Amazon UK launches Textbook Trade-In Programme

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 21/07/2011 - 09:08 Amazon.co.uk has launched a service allowing customers to trade in old textbooks in exchange for gift card credit on their Amazon account. The UK e-retailer is allowing customers to send textbooks to Amazon free-of-charge, but they must feature on a specified list of 22,000 titles. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #amazon account #allowing customers

Other Publishing stories related to: 'Amazon UK launches Textbook Trade-In Programme'


PRH and Amazon UK Sparring Over Terms?

Penguin Random House and Amazon.co.uk are involved in negotiations for new sales terms, but representatives from the publisher denied speculation that Penguin UK was thinking of withholding it titles from the retailer if a deal isn't reached. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #sales terms #penguin uk


PRH UK and Amazon facing terms dispute

Penguin Random House UK and Amazon are in dispute over terms, with a new contract under negotiation. If a deal is not reached Amazon could begin to pull or downgrade the availability of PRH titles from its ecommerce channels as it did with Hachette Book Group USA titles last year. With a number... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #prh uk


Faber launches new membership programme

Faber has a launched a new membership programme, which will offer special collector's editions of some of the publisher's titles. The new programme, Faber Members, will offer both a free and a premium tier costing £500 a year, with each giving members a different range of features. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #membership programme


Amazon Pursues Education Market with Kindle Textbook Creator

Amazon has launched a new tool for authors to create and sell digital textbooks. But there are questions about royalty rates on higher priced e-textbooks. The post Amazon Pursues Education Market with Kindle Textbook Creator appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #royalty rates


Amazon Kindle Textbook Creator turns authors into teachers (and vice versa)

While ebooks are everywhere, electronic textbooks never really caught on, despite their potential to bring immersive learning at a lower cost. Amazon is trying to change that with the Kindle Textbook Creator, a free app from its newly formed Kindle ... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #vice versa #electronic textbooks #lower cost #free app


Amazon launches 60-minute delivery service in New York

Amazon has launched a one-hour new delivery service in selected areas of Manhattan, New York, today (19th December), which it plans to expand in 2015. The service, called Prime Now, promises to deliver in one hour a range of more than 25,000 daily essentials, such as “paper towels, shampoo,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #delivery service #paper towels #mobile app


Purcell looks to propel Amazon Publishing UK

Amazon Publishing plans to grow its list of UK titles and authors “substantially” in 2015, Eoin Purcell, UK head of Amazon Publishing, has told The Bookseller. The publisher is also “constantly looking to create new platforms to connect authors and readers”, Purcell said. Amazon Publishing UK,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #eoin purcell #uk authors #uk head #amazon publishing #books signed


American Bar Association Launches Trade Imprint

The American Bar Association's publishing division is launching a trade imprint. Ankerwycke has just released its debut title, a legal thriller by blogger David Lat, to be followed by 34 titles in 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #publishing division #trade imprint #debut title #legal thriller


Campaign group launches 'Amazon Free' shopping guide

Independent booksellers and WH Smith feature on an “alternative” shopping guide for Christmas created by campaign group Amazon Anonymous. The group has teamed up with Ethical Consumer to create an alternative shopping guide for those who have signed up to its “Amazon Free Challenge” – in which... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #shopping guide #independent booksellers


Post office partnership trebles Amazon's UK collection points

Amazon has trebled its number of collection points for customers via a partnership with Royal Mail. The e-commerce giant revealed the link-up today ( 25th November), which has added an extra 10,500 collection points in post offices to its PickUp Location Programme in the UK, bringing its total... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #total number #royal mail


Campaign group launches Amazon Christmas boycott

Amazon Anonymous has raised £7,000 for a campaign urging people not to shop with Amazon this Christmas. The campaign group is asking people to sign up to its Amazon Free Challenge, where customers boycott shopping with Amazon from the 1st to the 25th of December to show the retailer that: “if... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #amazon anonymous #campaign group #fair share #shoppers find


Amazon launches Kindle in Holland

Amazon has launched three Kindle e-readers and the Kindle ebook store in Holland. The e-commerce giant launched its Dutch ebook arm today (12th November), offering customers 20,000 Dutch ebooks alongside 3million books in other languages, reports Dutch news outlet NU. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #kindle e-readers


Amazon recruits for UK drone engineers

Amazon has thrown more weight behind its plans to develop unmanned drones –“Octocopters” - to deliver orders to customers within half an hour. The online retailer has advertised for Flight Operations Engineers based in Cambridge in the UK, who would be responsible for developing drone technologies. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #online retailer


Rakuten launches new UK website

Rakuten has today (27th October) launched a new UK website selling physical and audiobooks via third party retailers. The Japanese e-commerce company said it plans to “focus on empowering more independent retailers to sell online in the UK.” Rakuten, which also owns Canada-based ebook retailer... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #uk website #independent retailers #sell online


Germany's Blloon launches in UK

E-reading platform Blloon launched in the UK today (22nd October), with titles from publishers such as Allen & Unwin, Faber and Profile.  The German company founded by Txtr boss Thomas Leliveld plans to target young people who “read up to 12 books a year”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #allen unwin


BookBub launches in the UK

US-based BookBub, the daily deal site for ebooks, has launched in the UK. Publishers and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Amazon brings Kindle Unlimited ebook subscriptions to the UK

Whether we like it or not, Amazon nearly always launches its new products and services in the US first. It happened with its Fire-branded tablets, set-top box and smartphone. The same can be said for its all-you-can-read ebook service, Kindle... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #set-top box


Amazon Launching New Crowdsourcing Publishing Program

After rumblings surfaced that Amazon is creating a new crowd-sourcing publishing platform, the e-tailer has confirmed that the new program is "in the works." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Amazon brings Fire Phone to UK

Amazon will launch its Fire Phone through the O2 network provider in the UK at the end of this... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #fire phone


News UK Launches Lineup Systems’ AdPoint

Lineup Systems’ web based advertising sales and management system AdPoint was recently launched at leading news publisher News UK. The implementation is part of News UK’s Workspace project, a wholly integrated, multi-channel appr ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #recently launched #news ukrsquo