Amazon Growth Slows, Costs Jump

Amazon has seen huge gains in sales and profits since the pandemic began, but growth in the third quarter was a modest 15%. The company is spending billions to cope with supply chain issues and labor shortages. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Print Sales Jumped 17% in Early November

With all categories posting solid gains, unit sales of print books rose 17.3% in the week ended Nov. 6, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon adds clip sharing to the Prime Video app on iOS

The next time you're watching a show on Prime Video and there's a moment that leaves you crying, laughing or feeling wowed, you might be able to share a clip of it with your friends. Prime Video users in the US can now try a clip feature on iOS.Perhaps due to rights issues, the feature is... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2021-11-11 20:31:33 UTC ]
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Amazon Charts: The Promise breaks into Most-Sold Fiction

Damon Galgut's The Promise (Chatto & Windus) has thundered to the top of the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction top 20, the week of its Booker Prize win. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-09 19:53:38 UTC ]
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Living in a Booktopia: Nash reveals how his retail start-up grew to defy Amazon

Booktopia co-founder and c.e.o. Tony Nash, who will be interviewed as part of this year’s FutureBook Conference, discusses how he spotted a gap in the online retail marketplace, and helped Australian publishers resist Amazon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-08 10:37:03 UTC ]
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Amazon signs 'fast-paced' thriller trio from Beckler

Amazon Publishing has landed three titles in a new thriller series from David Beckler, secured in The Liverpool Literary Agency's first multi-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-08 05:15:38 UTC ]
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Lawyers Argue that E-book Price-Fixing Case Against Amazon, Big Five Publishers Should Proceed

In a lengthy opposition brief filed this week, lawyers for a potential consumer class portrayed their case as the second act of the Apple e-books case and insisted there is more than enough evidence for the case to proceed. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon offers steep discounts on recent Echo devices

This may be one of your best chances of scoring a smart speaker or e-reader before the holiday rush. Amazon is selling multiple recent Echo devices (plus a Kindle reader) at very low prices. To start, the fourth-generation Echo speaker is on sale for just $60 (usually $100), or the same as its... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2021-10-31 14:22:12 UTC ]
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Search Press owners look to future growth with spate of plans

Despite having to adapt its plans to celebrate its half-century, art and craft specialist Search Press posted record results in the lockdowns, and is anticipating further growth once craft fairs and high streets gather momentum. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-30 06:01:57 UTC ]
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Trade predicts pressures on profits as costs rocket

The industry is facing an escalation in costs, as soaring energy prices and rising shipping fees add to the financial implications of distribution delays, with publishers, printers, analysts and retailers predicting pressure on profits and the likelihood of costs being passed on to consumers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-29 15:37:05 UTC ]
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Amazon Charts: The Couple at No 9 moves into the top

Claire Douglas' The Couple at No 9 (Penguin) has leapfrogged Richard Osman's The Man Who Died Twice (Penguin) to hit the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction number one. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-27 11:26:35 UTC ]
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Boyle wins Amazon Publishing New Voices Award

Journalist and writer Darren Boyle has won Capital Crime's Amazon Publishing New Voices Award for his thriller The Black Pool, which is set in contemporary Dublin and follows a journalist who ventures deep into the murky world of gang-organised tiger raids. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-19 15:51:36 UTC ]
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You won’t find Dave Eggers’s new book on Amazon. That’s the most interesting thing about it.

“The Every,” a sequel to “The Circle,” suffers from the Web’s worst quality: unlimited space. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-19 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Hitting the Books: How Amazon's aggressive R&D push made it an e-commerce behemoth

Amazon is the Standard Oil of the 21st century. Its business operations and global reach dwarf those of virtually every other company on the planet — and exceed the GDP of more than a few countries — illustrating the vital importance innovation has on the modern economy. In his latest book, The... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2021-10-16 15:30:33 UTC ]
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Small minds: why a growth mindset is anathema to solving the climate crisis

The time for a business-as-usual approach to the climate has long since passed, argues author, academic and activist Timothy Morton, and urgent steps need to be take to maintain a planet we can not only survive on, but thrive on.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-14 20:35:24 UTC ]
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Get the Jump on Frankfurt: A Concise Preparation for Academic Publishing

Know before you go: The Frankfurt Conference tracks on Monday and Tuesday will orient you quickly and efficiently to Buchmesse 2021. The post Get the Jump on Frankfurt: A Concise Preparation for Academic Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-10-06 11:42:17 UTC ]
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It’s Time To Slow Down Your Audiobook Speed

Love listening to audiobooks at 1.25 or 1.5 or even 2 times the speed? Here's your challenge to slow down and listen with intention. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-10-04 10:39:00 UTC ]
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Dave and Goliath: maverick writer Eggers makes a stand against Amazon

The author likes small bookshops. So he won’t let the online giant sell his new hardbackThe plight of the high street bookshop, struggling against the power of the online giants, is a common complaint either side of the Atlantic. But not often do the prominent players, the authors and... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-10-03 08:00:23 UTC ]
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Amazon Charts: The Man Who Died Twice murders the competition

Richard Osman's The Man Who Died Twice (Penguin) has claimed the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction top spot, with its predecessor The Thursday Murder Club bouncing four places up the chart to join it in second. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-23 01:43:42 UTC ]
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Amazon's new Kindle Paperwhites have bigger, brighter screens and USB-C charging

As indicated in a leak earlier this week, Amazon is updating the Kindle Paperwhite. The fifth-gen Paperwhite (which marks the first refresh in nearly three years) has a larger, 6.8-inch display, compared with the previous model's six-inch screen. The company says the 300 ppi screen is glare-free... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2021-09-21 13:00:32 UTC ]
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Amazon Just Introduced Three New Kindle Paperwhites

The waterproof e-reader now comes in three different options, with bigger, brighter screens and faster response times. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2021-09-21 13:00:00 UTC ]
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