Erotic Novel '50 Shades Of Grey,' Fan Fiction And Copyright
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Fifty Shades of Grey, the erotic novel that started out as Twilight fan fiction and that will now be re-published by Random House’s Vintage,… Read more »
European Union, U.S. Coordinate On E-Book Pricing Cases
As regulators on both sides of the Atlantic investigate publishers and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) for allegedly colluding to fix the price of e-book… Read more »
Exclusive: How Much Do Kindle Singles Authors Make?
The top-ten list of bestselling Kindle Singles includes a number of big-name writers. But how is the format working for writers who don’t ha… Read more »
Exclusive: Amazon Has Sold Over Two Million Kindle Singles
When Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) launched the Kindle Singles program a little over a year ago, nobody knew whether there was a market for e-books th… Read more »
Erotic Novel You Read About In The NYT Started Out As Twilight Fan Fiction
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Fifty Shades of Grey, the erotic novel that has risen to the top of the NYT and Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) bestseller lists primarily through word… Read more »
E-Book Smackdown: Who Should Control Pricing — Publishers Or Amazon?
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A couple of years ago, with Amazon steadily pushing down the prices of e-books, the fortunes of the big book publishers were sinking fast. T… Read more »
Authors Guild: DOJ Investigation Is 'Grim,' 'Tragic' News For Book Lovers
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The Authors Guild weighs in on the news that the Department of Justice is investigating Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and five of the big-six publisher… Read more »
Update: Penguin Says Kindle, Nook Users Must Accept AT&T-style Arbitration
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Penguin Group, one of the “Big 5″ publishers caught up in a lawsuit over e-book pricing, says customers agreed not to sue them when they tur… Read more »
Pottermore Is (Finally) Coming. In April!
J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter-focused web community and e-bookstore, Pottermore.com, will finally launch to a general audience in April after… Read more »
Apple Downplays Role Of 'Kindle Threat' In Alleged e-Book Conspiracy
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A court filing provides new insight into Apple’s version of events concerning an incident in which Steve Jobs told a reporter that “unhappy”… Read more »
The U.S. Threat To Sue Apple And Publishers: What It Means
The Justice Department is about to sue Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and five publishers for conspiring to raise the price of e-books. The warning is a… Read more »
Google eBooks Now 'Books On Google Play', With Big Sales
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With yesterday’s launch of Google Play, the poor old Google (NSDQ: GOOG) eBookstore has a new name and is part of a portal that also offers… Read more »
In Major Digitization Effort, Scholastic Launches E-Reading App For Kids
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The kids’ e-book market is still nascent, with e-books making up just about three percent of children’s book sales. That could change now th… Read more »
France Launches Google-style Plan To Scan And Sell Out-of-Print Books
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A year after the collapse of the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Books Settlement in a New York court, the government of France has passed a law to digi… Read more »
OverDrive Acquires Cloud-Based E-Reading Platform
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E-books you borrow from the library may soon be stored on the cloud and available to read in your web browser. Read more »
Random House Sharply Increases Library E-Book Prices
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As promised, Random House will continue to offer its e-books to libraries but as of March 1 has raised many e-books’ wholesale prices signif… Read more »
What Is The Future Of Books?
In three words, here’s what nine writers and thinkers said… Read more »
Amazon Will Sell Some E-Books Beyond The Kindle Store
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) hasn’t made many friends in the traditional publishing world. Until now it’s sold Amazon Publishing e-books exclusively… Read more »
Slate Launches Monthly Book Review
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Slate is launching a new monthly book review that will take over its home page the first weekend of every month. Read more »
F+W Launches Hard-Boiled Crime E-Book Imprint
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F+W Media is launching a new digital-only imprint, Prologue Books, that aims to reintroduce readers to previously out-of-print crime, sci-fi… Read more »
Buy A Nook, Get Advance Hunger Games Tickets (While Supplies Last)
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May the odds be ever in your favor: In a partnership with Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is offering a number of Hunger G… Read more »
How The E-Book Landscape Is Becoming A Walled Garden
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Just as a few massive chain stores eventually came to dominate the traditional printed book market in North America, the e-book marketplace… Read more »
Penguin UK, Economist Partner On E-Singles
Penguin UK and the Economist are partnering on a series of e-singles, “Penguin Economist Specials.” The partnership makes sense since Pengui… Read more »
With KDP Select, Amazon Gains Authors’ Exclusivity — Cheap
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) released some select Kindle Owners’ Lending Library numbers today, aiming to position its KDP Select program as a good d… Read more »
With KDP Select, Amazon Gains Authors' Exclusivity — Cheap
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) released some select Kindle Owners’ Lending Library numbers today, aiming to position its KDP Select program as a good d… Read more »
Cudo Blames Vendor For Pirated E-Book Deal, Grosses AUD $230k
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Cudo, the Microsoft-backed Australian daily deal site that offered a $99 Chinese e-reader bundled with a CD of pirated e-books (Stephen King… Read more »
Who Decides What Gets Sold In The Bookstore?
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We can probably agree that the local supermarket has no moral or ethical or business obligation to sell cherry-flavored Cap’n Crunch. If the… Read more »
Microsoft-Backed Daily Deal Site Sells E-Reader Bundled With Pirated Titles
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Australian daily deal site Cudo, which is backed by Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), has a great deal for you if you like pirated e-books. Stephen Ki… Read more »
Publisher EDC Pulls All Its Books From Amazon
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Tulsa, OK-based children’s book publisher Educational Development Corporation will no longer sell any of its titles on Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN),… Read more »
New Stats: 2011 Was Good For E-Books, Not So Good For Print
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The Association of American Publishers closes out calendar year 2011 today with a round of new stats on print and digital books. Publishers’… Read more »
Harry Potter E-Books Will Be In Libraries
J. K. Rowling’s Pottermore still has not officially launched, but the Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks sold exclusively through t… Read more »
Pearson Sees Digital Income Beating Print Publishing In 2012
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Pearson’s digital revenue grew 18 percent to £2 ($3.17) billion (a third of the total) through 2011, as its book publisher Penguin’s e-book… Read more »
Google Scales Back E-Book Affiliates Program, Drops Some Users
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is cutting back on the e-book affiliates program it launched in June. Read more »
Amazon Sued Over Kindle Screensavers
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), already facing a number of patent lawsuits over its Kindle e-readers, was hit with a new one this week. Read more »
Little, Brown Gets Print And Digital Rights For J.K. Rowling’s New Novel
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J. K. Rowling is writing a new book, for adults, but she’s not keeping the digital rights for herself as she did with the Harry Potter books… Read more »
Why Amazon’s Kindle Battle With IPG Matters
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Amazon’s decision to yank almost 5,000 Kindle titles from distributor Independent Publishing Group after IPG refused to give the retailer be… Read more »
Informa To Launch E-Book Portal As B2B Publishers Push Toward Digital
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Two business information publishers are reporting improving fortunes after pushing their print media portfolio toward digital subscription o… Read more »
Why Do We Need Academic Journals In The First Place?
It may not get as much attention as the disruption that is occurring in newspapers, e-books or other parts of the mainstream media industry,… Read more »
Update: Amazon Yanks 5,000 Kindle Titles In Fight Over Terms
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Updated: IPG’s full memo to publishers on page 2.
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has turned off the buy button on nearly 5,000 Kindle titles from dist… Read more »
Apps Are ‘Huge’ For Barnes & Noble
Seeking to advance the narrative that the Nook Tablet is a true multimedia tablet and not just a big expensive e-reader, Barnes & Noble (NYS… Read more »
