Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Wed, 05/10/2011 - 08:51 Former French culture minister Jacques Toubon has said he has high hopes that France will be able to cut VAT on ebooks from 19.6% to 5.5% next January as planned without triggering the wrath of the European Commission. Speaking at a recent conference in Paris about the future of books after the digital revolution, he said "we have a chance, even a very good chance" the cut will be accepted, according to trade magazine Livres Hebdo. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#good chance
#high hopes
#european commission
#digital revolution
Tim Waterstone, the founder of the Waterstone's book shop chain, predicts that the "ebook revolution" will soon go into decline in the UK. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#ebook revolution
#tim waterstone
A New York judge has given the go-ahead for a group to collectively sue Apple for damages over its collusion with publishers to fix the price of electronic books.Denise Cote, a judge at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, wrote in her approval of class status that... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#simon schuster
#class status
#southern district
#district court
#electronic books
#harpercollins publishers
#ebooks case
#york judge
SCIBA booksellers enthusiastically gather in record number to discuss ABA's "Conversations That Work." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#record number
Picador has acquired world English language rights for All This Has Nothing To Do With Me (Tout... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Two major players in online video advertising, Ebuzzing and Teads, are merging to create a new company with plans to list on the NASDAQ in 2015.Both companies are French, and have separately been developing "outstream" video advertising allowing the distribution of video advertising outside of... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#social feeds
#online publishers
#major players
#video advertising
Customers of Amazon.com Inc. found credits in their inboxes Tuesday from the settlement of an antitrust lawsuit over ebook prices. Amazon, in a Customer FAQ posting on its website, said the credits are partial refunds and will be applied automatically to the accounts of those eligible: people... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#publishers agreed
#simon schuster
#ebook prices
#antitrust lawsuit
In the six months since its debut, the $14 million Oyster ebook subscription platform has yet to take off. What's lacking? What could be improved? We advise. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
If you bought a lot of bestsellers, you could see a hefty credit on your Amazon account on Tuesday. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#amazon account
Remember that antitrust suit concerning publishers, ebooks and price rigging? The good news, at least if you bought one of the affected titles between April 2010 and May 2012, is that Amazon is sending some money your way. If the book you purchased... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#antitrust suit
#kindle users
New York's attorney general says buyers of electronic books will get account credits this week from five publishers from settlements reached after 33 states sued in federal court alleging they... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2014-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#electronic books
#attorney general
#ebook buyers
The UK government is bringing in new laws that will mean some downloads become subject to UK tax rates. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#uk government
Penguin Random House Merger with Santillana will force the Brazilian operation to choose whether to stay or leave the powerful DLD digital distribution platform. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, has made the prediction that self-published books will account for 50% of ebook sales by 2020. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#ebook sales
#self-published books
#mark coker
#ebook market
Peter James's Host, published on two disks, was an early example – but exactly where the medium started life is surprisingly tricky to identifyWhat was the first ebook? Debate rages … When Peter James published his thriller Host on two floppy disks, in 1993, it was billed as the "world's first... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#growing interest
Novelist Eleanor Catton and her editor Max Porter's alliance shows how much more than wielding a blade goes into this relationshipHenry James called editing "the butchers' trade". But he also said, "I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort," so you can see how the old anglophile... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#step back
Frederator Books, the year-old children’s ebook publishing program founded by cartoon veteran Fred Seibert, is getting a boost in the arm, or at least a shot of caffeine: Letters From Catbug,... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#frederator books
Our digital magazine for March focuses on ebook businesses and initiatives around the world, from sales to format, enhanced content to devices. Download your copy here. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#enhanced content
#digital magazine
Figures in its filing with the SEC show that Barnes & Noble cut Nook capital expenditures by 74% in the third quarter. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Gollancz is to drop the price of ebooks of six of its 2014 debut novels to £1.99 over... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Connecting content creators and consumers would be an enormous coup for news sites, magazines, TV networks, and other media. We look at three startups that could help.At magazines like Fast Company, we rely on distribution networks to get our articles to our readers. In print, the primary... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |