AAP StatShot February Report: US Audiobooks and Ebooks Maintain Strength

In January and February, ebooks were up 20.4 percent and downloadable audio was up 23.7 percent over 2020. The post AAP StatShot February Report: US Audiobooks and Ebooks Maintain Strength appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Media Decoder Blog: Survey Shows Growing Strength of E-Books

The ebook format became the most popular one for adult fiction in 2011, surpassing hardcover books and paperbacks, according to an annual survey. Net revenue from ebook sales over all more than doubled from 2010. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Japan primed for ebook rise

Japan is set to fully enter the ebook age with four high-profile device launches in the next few... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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SnapMeUp to sell business ebooks via QR codes

Bookshops are being offered 40% commission on the sale of books simply by hanging a poster in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Publishers 'missing out' on school ebook sales

Publishers are "missing out" on ebook sales to schools because of the lack of a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Reader contributions sought for Hart ebook

Hodder and Stoughton is asking readers to write a companion ebook to its autumn title, Miranda... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Bloomsbury ebook sales up 70% in first quarter

Bloomsbury's global ebook sales were up 70% year on year between 1st March and 31st May 2012... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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'Fifty Shades' sex trilogy dominates bestsellers, report says

Booksellers, get out your handcuffs: Roughly one in five physical books sold in the U.S. over most of the spring were the ¿Fifty Shades¿ sex trilogy. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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EC warns France and Luxembourg on ebook VAT

The European Commission has launched an "infringement procedure" against France and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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M&B seeks Shades success with ebook shorts

Romance specialist Mills & Boon is to resissue 12 backlist titles as digital shorts with new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Angry Robot to support indies with ebook scheme

Angry Robot has set up an ebook initiative to support independent bookshops, with the scheme... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Deal close in EC ebook probe

Five of the six parties under investigation by the European Commission over ebook  prices... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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ALA Report 2012

It was an upbeat annual conference for the American Library Association in Anaheim, Calif., highlighted by the awarding of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, the ALA’s first-ever book award for adult fiction and nonfiction. But with the release of a new Pew report and a pilot project... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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EC v-p backs calls for reduced VAT on ebooks

The vice-president of the European Commission, Neelie Kroes, has backed a call by European... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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PA welcomes select committee report on Hargreaves

The Publishers Association has welcomed the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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EU publishing chiefs to discuss ebook tax

The chiefs of Europe's publishing houses will meet today (26th June) in Brussels at a round-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Novelist Russo boycotts ebooks

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo says his new work is a "tribute to the printed book" and will not be sold online. Continue reading at BBC News

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Judge sets trial date for Apple ebook lawsuit

A US judge on Friday set a 2013 trial date for a lawsuit from the US government accusing Apple and book publishers of conspiring to fix the prices of electronic books. Continue reading at Stuff

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Macmillan's ebook gambit

Sci-fi imprint Tor/Forge leads publishing industry's quest to loosen the grip of Amazon. Continue reading at Crains New York

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Pew study: library patrons largely unaware of ebook offerings

According to a new study by the Pew Research Center, 62 percent of respondents didn't know whether or not their local library had ebooks. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Penguin slinks back into ebook lending for New York City libraries, with a possible catch

You might say Penguin has had a rocky relationship with libraries. That looks to be on the tentative mend, as the publisher and 3M have together cut deals with the Brooklyn Public Library and New York Public Library to bring Penguin's ebook catalog back as part of a test program. Under the terms... Continue reading at Engadget

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