Industry Notes: Kinokuniya Partners With PRH on Ebooks; ‘Scribner Building’ Acquired

A partnership with PRH lets Kinokuniya consumers compare English and Japanese editions. And a building in which Hemingway once was printed has been bought. The post Industry Notes: Kinokuniya Partners With PRH on Ebooks; ‘Scribner Building’ Acquired appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Google has won the right to appeal the granting of class status to thousands of authors suing the search engine company over its ambitious plan to create the world's largest digital books library. Continue reading at Stuff

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Open Road to publish Chicken Soup ebooks

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DoJ moves to seal ebook pricing agreement

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Twenty pence ebook cracks Kindle top three

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Scholastic partners with RSPCA for publishing programme

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More ebooks sold than print books

Online retailer Amazon announces it sells more ebooks than hardbacks and paperbacks combined. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2012-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Report: consumers switch between print and ebooks

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Poor turnout hits ebook festival

A ebook literary festival expecting up to 20,000 visitors ends early after only 100 show up. Continue reading at BBC World

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Harlequin: 20p ebook price 'out of our hands'

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Kobo launches roadshow as indies ponder ebook options

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Debate over 20p ebooks rages on

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Olympic buzz builds for retailers

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Arrow snaps up six Sweet Valley ebook novellas

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New ebook short from King

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McKenzie speaks out on 20p ebooks

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Senator Schumer sides with Apple and publishers in ebook price fixing case

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Schumer challenges DOJ on ebook lawsuit

Sen. Charles Schumer wrote in an op-ed that the Department of Justice's lawsuit could 'wipe out the publishing industry as we know it.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Total book sales fell 2.5% in 2011, to $27.2 billion, according to the latest figures released by BookStats. Revenue was down in three of the four major segments measured by BookStats—k–12, higher education, and professional/scholarly—and up slightly in trade. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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