There’s a new online bookstore in town—and this time it’s helmed by RuPaul. Yes, that RuPaul. (Reading being, after all, fundamental.) Allstora, announced today*, is a membership-based bookstore that offers a profit-split to authors. RuPaul serves as Allstora’s Chief Creative Officer and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-03-04 16:45:28 UTC ]
Self-care and non-fiction subscription box business Wildwoman has launched its own online bookstore to help cope with the pandemic's effects on business. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-16 04:31:10 UTC ]
After 27 years, Jeff Bezos, the entrepreneur who turned an online bookstore into one of the most powerful companies in the world, announced his plans to step down as Amazon CEO. In an email to employees on Tuesday, Bezos said the transition will come in Q3, at which point he will become... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2021-02-02 21:43:59 UTC ]
Bookshop.org has reached a new milestone in generating revenue for independent bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-03-31 20:01:01 UTC ]
Since its launch 25 years ago, Amazon's reach has extended well beyond an online bookstore. And while it may seem obvious today, at the time Jeff Bezos was working to get his idea to the masses, many investors thought it would be no match for bookstore giants like Borders and Barnes &... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-07-08 11:14:14 UTC ]
Since its launch 25 years ago, Amazon's reach has extended well beyond an online bookstore. And while it may seem obvious today, at the time Jeff Bezos was working to get his idea to the masses, many investors thought it would be no match for bookstore giants like Borders and Barnes and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-07-08 10:53:45 UTC ]
Since its launch 25 years ago, Amazon's reach has extended well beyond an online bookstore. And while it may seem obvious today, at the time Jeff Bezos was working to get his idea to the masses, many investors thought it would be no match for bookstore giants like Borders and Barnes and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-07-08 10:00:00 UTC ]
Since its launch 25 years ago, Amazon's reach has extended well beyond an online bookstore. And while it may seem obvious today, at the time Jeff Bezos was working to get his idea to the masses, many investors thought it would be no match for bookstore giants like Borders and Barnes and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-07-05 17:38:09 UTC ]
Microsoft, which was Barnes & Noble's original partner on the Nook (before ending the relationship in 2014), is now back in the digital book market. According to reports, the tech giant's new online bookstore will sell hundred of thousands of frontlist and backlist titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Developers and authors explain how they are experimenting with technology to publish ‘unprintable’ books – including a love story told through Google street view and a prison break with swappable recipesPublisher Anna Gerber isn’t trying to kill off the printed book – she’d just like you to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 1995, the year Amazon opened the virtual doors to its online bookstore, the company posted revenue of $511,000—a total that jumped to $15.7 million in 1996 and skyrocketed to $147.7 million in 1997. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Aerbooks' new Aer.io Retail Network, "enables any person or company to create, customize, and curate a fully mobile/social storefront." The post Aer.io Lets You Curate Your Own Online Bookstore appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Blackboard, a learning management system that provides the online educational environment for many higher educational institutions, plans to launch an online bookstore for its platform. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Government lawyers allege the agreements Apple signed in 2010 with five publishers amounted to a conspiracy to get consumers to pay more for electronic books.NEW YORK — Eddy Cue, the Apple Inc. executive in charge of negotiating the company's controversial ebook deals, defended how the tech... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite going on quite the world tour, Google Play Books hasn't been available as close by as Mexico. That's been rectified: the online bookstore is now open in the country, with both local titles and prices in Pesos. As with some other countries, the expansion also gives Mexicans their first... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Germans, grab your reading glasses, for it's today that Google is announcing the arrival of Play Books -- complete with the ability to purchase native language texts -- in the land of the Kant and Goethe. Yes, those in Deutschland may now buy and read titles from Google Play Books on their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]