How the Amazon-Hachette Fight Could Shape the Future of Ideas

While the bookseller and publisher are battling over mundane business specifics, the state of publishing hangs in the balance. Continue reading at 'The Atlantic'

[ The Atlantic | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Amazon Moves Closer to Selling Used Ebooks

Amazon has patented a technology that allows customers to sell their previously read ebooks, audiobooks, music and movies in the same way that they can now sell print books, DVDs, and CDs. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As E-books Grow, So Does Amazon

With ebooks’ share of unit sales rising from 14% for the first nine months of 2011 to 22% for the same period in 2012, the biggest winners among retailers were Amazon and dedicated ebookstores and digital download sites. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Myanmar’s Literati Shake Off Past, Look to Future

New freedoms and the patronage of pro-Democracy politician Aung San Suu Kyi helped Myanmar host its first book festival, where once-banned books were openly on display. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Slight’ dip for Hachette UK in 2012

Hachette parent company Lagardere has reported a 1.9% fall in net sales for Hachette UK in 2012,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's E-Book Business Is Up 70 Percent, but It's Still Not Disclosing Kindle Sales

Whatever Kindle sales were in Q4, they could have been better had Amazon not sold out of its flagship e-reader. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon reports record sales growth

Amazon saw record sales growth of 22% to $21bn (£13bn) over the Christmas period, with the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon 'to put advertising on Kindles'

Amazon is reportedly readying an advertising push for displays on Kindle e-readers after pitching... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon launches Kindle in Canada

Amazon today (24th January) launches its Kindle range in Canada, the e-reading heartland of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Interview - HuffPo CEO Jimmy Maymann: 'We Don't See Traditional Online Ads as the Future'

In the face of stagnant growth in traditional advertising, digital publishers are looking to sponsored content as an alternative route, something Buzzfeed has been doing well, and The Atlantic has been doing less well recently. It's an approach ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Support for Seven Stories as it fights funding cut

Seven Stories, the national centre for children's books, is making a final push to galvanise... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spar installs Amazon collection lockers

Spar has installed Amazon collection lockers into nine of its convenience stores to make them... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Concerns over Hachette contracts

Authors' representatives have expressed concern over changes proposed by Hachette to its... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon quietly introduces Kindle rentals for US readers, bases prices on duration

Think you can finish a 168-page novel in a month? It might pay to opt for Amazon's new Kindle rental feature, now available on an incredibly limited number of titles. A few options published by Princeton University Press appear to represent the site's introductory offering. The 5 Elements of... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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3 Key Ideas from Digital Book World 2013

Looking back on this week's Digital Book World conference, we distill the event into three key ideas: price innovation, discoverability and authenticity. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PublishNews Brazil: Amazon Opens Kiosks to Sell Kindles in Brazil

This week on PublishNews Brazil: Amazon partners with a kiosk-retailer to sell Kindles in Brazil, Kobo launches two new ereaders, 33% of Brazilians read a book last month. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the Future, WIll Libraries Look More Like Apple Stores?

A new library in Texas appears to be normal, until you realize it doesn’t have any books in it. In Bexar County, Texas, the center of the San Antonio metropolitan area’s breakneck growth, a population boom has left some residents without adequate library access. A new initiative will fill... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon kicks off its Breakthrough Novel contest

Amazon's annual competition comes with some changes this year as the company plans to self-publish the winner and adds new genres for the contest. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What is the Future of the Comic Book Format?

What is the future of the comic book format? Will it go all digital? Continue its slow decline? Disappear? Or is due for a nostalgic revival like so much else? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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