Although Amazon, the enormous on-line retailer, has said it will begin collecting sales taxes and returning them to the state of purchase, thereby moving off my absolutely-do-not shop here list, … [Keep reading >>]

WASHINGTON June 7, 2011- The California State Assembly passed a bill last week that would require online retailers such as Amazon to collect state sales taxes on all goods the … [Keep reading >>]

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If I’ve got this straight, the beef isn’t that Amazon itself should pay sales tax on those books you and I buy — that is, sales tax should be … [Keep reading >>]

The Google e-bookstore is finally open.

Now, instead of going only to Amazon, or only to Barnes and Noble you can go to http://books.google.com/ebooks and find several million books, in e-format.

Many of … [Keep reading >>]

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Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas, and the entire eastern region of the state are suffering the worst drought in more than a century. A government scientist … [Keep reading >>]