Waterstones is done selling ebooks

Waterstones is well and truly getting back to basics today, as it has dropped ebooks and audiobooks from its online store. The digital libraries of Waterstones customers will remain accessible until June 13th, with Kobo taking over the following day... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arlington’s Storyblocks selling to Boston private equity firm

Arlington’s Storyblocks has struck a deal to sell to private equity firm Great Hill Partners, more than a decade after the digital content company’s launch as a stock video platform. The parties did not disclose a purchase price in their announcement Thursday, and a Storyblocks spokesperson... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

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6 Free Children’s Ebooks on the Coronavirus

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6 Free Children’s Ebooks on the Coronavirus

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Eddo-Lodge chosen as Waterstones Book of the Month, with charity donation

Reni Eddo-Lodge's chart-topping Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race has been named as Waterstones Book of the Month for July, with 20% of sales set to be donated to charity. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-22 20:19:30 UTC ]
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Bobit Business Media Sells Automotive Aftermarket Division

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[ Folio Magazine | 2020-06-22 15:09:13 UTC ]
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Black Bookstore Selling Out of Books For First Time in 30 Years: Critical Linking, June 14, 2020

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Waterstones responds to staffers' call to support Black Lives Matter

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Free Ebooks about Police Violence to Read Right Now

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Waterstones will emerge from crisis despite shopper caution, Daunt tells IPG

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Bauer to Close, Merge or Sell Ten Magazines as Covid-19 ‘Accelerates Trends’

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[ Engadget | 2020-05-11 15:00:59 UTC ]
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Amazon to cut price of its ebooks to reflect removal of VAT

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[ Granta | 2020-04-20 00:31:17 UTC ]
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