$8 billion of its revenues from written materials. Amazon's lending technology allows Kindle users to borrow books from other Kindle users for a brief period of time without having to pay for them. In addition, Amazon signed an agreement with... Full Article at Seeking Alpha

It was the kind of book that certain groups of people couldn't stop talking about, and when books become that popular, the movie adaptation is never far away. It's no 50 Shades of Grey or Harry Potter-level phenomenon, but there are plenty of people... Full Article at Cinema Blend

(Brothers of the Head, Clash of the Titans) as strutting indie star Adam, one half of globally successful duo The Make. Arriving at T in the Park for his gig, during an impromptu backstage fight, Adam finds himself accidentally handcuffed to punky... Full Article at Atlanta Music Guide

Why the difference? When Marvel’s Iron Man grossed a surprising $585 million worldwide in 2008, Downey’s reps at CAA and the Hansen Jacobson law firm renegotiated a deal to include what multiple sources say is a slice of Marvel’s revenue from future... Full Article at Movieline

The bank also lost immeasurably more in reputation and franchise value. The episode has all the usual trappings of a salacious trading disaster. Competitors had christened Bruno Iksil, one of the traders responsible, Lord Voldemort (after the Harry... Full Article at Minyanville

Rickman is, as we're sure you're aware at this point, one of our finest actors. From "Die Hard" and "Truly Madly Deeply" to the 'Harry Potter' series, he's consistently stolen the show in the finest tradition of British character actors. Now that the... Full Article at Indie Wire

On one visit we were seated immediately, but were quite sure we had been surreptitiously draped in Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak, as it took waiters more than 15 minutes to approach us with menus. An eventual basket of breadsticks that bent before... Full Article at Miami Herald

Hollywood media brand. It’s a win-win for Hollywood producers and LEGO alike. But how many of those brands star girls or women in the lead role? Star Wars? Toy Story? Pirates of the Caribbean? The Lord of the Rings (available in LEGO this summer)? ... Full Article at Boing Boing

Why the difference? When Marvel’s “Iron Man” grossed a surprising $585 million worldwide in 2008, Downey’s reps at CAA and the Hansen Jacobson law firm renegotiated a deal to include what multiple sources say is a slice of Marvel’s revenue from future... Full Article at The Daily Caller