Amazon.com has begun telling customers that they may be eligible to receive a refund on ebooks... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
I bought my first ebook in 1999 and in recent years stopped purchasing print altogether. My wife is a relative ebook newbie, so I am surprised that she and not me received surprising email today from Amazon about a forthcoming purchasing credit. Perhaps you got similar message. In April, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hairy hobbit feet and elfin cloaks took over the Frankfurt Book Fair this weekend as JRR Tolkien fans dressed to impress Weta Workshop’s Sir Richard Taylor. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Buy a lot of ebooks? Thank your state attorney general for the credit you'll get next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
In an interview with the BBC, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos confirmed what many surmised: Amazon is selling the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Fire HD at cost. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has found a relatively clear day in the calendar on which to launch its excellent Kindle Paperwhite e-reader in the British Isles. The ad-supported basic model will knock you back £109, while an extra £60 will get you the 3G version. Amazon's Lending Library service will roll-out at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jeff Bezos, in the U.K. to launch the Kindle Paperwhite and Amazon's Lending Library service, has told the BBC that his firm makes no money on its Kindles. "We make money from when people use our devices, not when people buy our devices," he told technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones. "That... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Early last month Junot Díaz nearly caused a riot when hundreds of fans descended on the Union Square Barnes & Noble in New York City to hear the author read from his latest, This Is How You Lose Her. But, to put it mildly, not every author is Junot Díaz, and getting a crowd to hear you read... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The E L James effect has gone beyond erotica as publishers look to self-published properties... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK launch date for Nook e-readers has been delayed by two weeks, with the products now not... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Madeline L'Engle's classic 'A Wrinkle in Time' has been adapted into a graphic novel by writer and illustrator Hope Larson, the creative force behind the graphic novel 'Mercury.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin has acquired world rights in a new book by the Paris-based English chef, writer and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mitchell Beazley is joining forces with Simon Cowell for a book tying in to his production... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin imprint Viking has bagged The Separation by Dinah Jefferies, with publishing director... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has signed two more books from YA author Sarah Alderson, also announcing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
How to Be A Woman author Caitlin Moran is to join the judging panel for the 2013 Blue Peter Book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the beginning of a standing-room-only Frankfurt Book Fair discussion, Richard Mollet, CEO of the U.K. Publishers Association, said he imagined there was a day 100 or more years ago at a book fair when, after yet another panel on how electricity was going to revolutionize the business, an... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Since this spring, a German publisher has been tackling a monster of a new challenge. "He lives in newspapers in the printing plant," explains Eva Fauth, one of his creators. "He sleeps in newspapers, and he eats all the newspapers becaus ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
J.K. Rowling, E.L. James, and Ken Follett all had books on multiple lists around the world as Septembercame to a close. The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling’s first book for adults, landed at #1 in France and the U.K. when it was released late last month. Two spots behind Vacancy in France is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
BookNet Canada’s first survey of where Canadians buy books and what types of books they buy found that about 16% of purchases in the first half of 2012 were of ebooks, while paperback remained the most popular format, with a 57% share. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]