Over the past few semesters the University of Kansas Bookstore and a growing number of independent college stores have begun taking advantage of the way students comparison shop for textbooks by sharing their competitors’ prices on their own store’s Web sites and/or pricing books dynamically using that data. “You’d have to be extremely naïve to think students aren’t pasting ISBNs [for course books] on their favorite sites, like Chegg and Amazon,” said James Rourke, assistant director of the University of Kansas Bookstore in Lawrence, Kans. While some stores list pricing for their two biggest competitors, Amazon and Half, others post as many as 10 alternatives plus availability at the local library. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Kindle reader on a train in Cambridge, Mass. E-book best-seller lists are full of genre novels. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2011-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Raili Seppänen Publication Date: Wed, 31/08/2011 - 14:55 The largest bookshop chain in Finland is on the verge of being sold to the country's second-largest publisher, in a deal worth 27.5m (£24.3m). The deal will see Otava become the sole owner of Suomalainen Kirjakauppa, so long... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 31/08/2011 - 10:05 E-book sales now account for over 10% of Random House Group UK sales, as worldwide earnings for parent company Random House surged despite a dip in sales. In the first six months of 2011, Random House worldwide reported... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite the decline of paper product use among publishers, prices for paper havent fallen the way many hoped they would. Some say that this is the result of demand meeting supply, while others think pricing is about to change for the publishers benefit. Terry Choate, president of Making... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 30/08/2011 - 15:39 Barnes & Noble has said it expects its Nook ebook business to earn it $1.8bn (£1.1bn) by the end of its latest financial year. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 30/08/2011 - 15:39 Barnes & Noble has said it expects its Nook ebook business to earn it $1.8bn (£1.1bn) by the end of its latest financial year. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 26/08/2011 - 09:04 Manuals and DIY publisher Haynes Publishing has reported pre-tax profits of £7.18m, up from £7.17m in 2010, for the year ended 31st May 2011. Like-for-like sales were up 1% to £33.76m from £33.31m in 2010. Segmental... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Even paper-focused companies are predicting a major fall for the printed page in the coming years. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Tue, 16/08/2011 - 16:03 Spending on printed books slumped £1.1m last week, as the UK riots caused retailers to shut stores early and the public to avoid the high street. Although bookshops remained largely unscathed during the rioting, spending... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 12/08/2011 - 08:22 Supporters of New Cross library have claimed the council is demanding £24,000 in annual rent to reopen the library. It is due to reopen tomorrow (13th August) as New Cross People's Library, in a trial venture run by local... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 11/08/2011 - 09:10 HarperCollins ebook sales now comprise 11% of its total revenue, the company has said following parent NewsCorp's latest results. As has now become customary, figures for HarperCollins were not stripped out. There was no... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 11/08/2011 - 09:20 Canadian retailer Indigo Books & Music has reported 170% acceleration in digital sales growth, but blamed a drop in overall revenue for its first quarter on declining physical book sales. Indigo attributed the hike in its... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Bonniers Parenting website announced its partnership with the TODAY shows website; offering Parenting.com and Today.com users a wider breadth of content, and advertisers a greater reach for their campaigns. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A class-action lawsuit accuses Apple of working with publishers to raise the cost of ebooks. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2011-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams and Philip Stone Publication Date: Fri, 05/08/2011 - 09:00 Publishers and independent booksellers are stressing the importance of "working harder" on hardback fiction titles, as sales of the format fell by £3.2m over the first half of 2011. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 05/08/2011 - 08:50 Publishers must tighten up their business practices across the developing world or risk falling foul of new anti-bribery legislation, senior figures from the international book trade have said. The Bribery Act, which came... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Thu, 04/08/2011 - 09:30 Man Booker Prize bookies favourite Alan Hollinghurst is proving the most popular of the longlisted titles among the book buying public. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 03/08/2011 - 09:20 Digital sales more than doubled at Simon & Schuster in its second-quarter but did not offset the decline in print. However, the publisher reported an increase in profits of 12% off the back of the shift to digital and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. is making it easier for readers to access its magazines in digital formthe company announced Wednesday that it will make all 21 of its U.S. titles available on the iPad and other tablets by the end of the year. But consumers still wont be able to buy subscriptions through a key sales... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 29/07/2011 - 09:30 Penguin reported lower sales and profits in the first half of 2011 as it adjusted to the "unprecedented challenges" afflicting the publishing sector including the loss of high street booksellers in the US and Australia... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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