Shockwaves rippled across the book industry last Wednesday after Amazon sent customers a copy of The Testaments almost a week early, which it later apologised for and attributed to "technical error". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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As the internet pats itself on the back for protesting SOPA and changing the minds of a handful of U.S. Senators, file-sharing site Megaupload has been brought down in one of the largest copyright infringement cases of all time. Seven individuals and two international corporations have been... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sources from Amazon's supply chain in the Far East indicated to DigiTimes that Kindle Fire orders with original device manufacturers are expected to be just 3 million units this quarter. That's half the 6 million units Amazon reportedly shipp ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The migration of print sales to digital has been most keenly felt by Britain's biggest... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch is talking nonsense, according to Google. Murdoch, a Twitter user for only the past several weeks, used the service to fire a barrage of accusations Saturday night against President Obama and Google. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has hired Mauro Widman as Kindle "vendor manager" in Brazil, to prepare for a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association has dismissed volunteer-run libraries as "unsustainable",... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Tip Sheet called up Sarah Bagby, owner of Watermark Books in Wichita, Kan., to find out what’s being exchanged during the annual post-holiday gift-correction season. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An MP has joined the Bookseller Association's calls for the government to respond to the Mary... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors, poets and librarians are among those hailed for their work in the New Year Honours List... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles has reported a third year of profitable trading, despite "deep concern" about... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller is launching its annual survey of how independent bookshops have fared with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstone's m.d. James Daunt has called for the government to intervene over tax rates, as... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fear that Amazon will come to dominate the bookselling market is nothing new in the publishing industry. But last week, as booksellers continued to decry the companys price check app (which could be used to access prices on booksellers sideline items, like toys and DVDs) and as information... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French booksellers have called it a "catastrophe" that VAT rates will go up to 7% in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon.co.uk has announced its New Year discounting already, launching what it calls "... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If showrooming wasnt part of the industry lexicon before last week, it is now, thanks to Amazons price check app that gives customers up to $15 in discounts to those who scan prices of products at different stores. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins and Canongate have backed Fabers Stephen Pages calls for a new... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I love reading, and I love books. I don't care much about the medium--paper or digital, it's all the same to me, for the most part. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2011-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has paid a high six figure sum for world rights in a memoir about saving horses in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Penguin announced last week that it was disabling library ebook lending on the Kindle and pulling its latest ebook titles from all library lending platforms, libraries and readers took the hit, but to some observers they were collateral damage in a fight between publishers and Amazon about... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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