Amazon pays £14m corporation tax as revenue increases

Amazon's UK logistics and warehouse arm tripled its corporation tax payment to £14m for 2018, the company has revealed. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-03 21:29:05 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's upgraded Kindle Paperwhite lineup makes the best e-reader even better

Official news came much sooner than expected. On Tuesday, just a day after leaks surfaced on the company’s Canadian and Mexican sites about models with a bigger screen and dramatically more LEDs, Amazon confirmed the launch of three new Kindle Paperwhites. In addition to a successor for the... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2021-09-21 13:00:00 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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Amazon is updating Kindles to make them easier to navigate

Amazon is rolling out a software update for its Kindle, Paperwhite and Oasis devices that could make them easier to use. The company announced the changes will be arriving in the coming weeks for Kindles 8th-generation and later, Paperwhites 7th-generation and newer as well as the Oasis... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2021-09-10 22:45:31 UTC ]
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Publishers, Amazon Move to Dismiss Booksellers’ Antitrust Suit

In separate motions this week, lawyers for both Amazon and the Big Five publishers asked a federal court to dismiss the latest iteration of a potential class-action price-fixing claim filed on behalf of indie booksellers involving print trade books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Charts: One August Night sails into the top

Victoria Hislop's One August Night (Headline) has climbed 15 places to hit the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction number one spot, as its Kindle price dropped to 99p. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-08 02:00:28 UTC ]
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Amazon is running a Labor Day sale on Kindles and Fire tablets

Amazon is offering discounts on a swathe of Kindles and Fire tablets for Labor Day. While the price cuts might not be quite as hefty as those you'd find on Prime Day, they're still solid, and you'll save around a third on most of the devices. Each version of the Fire 7 tablet, which Amazon says... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2021-09-06 14:39:41 UTC ]
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Amazon will recruit 2,500 UK staff to fuel expansion

Amazon is planning a global recruitment drive to hire 55,000 staff, including 2,500 in the UK, to accommodate the demand for online retail and digital advertising. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-01 19:48:27 UTC ]
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PRH US pays tribute to Seyfried after death, aged 36

Penguin Random House US has paid tribute to 36-year-old vice-president Erika Seyfried, who died over the weekend.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-30 18:31:43 UTC ]
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UK’s Publishers Association: 64 Percent of Book Revenue at Stake in Copyright Question

As much as £2.2 billion (US$3.1 billion) in revenue, the Publishers Association says, is imperiled in the UK's copyright consultation. The post UK’s Publishers Association: 64 Percent of Book Revenue at Stake in Copyright Question appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-08-30 00:44:30 UTC ]
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Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite drops to all-time low price of $71 in one-day sale

Now might be a good time to buy an e-reader for school — or that end-of-summer vacation. Amazon has cut the price of the ad-supported 8GB Kindle Paperwhite to an all-time low of $71 in a one-day-only sale, well below the official $130 sticker. That's lower than what we saw just two weeks... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2021-08-29 15:44:54 UTC ]
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Amazon to open US department stores, WSJ reports

Amazon plans to open several large physical retail locations in the US that will operate like department stores, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-20 23:13:54 UTC ]
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Why Amazon's oldest Kindles will be cut off from the internet

Amazon’s oldest Kindles are being cut off from the internet. But don’t blame Amazon—these e-readers are collateral damage in the phaseout of 2G and 3G cellular service.The first two generations of Kindle e-readers used a cellular antenna to connect to the internet for downloading content.... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2021-08-18 16:45:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Charts: McAllister's That Night dawns atop Most-Sold: Fiction

Gillian McAllister's That Night (Penguin) has leapfrogged Stephen King's Billy Summers (Hodder & Stoughton) to take the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction number one spot.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-18 03:59:25 UTC ]
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Amazon Charts: King and Jane's Patisserie rise to the top

Jane Dunn's Jane's Patisserie (Ebury) and Stephen King's Billy Summers (Hodder & Stoughton) have topped Amazon's Most-Sold: Non-Fiction and Most-Sold: Fiction rankings respectively. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-11 22:55:21 UTC ]
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Author Szereto 'horrified and angry' over Amazon fake e-book scam

American author Mitzi Szereto says she has been plagued by fake pornographic e-books listed under her name on Amazon in a similar scam to one which previously targeted commercial women’s writers in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-11 21:51:56 UTC ]
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Amazon cuts back drone delivery team

Online retail giant Amazon has cut back its pioneering drone delivery team, but says it will still have a Prime Air presence in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-09 16:20:14 UTC ]
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HarperCollins reports record profits as global revenue grows 19%

HarperCollins has reported “record profits”, with global revenues growing 19% in the financial year ending 30th June 2021, according to figures from parent firm News Corp.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-06 19:17:08 UTC ]
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The eviction moratorium, the child tax credit, and the episodic poverty news cycle

Last week, the Biden administration called on Congress to extend a federal ban on evictions that health officials implemented last year as a response to the pandemic, citing the White House’s view that a recent Supreme Court ruling prohibited it from taking unilateral action. On Friday—with the... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-08-03 12:35:32 UTC ]
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Amazon Sales Only Rose 27% in Q2

Second-quarter revenue increased by 27% at Amazon over last year's second period, as business began to return to more normal buying trends following months of pandemic-fueled shopping. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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