Asia’s Potential Monsoon of Ebook Sales: Philip Tatham on ASEAN

'The reason we want to start selling ebooks direct into ASEAN,' says Monsoon's Philip Tatham, is because it's a major and rare territory still without heavy competition from major ebook retailers. The post Asia’s Potential Monsoon of Ebook Sales: Philip Tatham on ASEAN appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Yahoo Still Looking to Ignite Tumblr's Ad Potential

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Simon & Schuster and Yilin Press in Deal for Worldwide EBook Distribution

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Amazon Has Big Sales Gain, Small Loss

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EU lines up ebook VAT debate

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