Amazon starts Boxing Day sale on Christmas Day

Amazon.co.uk will begin its Boxing Day sales on Christmas Day this year, responding to the fact... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Iowa Bookseller Pumps Up Sales for Author's Memoir

About 25% of the sales of a Holt memoir by a debut author have been in Iowa's bookstores, due to the heroic efforts of a Decorah bookseller Kate Rattenborg. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why It’s Imperative Amazon v. Hachette Ends Soon

If Amazon believes in readers and Hachette believes in authors as much as they say, it's imperative they end their fight as soon as possible, argues Tanja Tuma. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon-Bonnier battle goes public with protest by European authors

More than 1,000 writers from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland have signed a letter to Amazon saying that the company has made Bonnier-published books less available and manipulated Amazon's recommended reading lists. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Responds to German Authors' Protest

Over the weekend, the 'New York Times' reported on a letter of protest, from authors in Germany, about a terms dispute between Amazon and the local publisher, Bonnier. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's Whispersync comes to UK

Whispersync for Voice, Amazon’s feature which allows for synchronised reading and listening... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's Russell Grandinetti: Kindle champ takes on the books trade | Observer profile

Why are some of the world's most widely read authors now at daggers drawn with Amazon? The answer lies in Jeff Bezos's chief lieutenant, now the most powerful man in publishingEarlier this year, Amazon threw a party at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to celebrate the launch of Alpha... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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George Orwell estate 'appalled and wryly' amused at Amazon's 'doublespeak'

'This is about as close as one can get to the Ministry of Truth and its doublespeak: turning the facts inside out to get a piece of propaganda across,' Bill Hamilton, executor of the Orwell estate, said. Amazon recently wrote a letter criticizing publisher Hachette, with which it is engaged in a... Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK consumer magazines lost nearly 1m print sales in first half of 2014 ABC

Sales of the hundreds of paid-for weekly and monthly titles fell 4.4% compared with previous six months, according to latest healthcheck Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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George Orwell estate 'appalled and wryly' amused at Amazon's 'doublespeak' (+video)

'This is about as close as one can get to the Ministry of Truth and its doublespeak: turning the facts inside out to get a piece of propaganda across,' Bill Hamilton, executor of the Orwell estate, said. Amazon recently wrote a letter criticizing publisher Hachette, with which it is engaged in a... Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Child hits back at indie authors in Amazon debate

Author Lee Child has come out swinging in the manner of Jack Reacher on The Passive Voice website... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon launches credit card reader

Amazon has released a new device for local businesses to take credit and debit card transactions... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orwell estate hits back at Amazon's corporate 'doublespeak'

Internet retailer accused of using tactics from Orwell's 1984 in war of words with the publisher HachetteRepresentatives of George Orwell have described Amazon's selective quoting of the Nineteen Eighty-Four author as "dystopian and shameless" and "as close as one can get to the Ministry of... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NME hits a new low in print sales

Title trails last in music magazine sector, selling fewer than 15,000 copies in first half of year Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Company magazine to go digital-only amid falling sales

Hearst says October edition will be final print issue, adding that it was too soon to say whether jobs would be affectedCompany magazine, the monthly Hearst UK glossy aimed at younger women, will cease print publication after 36 years in September and go online-only.Hearst announced on Wednesday... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lee Child: Amazon's Readers United letter 'disingenuous'

Amazon is using “authors as collateral damage and using customers as pawns”, author... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore Sales Fell 7.9% in First Half of 2014

Bookstore sales for the first six months of 2014 were down 7.9% compared to the same period last year, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Florida Bookstore Day will be held this November

The celebration echoes California Bookstore Day, which was held for the first time this past May. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon launches second campus store

Amazon is to launch its first ever staffed customer order pickup locations at the campus of an... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Purdue Opens Amazon-Branded E-Store

As the start of the fall semester nears, the college bookstore market is heating up with the launch of a second Amazon co-branded online school store at Indiana's Purdue University. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is the “Amazon War” Ultimately Pointless?

In Bloomberg View Leonid Bershidsky suggests the 'war' between Amazon and publishers is ultimately pointless, since the future of reading lies elsewhere. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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