Amazon Won't Profit From 'Harry Potter'
June 15th, 2007 By JESSICA MINTZ, AP Business Writer
Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com founder and CEO, talks about the one million pre-sales of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at the Amazon shareholders meeting in Seattle on June 14, 2007. (AP Photo, Marcus R. Donner)
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. has taken more than a million pre-orders for the final "Harry Potter" book due out in July, but the world's largest Web retailer won't make a profit, Chief Executive Jeff Bezos told shareholders at the company's annual meeting Thursday.
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