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"Barnes &amp;amp; Noble has announced its decision to pull 100 best-selling graphic novels from its shelves in light of DC Comics&amp;#039; recent exclusivity deal with Amazon&amp;#039;s Kindle Fire. According to Publishers Weekly, the largest books retailer in the US will remove the titles from its stores because they will be unable to offer the titles digitally. &amp;quot;Our policy is that unless we receive all formats of a title to make available to our customers, we will not sell those physical titles in our stores,&amp;quot; Barnes &amp;amp; Noble spokesperson Mary Ellen Keating said. The decision follows DC Comics&amp;#039; announcement earlier this week that they have agreed to exclusively offer their best-selling titles on Amazon&amp;#039;s new full-colour tablet for four months from November 15. &amp;quot;Regardless of the publisher, we will not stock physical books in our stores if we are not offered the available digital format,&amp;quot; chief merchant Jaime Carey added. &amp;quot;To sell and promote the physical book in our store showrooms and not have the eBook available for sale would undermine our promise to Barnes &amp;amp; Noble customers to make available any book, anywhere, anytime.&amp;quot; The LA Times quotes an unnamed spokesperson for DC Comics as saying the publisher is &amp;#039;disappointed&amp;#039; the retailer has made the decision, but they will not change their deal with Amazon. Among the many titles to be removed from Barnes &amp;amp; Noble stores over the coming months include Watchmen, The Sandman and The Dark Knight Returns. &amp;gt; DC Comics exec: &amp;#039;Kindle Fire is great for graphic novels&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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