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E-book discounts appearing at Amazon following publisher settlement

Wow. Judge Denise Cote certainly knows how to put a spring in the step of mega corporations. Mere days have passed since she ordered HarperCollins to let retailers to set their own ebook prices, and yet already Kindle bestsellers from that publisher are selling for around $9.99 -- in some cases... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker shortlist revealed

Hilary Mantel is still in the running for a second Man Booker Prize, with her historical novel... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins US ebook prices drop

American e-tailers including Amazon.com have begun selling HarperCollins ebooks at discounted... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richell to head Hachette Australia as Edwards retires

Hachette Australia c.e.o. and Hachette New Zealand chairman Malcolm Edwards will retire at the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers' embarrassing stories in Hart ebook

Hodder & Stoughton has released a free ebook, No, It's Us Too!, today (11th September)... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We Love This Book editor moves to Sphere

Ed Wood, editor of We Love This Book, is to join Sphere as senior editor for men's... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EUP & Boydell join University Publishing Online

Edinburgh University Press and Boydell & Brewer have joined Cambridge University Press'... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Toys R Us to launch US kids’ tablet

Retailer Toys R Us is set to launch a tablet for children in the US, pre-uploaded with a number... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Young to succeed at Orion as Roche retires

Hachette Book Group chairman and c.e.o. David Young will return to the UK to head up Orion next... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Open Road snaps up Nicola Barker in e for US

US digital publishing specialists Open Road will release Nicola Barker's Man Booker... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bilbary offers link-up for schools

A new scheme to sell ebooks through schools could benefit school libraries, according to Bilbary... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mobile commerce site from Blackwell’s

Blackwell’s bookshops has launched an M-Commerce site, giving its student market the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Donaldson warning to new culture secretary

Children's Laureate Julia Donaldson has warned that the UK is heading for a "less... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-reader numbers 'set to rise 70%' this year

Publishers are readying themselves to respond to an explosion of e-reading devices in the UK in... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Naomi Wolf’s New Book About Her Vagina

I doubt the most brilliant novelist in the world could have created a more skewering satire of Naomi Wolf’s career than her latest book, Vagina: A Biography. One the most prominent feminists in the country writes about her failure to see Technicolor after having sex—“the colors were just... Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2012-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book settlement has publishing world in turmoil

The price-fixing case turns out well for Amazon but unsettles many others in the industry.Publishing insiders worry that a decisive court ruling benefiting retailer Amazon.com Inc. will undermine an industry already struggling with the transition to ebooks. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Closer Look At Amazon’s New Kindle Serials: Part Dickens, Part TV

When a slide showing eight book covers popped up in Jeff Bezos’s presentation on Thursday, Jennifer 8. Lee--who was following along on a live blog from New York City--gasped. The books are part of Amazon’s new Kindle Serials format, and she published three of them: Hacker Mom, The Many Lives of... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2012-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Group hit with age discrimination suit

Some well-kept secrets at Penguin Group, most notably the succession plan for its CEO, were put on display late Wednesday with the filing of an age discrimination lawsuit by the book publisher's former longtime head of corporate communications, Marilyn Ducksworth. Her lawyers charge Penguin with... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'

[ Crains New York | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judge approves settlement for Hachette, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins in ebook lawsuit

It's a big day in the world of ebooks, and not just for the crew at Amazon. Today, Judge Denise Cote approved settlement terms for three of the publishers accused by the Justice Department of price fixing. Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins each agreed to settle with the... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon announces new devices, including HD Kindle Fire

Amazon's new lineup of devices includes a Kindle Fire tablet with HD and other new features as well as a back-lit e-reader called the Kindle Paperwhite. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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