The Leading Players in the Amazon-Hachette Dispute: Notables of 2014

The dispute over ebook terms between Amazon and Hachette Book Group USA generated headlines around the world when the e-tailer stopped accepting preorders on HBG titles and delayed shipments on some print titles. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book sharing: Amazon and book publishers' stupid attempts to curtail lending sites.

As convenient as they are, I've long worried about the many ways in which ebook purveyors restrict readers' rights. You can't resell the books you purchase for the Amazon Kindle, and you can't read them on most other e-readers. We also don't really own ebooks in the same way we own... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette to bring French out of copyright titles into print

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Livre US ebook sales nearly 25% of total

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profits drop 17% at Hachette in 2010, after 'spectacular' 2009

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has '80% online share', claims new survey

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quadrille set to lead Wills and Kate up the aisle

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin and Hachette win at PPC awards

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon appoints three to UK team

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK bestsellers help Hachette prove resilient as ebooks rise in the US

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Non-agency authors are Amazon UK’s bestselling ebooks

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iPhone app store, Amazon Kindle: Why ebook sellers should stop playing by Apple's rules.

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[ Slate | 2011-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Claims E-book Sales Beat Paperbacks

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Amazon Kindle Book Sales Soar

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Kindle sales outstrip paperbacks as Amazon has first $10bn quarter

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Amazon rolls out the first 'Kindle Singles,' short form ebooks

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[ Betanews | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Ups Its Edge

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette to close teen magazine Sugar after 16 years

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