Amazon acquires rights to publish James Bond booksApril 18, 2012 - 21:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Amazon has acquired the rights to publish 14 of Ian Fleming's James Bond books in the U.S., The Hollywood Reported said citing The New York Times. Among the classic novels of espionage and intrigue: Casino Royale, The Spy Who Loved Me and Goldfinger. "We are devoted fans of Fleming’s Bond novels here at Amazon Publishing, and we’re thrilled these books - already known across the world and across generations - will continue to flourish under our Thomas & Mercer imprint," said Philip Patrick, a director at Amazon Publishing. The company recently purchased 450 titles from Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books. As for Bond, James Bond, the swashbuckling ladies' man (as portrayed by Daniel Craig) returns to the big screen this autumn in Skyfall. But before that, he will open the 2012 London Olympic Games, as previously reported, by descending via parachute into the Olympic Stadium. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |