From "amazon. com." encyclopedia britannica. encyclopedia britannica online school edition. encyclopedia britannica, inc., 2013. web. 10 jan. 2013. 'the kindle shakes up publishing'. after its first full year of selling books in 1996, book publishers praised the new service as a great way to them clear their backlists of slow-selling books. however, with the introduction of the kindle, tensions began to build between publishers and amazon. com. the company wanted to sell new e-books for a fixed price, well below what new printed books sold for, prompting many complaints from the publishing industry. which statement best describes how book publishers responded to the introduction of the kindle? a- publishers complained that the device was hard to use. b- publishers liked the device at first but then objected to pricing. c- publishers used the device only for books that were hard to sell. d- publishers preferred to sell books on the device rather than in stores.

How does the author foreshadow trouble in the prison? support your answer with explicit textual evidence

Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from incidents in the life of a slave girl by harriet ann jacobs: among the ladies who were acquainted with my grandmother, was one who had known her from childhood, and always been very friendly to her. she had also known my mother and her children, and felt interested for them. at this crisis of affairs she called to see my grandmother, as she not unfrequently did. she observed the sad and troubled expression of her face, and asked if she knew where linda was, and whether she was safe. my grandmother shook her head, without answering. "come, aunt martha," said the kind lady, "tell me all about it. perhaps i can do something to you." which of these important concepts uncommon to abolitionist literature does jacobs depict in the excerpt? 1. some kind white characters were included in slave narratives so that northerners would not be offended. 2. southern society was complex and diverse with both good and bad people unlike northern stereotypes showed. 3. many kind slave owners and their slaves developed deep friendships. 4. most whites and blacks lived in harmony in the south and made efforts to each other. a. 1 and 4 b. 1 and 3 c. 1 and 2 d. 2 and 3

According to auden’s “musée des beaux arts”, who understands human suffering