The French parliament has adopted a law to ban virtually free home deliveries of books in a clear attempt to boost indies and clip the wings of Amazon and other online booksellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-20 05:09:20 UTC ]
An algorithm has been built to predict a book’s genre by its cover. Sadly for online booksellers, it doesn’t do a very good jobBack in September, a report suggested that robots will have eliminated 6% of jobs in the US by 2021. Fortunately for book designers, it doesn’t look as if androids are... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Xiaoying Chu at Charlesworth (Beijing) Information Services details the booming Chinese digital publishing market and the strides being make by online booksellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite the challenge of competing with online booksellers, Canadian independents contacted by PW reported that 2013 was an encouraging year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Online booksellers like Amazon and Kobo have begun banning self-published titles featuring themes like incest and bestiality. But now, some readers complain, other erotic titles are disappearing as well. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
A marginal overall decline, rising ebook sales and online booksellers with double-digit... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]