Barnes & Noble Nook is ramping up its digital media offerings with a new video-download and rental service. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's all too easy to forget in English-speaking countries that the e-reading selection often isn't as diverse in other parts of the world, where local authors are often kept out of the equation. The Portuguese may know that all too well, which makes Kobo's arrival in their country a potential... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Spain's increasing involvement in the Eurozone crisis, along with government austerity... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new survey found that more than 70 percent of parents still prefer print books to the iPad when it comes to reading to children. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple and four major publishers have offered to let retailers such as Amazon sell ebooks at a discount to settle an EU antitrust investigation into their pricing deals and avoid possible fines. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The European Commission said it was prepared to drop its investigation after Apple and four publishers agreed to let retailers sell ebooks at a discount for two years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple Inc., the world's biggest technology company, and four publishers offered to overhaul pricing models for digital books to allay European Union concerns that they blocked competition. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kobo and Amazon have unveiled new tablets, but are they playing a game they can't win? Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
IAC/InterActiveCorp Chairman Barry Diller, producer Scott Rudin and publishing executive Frances Coady are investing in a book venture that will attempt to challenge Amazon.com Inc.’s dominance in the industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple and four major ebook publishers have offered retailers such as Amazon.com the option to set their own prices for ebooks for the next two years in a bid to end an antitrust investigation in the European Union. The European Commission launched the investigation into allegations of cartel... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of digital books show impressive signs of growth, but some booksellers still face an uncertain future. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2012-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of digital fiction books increased by 188% in value terms in the first half of the year,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Every minute, a title is added—5150 rue des Ormes, I Hate Hockey, L’envers de l’assiette, À fleur de peau; every hour, a new author is categorized—Patrick Senécal, François Barcelo, Laure Waridel, Martine Latulippe; every day, a new publisher signs on—Alire, Baraka Books, Écosociété, Québec... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Feminist Press will be publishing a Pussy Riot ebook later this month, the publisher has announced. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Just four days after a federal judge approved a settlement in the ebooks price fixing case, HarperCollins has already started discounts. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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 >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
American e-tailers including Amazon.com have begun selling HarperCollins ebooks at discounted... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has released a free ebook, No, It's Us Too!, today (11th September)... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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 >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a move that could reshape the publishing industry, a federal judge has approved a settlement with three of the nation's largest book publishers over alleged collusion in the pricing of ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]