Alex Michaelides' The Silent Patient (Orion) has reached the top of the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction chart, defeating Andrzej Sapowski's Netflix-boosted The Last Wish (Gollancz). Self-published L J Ross' Ryan's Christmas held firm in second place. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Demonstrators will descend on Amazon’s headquarters in London later today (28th February)... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The titular book in Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy took the top spot on Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended February 24. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon started as an online bookseller and transformed the entire publishing industry. Now it's assembling the pieces it needs to do the same to an even bigger medium: television. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online retailer will fold film and TV rental arm into its Prime subscription service for combined price of £79 a yearAmazon is hitting back at Netflix in the UK by rebranding its LoveFilm video-on-demand service.LoveFilm, bought out by Amazon three years ago in a deal worth nearly £200m, will be... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon customers in the UK, US and Germany can now use its Amazon Coins currency on Android... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gone are the days when, if you wanted to read a book in bed, you'd need to take a torch with you. Nowadays, as long as you've got a Kindle Paperwhite, the books will happily illuminate themselves. The device's even front-lighting and engineering... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Music weekly's circulation drops below 'death knell' 20,000 mark but publisher says reach and revenues are growingIn its heyday it sold more than 300,000 copies but the circulation of the New Musical Express, the last of the old-school music weeklies, has dipped below 20,000 in the latest... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The web giant's books imprint flexes its muscles after scoring an ebook No 1, but the little guy may yet win the dayA good month for Amazon's fledgling publishing business – the imaginatively-titled Amazon Publishing – just got better, after the imprint won the rights to Cath Quinn's historical... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After 13 months of using partners to sell Kindles in Brazil, Amazon is now offering direct sales. If they can do that, books are not likely far behind. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten years today, the social networking giant has notched up some interesting numbers along the way• How Facebook became the world's biggest social network1.23bn monthly usersBy the end of 2013, Facebook boasted 1.23bn monthly active users worldwide, adding 170m in just one year. According to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The survey was conducted by the site Good e-Reader among participants whom Good e-Reader estimated buy between 50 and 100 books a year. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Total sales in Amazon’s fourth quarter in 2013 rose 20% over the last quarter of 2012, hitting $25.59 billion, while net income rose to $239 million from $97 million in last year’s final period. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter Robinson has claimed his first ever Official UK Top 50 number one. The mass-market edition... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The whole point of owning an Amazon tablet is that you're eventually gonna buy stuff. Want movies? Amazon's got you covered. Music? Time to check out Amazon's MP3 store. And then, of course, there's books: Amazon expects you to buy lots and lots of ... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robert M. Gates' memoir "Duty" saw the greatest drop in the top 10 for the week ended January 27, sliding from #2 to #8. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Publishing adds Waterfall Press to its growing family of publishing imprints. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon.com has launched a new Christian publishing imprint called Waterfall Press. The imprint,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'39 Clues' author Patrick Carman says he knows Amazon is a convenient option, but suggests buying a book from an independent bookstore each time you buy from Amazon. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A communication from Amazon's Kindle New Initiatives team has said KNI is working on "a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a morning session entirely devoted to Amazon.com, author Brad Stone and consultant Joe Esposito looked back over the history of Amazon's growth (and remorseless tactics) before looking ahead to its next round of competitive targets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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