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The InfoShop is a non-profit bookstore in Washington, D.C. run by the World Bank "specializing in economics and international development ... current events, history, banking and finance, plus travel guides, reference books and international fiction," including "deeply discounted" and remainder books. The shop offers discounts to students, and to customers who work in government, NGOs, or the World Bank. The InfoShop has been described as "(wonky )" by the Washington Post.〔 (The Post wryly reported observing a customer about to leave emptyhanded, who suddenly spotted "the peach cover with the alluring title ''A Global View of Business Insolvency Systems''" and took it straight to the cashier.)〕 Since 2005, the InfoShop has featured public programs with "up-and-coming and internationally known authors."〔 In 2006, the InfoShop became home to the first installation of the beta version of the Espresso Book Machine.〔 〕 As of 2010, World Bank Publications (the World Bank Group's publishing organization), was recovering roughly two-thirds of the costs of operating the store through sales—in part, because the publications of the World Bank are also made available free of charge online.〔 In October 2012, Occupy D.C. blockaded the doors of the InfoShop as a part of a protest against the World Bank, Verizon, Wells Fargo, and PNC Bank. The shop also sells children's books, world music CDs, books and audio for learning languages, gifts, and stationery supplies with the World Bank logo.〔 == See also == * Politics and Prose, DC bookstore * Infoshop 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「World Bank Infoshop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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