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Submission + - Windows 7 preorders already top Vista sales (itpro.co.uk)

Submitted by End_of_tether on Thursday October 22, 2009 @03:57AM

End_of_tether writes: Preorder sales of Windows 7 have already outsold Vista in its entire first year at DSGi shops like PC World and Dixons in the UK. "We've sold more copies on preorder than we sold of Vista for the whole year," said DSGi category director Jeremy Fennell.

Amazon.co.uk is having similar luck with the OS, with Windows 7 the biggest grossing preorder product ever, topping even Harry Potter and Dan Brown. "The launch of Windows 7 has superseded everyone’s expectations, storming ahead of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as the biggest-grossing pre-order product of all-time, and demand is still going strong," claimed managing director Brian McBride.

Submission + - Author David Eddings Has Passed Away, Age 77 (about.com)

Submitted by

thejynxed

on Friday June 05, 2009 @02:34PM

thejynxed writes: "From the source article:
Eddings was famously old-fashioned, never using a typewriter or computer (he wrote out his scripts in long-hand) and was well-known for being self-effacing, once remarking, "I'm never going to be in danger of getting a Nobel Prize for literature."
From another article:
David Eddings, the acclaimed fantasy novelist and author of such series as The Belgariad and The Malloreon, has died at the age of 77. David Eddings was predeceased by his wife and writing partner Leigh two years ago.

It's a shame really, as The Belgariad is one of the better series out there, IMHO. I spent many hours of class time during my junior and high school years reading his novels."

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