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Simon & Schuster has signed world rights in two novels by début author Susan Elliott... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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This week, the Obama administration’s Justice Department struck a great legal blow against our open market for books, and indeed against open markets in America. Even though online retailer Amazon has captured more than 50 percent of many key book markets—like the one for ebooks—antitrust... Continue reading at 'Slate'
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Faber has reported a 9.6% year-on-year increase in turnover for the 12 months to 31st March 2011... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Barnes & Noble on Thursday released a new Nook Simple Touch e-reader with a screen that lights up so that books can be read in the dark. Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Works that will be available for perusal will include Gutenberg's Bible, believed to be the first text ever printed. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
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Not that we were expecting Apple and Macmillan to simply fess up and say, "you're right, totally tried to circumvent the free market," but both companies have come out swinging pretty hard against the allegations of price fixing. Apple has rejected the charges, calling them "simply not true." A... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
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Gooseberry Patch, originally founded in 1984 as a mail-order catalogue company selling old-fashioned, country-style products, began publishing cookbooks in 1992, but the Delaware, Ohio, company almost didn’t make it through the Great Recession. “Gooseberry Patch ran headlong into the economic... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Eight of the top 10 publishers saw double-digit drops in printed book sales year-on-year in the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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This year’s Booksellers Association conference, to be held at the Warwick University... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Apple responds to antitrust charges: "The launch of the iBookstore in 2010 fostered innovation and competition, breaking Amazon's monopolistic grip on the publishing industry." Continue reading at 'AllThingsD'
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Apple Inc. is denying antitrust charges filed against it and five major book publishers this week that accuse the companies of a price-fixing scheme to inflate the prices paid for electronic books. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
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Publishers and agents are anticipating a “hungrier” London Book Fair next week (16th... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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When looking at an effort with the scale of World Book Night U.S.—half a million books will be given away to strangers across all 50 states on April 23—it’s helpful to consider some numbers: 25,000 “givers” have volunteered to give away their allotment of books to people, many of whom they’ve... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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E-book users will now be able to read in complete darkness - thanks to the first-ever e-ink reader that glows in the dark. Continue reading at 'BBC World'
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Five of the companies under investigation in Europe over ebook pricing have made representations... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Foreign language modern classics publisher Pushkin Press has been bought by Adam Freudenheim,... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Novelist William Boyd is to write the next James Bond book, with 007 set to return to a 1960s... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Apple's Steve Jobs played a key role in a price-fixing plan with five ebook publishers, federal and state officials say in antitrust lawsuits.WASHINGTON — Former Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs was a key player in a conspiracy with five major book publishers to drive up the price of... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
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With 'American Spy,' Steinhauer finishes what he started in 'The Tourist' and 'The Nearest Exit.' It's a thrilling, irresistible masterwork of love, guilt and revenge.On two separate occasions over the last nine years, Olen Steinhauer has brought a thriller series to a close. The first was the... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
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If Apple, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillian, Penguin and Simon & Schuster thought they only had to contend with a federal ebook lawsuit in the US, they'd better think again. Australia's Competition and Consumer commission is inviting local businesses to raise formal concerns as it weighs... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
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