No, ebooks aren't dying. But their domination has hit a speed bump

It wasn't so long ago that book publishers and bookstore owners were quailing about the coming of ebooks, like movie theatre owners at the dawn of the television age. Continue reading at 'Stuff'

[ Stuff | 2017-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SourceBooks releases Shakesperience interactive ebooks

US publisher SourceBooks has developed a new range of interactive ebooks for Apple devices based... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Casual Vacancy' ebook suffers technical problems

Some readers were upset by the font size of early releases of the ebook version of 'The Casual Vacancy,' in addition to concerns about its price. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NY Times ex-chief Sulzberger dies

Award-winning newspaper publisher Arthur Sulzberger Sr, who led the New York Times for three decades, dies at 86 after a long illness. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus hit by Fifty Shades success

The decline in sales of Stieg Larsson and the success of Fifty Shades of Grey has impacted on the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JK Rowling ebook suffers glitches

JK Rowling's novel, The Casual Vacancy, suffers a formatting error in the US making it near-impossible to read on some e-readers. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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20p ebook promotion continues

Amazon and Sony are continuing to offer ebooks at 20p, with further titles added to their... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK orders ebook lending review

Government-appointed panel to consider what role can ebooks play in our libraries in future. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2012-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen Lane dominates Science Books prize

Allen Lane has dominated the shortlist for this year’s £10,000 Royal Society Winton... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Exports and ebooks temper Spanish gloom

Spain's increasing involvement in the Eurozone crisis, along with government austerity... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Moran, Binet Score Hits

Landing at #2 on the German fiction chart in August is the fourth in Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Department Q series, Journal 64; Adler-Olsen is an international bestselling thriller writer whose first two novels in this series were published in quick succession by Dutton. The Keeper of Lost Causes was... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple backs off in EU ebook antitrust case

Apple and four major publishers have offered to let retailers such as Amazon sell ebooks at a discount to settle an EU antitrust investigation into their pricing deals and avoid possible fines. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple Ebooks Settlement Offer

Apple Inc., the world's biggest technology company, and four publishers offered to overhaul pricing models for digital books to allay European Union concerns that they blocked competition. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can ebook sellers survive the tablet war?

Kobo and Amazon have unveiled new tablets, but are they playing a game they can't win? Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple, ebook publishers look to settle EU antitrust dispute

Apple and four major ebook publishers have offered retailers such as Amazon.com the option to set their own prices for ebooks for the next two years in a bid to end an antitrust investigation in the European Union. The European Commission launched the investigation into allegations of cartel... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PA half year: Fiction ebook sales increased 188%

Sales of digital fiction books increased by 188% in value terms in the first half of the year,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pussy Riot ebook to be published by the Feminist Press

The Feminist Press will be publishing a Pussy Riot ebook later this month, the publisher has announced. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Manhattan Media hits the block

Manhattan Media, publisher of local weeklies Our Town and The West Side Spirit whose CEO Tom Allon is running for mayor, is on the block, according to two people with knowledge of the situation. Since its founding 11 years ago by Mr. Allon and Richard Burns, managing partner of Isis Venture... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins US ebook prices drop

American e-tailers including Amazon.com have begun selling HarperCollins ebooks at discounted... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers' embarrassing stories in Hart ebook

Hodder & Stoughton has released a free ebook, No, It's Us Too!, today (11th September)... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Group hit with age discrimination suit

Some well-kept secrets at Penguin Group, most notably the succession plan for its CEO, were put on display late Wednesday with the filing of an age discrimination lawsuit by the book publisher's former longtime head of corporate communications, Marilyn Ducksworth. Her lawyers charge Penguin with... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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