April 1, 2005

Winfrey launching major online bookstore . . .

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In a move sure to strike terror into the heart of other online booksellers, and represent a solid threat to Amazon.com and others, Oprah Winfrey, whose Oprah’s Book Club has proven one of the most powerful book promotions ever, inevitably lifting its choices onto bestseller lists, has announced she is launching an online bookstore. According to a Library Journal report, Oprazon.com launches this spring.

Dennis Johnson is the founder of MobyLives, and the co-founder and co-publisher of Melville House.

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