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'
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Amazon has struck a major deal with the New York City public school district to provide ebooks to its students. The deal is reported to be worth $30 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Los Angeles Convention Center has booked 30 major conventions for 2016, a 30% increase over last year and a new record for big multi-day gatherings at the city facility. The conventions this year include a celebration of comic books and movies, a gathering of experts on allergies and a... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will loyal fans of ebooks be willing to pay tablet prices for dedicated e-readers? Amazon is about to find out. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2016-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has announced its thinnest and lightest e-reader, the Kindle Oasis, "designed to feel weightless". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Federal Communications Commission is moving quickly on new privacy regulations for internet service providers, but the Association of National Advertisers is saying "not so fast."It has asked the FCC to slow the process by asking for more time to weigh in on 147 pages of a proposal that... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For years, the conventional wisdom about Amazon's Kindle e-reader was that the company, which likes to say that it wants to make money when customers use its products, would eventually make buying ebooks irresistible by offering a Kindle e-reader for free. But Amazon has refused to play along.... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2016-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jeff Bezos probably wasn't pleased to see his surprise spoiled this week, but ebook fans still have reason to get pumped. Amazon just pulled back the curtain on its new premium reader, the Kindle Oasis, and it's the slimmest and sleekest model the c... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2016-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Kindle Oasis is the eighth edition of Amazon's Kindle e-reading devices and is designed to be lighter, thinner and offers a new dual battery system. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon “defines” how Waterstones behaves, James Daunt, m.d. of Waterstones has said, but he added that a really good high street bookshop was "addictive" and could not be replicated online. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Many digital publishers are pushing into video, spurred on by growth-hungry VCs and content-starved platforms. But while video is lucrative, there are no guarantees that scale on Facebook will translate to meaningful revenue. Meanwhile, on TV these companies face the problem of competing with... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ann-Janine Murtagh, executive publisher at HarperCollins Children’s Books, said her business is on track to expand its picture book publishing, including a new collaboration between renowned illustrators Sir Quentin Blake and Emma Chichester Clark, entitled Three Little Monkeys. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon.com chief executive Jeff Bezos said that his company is about to debut a new version of the Kindle ebook reader. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2016-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon thrilled comic book fans recently when it announced it was moving forward with its revival of “The Tick,” a new live-action series based on the comics by Ben Edlund that have already spawned an animated series, a short-lived live-action series (both on Fox) and a video game. Rumors have... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How can publishers make a business out of a series of shady practices? The post Digital Advertising: A Shady, Shoddy, Fast-Growth Business appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Amazon Kindle has been around since 2007, and plenty of updates have been made to both hardware software during the years since it was released. If you have an older model then it still works just fine and, while Amazon would almost certainly like to sell you a new one, the company is still... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2016-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House global revenues rose 11.8% in 2015 to €3.7bn (up from €3.3bn the previous year), with operating EBITDA rising by 23.2% to €557m (€452m in previous year). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers pushed to loss as value of publishing rights falls and £50m is set aside to deal with continuing cost of hacking scandalThe publisher of the Sun has recorded a loss of more than £250m after making a huge write-down and paying out further costs associated... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon.co.uk managing director Christopher North is to leave the business, taking up a post as president and chief executive officer of personalised gift company Shutterfly from 31st May. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has begun to broadcast video clips in its warehouses showing employees being fired for theft, Bloomberg has reported. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon is to create 1,500 new permanent jobs with the opening of fulfilment centres in Manchester and Leicestershire this Autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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