Google said the program, which allowed independent bookstores to sell ebooks through their Web sites, was not a success. Bookstores said it was a valuable platform that allowed them to give customers something they wanted. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The nation's independent bookstores got another bit of bad news Thursday: Google Inc.is closing the books on them. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-books are catching on quickly, with more than one in five U.S. adults having read an electronic book in the last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's tax arrangements are in the spotlight this morning after national newspapers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Joseph publisher Sam Humphreys has won a five-way auction for world rights to three... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
About a fifth of American adults have read an ebook in the past year, a figure likely helped along by the recent holiday surge in the sale of tablet and e-reader devices, according to a report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Buenas noticias para todos los amantes de los libros que viven en Estados Unidos. Amazon acaba de anunciar una nueva tienda llamada eBooks Kindle en Español. El nuevo servicio dará acceso a más de 33,000 libros que se podrán leer en los diferentes dispositivos Kindle. Esta biblioteca virtual... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A New York court recently sided with the Wall Street Journal’s decision to change its terms of service for subscribers, a surprising decision indicating that digital publishers may have more legal leeway than previously imagined. WSJ decide ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Justice Department is nearing a settlement with publishers over allegations of ebook pricing, but finalizing the deal is proving problematic as Apple and two publishers are balking at the terms of the deal. Amazon will be permitted to once again discount ebooks to its customers as a result.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Talks to resolve U.S. and European price-fixing probes into ebooks are heating up, with three international publishers inclined to settle the matter, according to people familiar with the matter. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
One in five Americans say they've read an ebook in the last year, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. Those numbers come from a late January survey, they're up sharply from a December 2011 survey. Pew says the jump coincides with a jump in... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A study by the Pew Internet Project finds that consumers who use e-readers are buying more books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A London book market founded by independent booksellers is to launch in Hackney, selling new and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The European and US investigation into ebook pricing may be approaching resolution, say US press... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
One in five American adults read an electronic book in the last year, as gift-giving sped the shift away from the printed page, a Pew Research Center survey showed on Wednesday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
$1.5 million worth of Harry Potter books sold in Pottermore's first three days online. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple’s Newsstand ushered in a new era of “discoverability” for magazine apps and proved to be a game-changer for sales and subscriptions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
London’s Tate Group has launched a new e-commerce site selling books and other items... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Shadow libraries minister Dan Jarvis has called the judicial review rejection of Surrey's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
A mob wife fleeing her past — and a dirty U.S. marshal — gets a little help from a mysterious stranger in Epperson's modern noir tale of revenge and greed.If I were a damsel in distress fleeing a past and people who wanted me dead, like Gina Cicala in the modern noir thriller "Sailor" by Tom... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]