Amazon is to close six of its warehouses in France, after a court ruling stopped the delivery of non-essential items during the pandemic. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-15 21:29:21 UTC ]
As part of its transition to a lifestyle company, the Cambridge, Mass.-based publisher terminated its contracts with sales reps. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#sales reps
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 ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#book business
#morning session
Judge Denise Cote has denied Apple’s request for a stay of its external monitor provision, and ordered the company to cooperate fully with the external compliance monitor she appointed last fall following her ruling in Apple’s ebook price-fixing case. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#denied apple
On the surface, Seattle might seem like a tough area to ply the independent bookselling trade. Yet many Seattle booksellers are upbeat about the prospects ahead. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#seattle booksellers
In a letter filed yesterday, Apple attorneys asked Judge Denise Cote to fire its external monitor, Michael Bromwich. The request comes after Bromwich filed a declaration in which he detailed Apple’s resistance to his work. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#external monitor
#michael bromwich
Many independent bookstores reported holiday sales as good or better than last year's, while Amazon called the 2013 holiday season its best ever. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#independent bookstores
Divergent, the first book in Veronica Roth's immensely popular trilogy of the same name, was, once again, the top selling paid book in Apple's iBooks store. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#ibooks bestsellers
#veronica roth
#ibooks store
A feud between Apple Inc. and a lawyer appointed by a federal court judge to monitor the company's ebook pricing reform became even more acrimonious Monday. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2013-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#court-appointed monitor
In a December 23 ruling, a federal judge declared that the character of Sherlock Holmes, as well as other characters and elements of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic series are in the public domain. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#public domain
#sherlock holmes
A US court has ruled that the public can use characters and aspects from Arthur Conan Doyle's... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#court rules
Amazon has said it took orders for more than 36.8 million items worldwide on Cyber Monday (2nd... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#cyber monday
Amazon.com is calling this one of its best Christmas shopping seasons ever after more than 1 million consumers signed up for Amazon Prime, the online retailer’s free unlimited 2-day shipping deal, the week before Christmas. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#amazon prime
#merry christmas
#online retailer
More than 40,000 people have signed a petition calling for Amazon’s chief executive Jeff... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#petition calling
Amazon's 2013 list of bestselling adult titles includes Brown's 'Inferno' and Hosseini's 'And the Mountains Echoed,' while Veronica Roth's 'Allegiant' tops the children's bestseller list. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#khaled hosseini
#bestselling titles
#mountains echoed
#veronica roth
#bestseller list
Sepp Blatter, the president of Fifa, whose middle name should be "Controversy", has walked into another embarrassing row.As The Observer's David Hills reported yesterday, he has won an injunction in Switzerland, his native country, in order to prevent the publication of a book of amusing... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
The books industry still underestimates the disruptive power of Jeff Bezos's awesome ambitionSo Amazon are the bad guys, again. At least according to Harper's Magazine they are. For the former Amazon employee James Marcus, Brad Stone "drops the ball" in his biography of Jeff Bezos, The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#literary culture
HarperCollins Worldwide c.e.o. Brian Murray has described Amazon as a "frenemy", and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#harpercollins worldwide
#brian murray
Kobo has expanded its distribution channel in France with the addition of retailers Pixmania,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#distribution channel
The new imprint of the online bookseller has already released works by authors including William Lashner and Rebecca Adams Wright. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#online bookseller
It is the stuff of books and now it has become very real, with Australian authors Anna Funder, Frank Moorhouse and David Malouf joining the fight to demand an end to mass surveillance. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |