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The Number: $41 Million
That's the amount of money Barnes and Noble lost in the first quarter of this year—but there's actually some good news in that figure thanks to the erotic bestseller '50 Shades of Gray.' Dan Gross and Matthew Zeitlin explain.
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Aug. 21 2012
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