leave less than five minutes after I arrived.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

At the time, de Waal said she disliked books and had never developed a reading habit.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

To believe Skydance’s books, the goodwill from Warner by itself is worth more than Skydance’s entire stock-market value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Muratov pointed out that the constitution still on the books "prohibits censorship, yet all free, independent media in our country have been destroyed".

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The California Environmental Quality Act is one of the most consequential and controversial laws on the books.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

“I mean, I can learn different kinds of French, if that’s what I need to do. Are there books I should read? Can you help me?”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Both Brandon and Markowski were booked at the Metropolitan Detention Center with bail set at $2 million each.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

It steered me away from an extra legroom seat I had booked on an American 777-200.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Alphabet booked an $8.7 billion loss on its equity investments, which includes a large stake in SpaceX.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Well, one in three travelers have booked a trip inspired by an influencer’s content, according to 2025 data from Influencer Marketing Hub, and 61% have booked a hotel after seeing it on Instagram.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

“I booked the Swedish massage for you,” Curt said.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Since last year, all practices in England have had to offer online appointment booking.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Haleon reported an overall 2.6% rise in organic revenue, booking 2.87 billion pounds, equivalent to $3.82 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

GP leaders said the problem would cause huge disruption, given the scale of online booking that now takes places.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The bank also set aside more funds to cover bad loans, booking a 22% increase in net loan-loss provisions to 3.49 billion euros, but said it maintained sound credit quality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Prospero the Enchanter has not graced the London stage in some time, and the booking is for a single week of performances, with no matinees.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern


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