Amazon Swings Into Header Bidding With Cloud-Based Service for Publishers

Amazon plans to announce a cloud-based header bidding solution aimed squarely at publishers as early as next week, according to people familiar with the matter.Header bidding has become one of the most important areas of ad tech because it lets publishers take more offers for their ads at once and gives advertisers a more even shot at inventory. Google and Facebook are gearing up to fight today's ad-tech vendors for publishers' business in the space, but now face the prospect of a very potent new rival.An Amazon representative declined to comment for this story. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Amazon's bid to bury Hachette has backfired

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[ The Guardian | 2014-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones stocks Amazon Publishing's Sherratt

Paperback editions of books by Amazon Publishing UK author Mel Sherratt are being stocked locally... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon vs Hachette: readers and authors take sides in publishing dispute

The tussle between Amazon and the publishing conglomerate has been raging since spring. Heres an update on the fightA corporate boxing match broke from the ring and swelled into all-out rumpus last weekend, as readers and authors took sides in Amazon and Hachettes fight over the publishing... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eoin Purcell to head Amazon Publishing UK

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Publishing Expands

Amazon has made new additions to its publishing teams in the company's New York and London offices. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FastPencil Offers Self-publishing Services to Evernote Users

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon launches Kindle Unlimited ebook service

Amazon.com Inc. on Friday introduced Kindle Unlimited, an all-you-can-read ebook subscription service available for $9.99 a month. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2014-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Starts Monthly Subscription Service for Unlimited E-Books

Amazon introduced a $9.99- a-month service for unlimited Kindle ebook downloads, letting customers devour books like they binge on TV services like Netflix and Amazon Prime.Kindle Unlimited includes more than 600,000 Kindle books and thousands of audiobooks from Audible Inc., Amazon said today... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will Amazon offer an unlimited ebook and audiobook service?

Some Amazon users spotted an ad for a Kindle Unlimited service, which would let users access as many ebook and audio titles as they wanted (within a certain library) for $9.99 a month. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon unveils Kindle Unlimited, an ebook subscription service

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon to Launch “Netflix for Ebooks” Subscription Service

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Tests Kindle Unlimited, Its Own E-book Subscription Service

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[ Fast Company | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon testing Netflix-style subscription service for ebooks

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[ Engadget | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon 'testing ebook/audio subscription service'

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Tests Its Own E-Book Subscription Service

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Amazon speaks – finally – about its dispute with publisher Hachette

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As Amazon slugs it out with the big publishers, authors are left cowering | Adam Fletcher & Paul Hawkins

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[ The Guardian | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Demands New Terms from UK Publishers

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon vs. Hachette: The Battle for the Future of Publishing

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