New Questions, Concerns About Kindle's Lending Library–What About Authors?
A day after Amazon’s announcement that it will begin lending e-books free to Kindle-owning Prime members, and following the discovery last n… Read more »
How Book Publishers' Digital Revenues Stack Up
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With Simon & Schuster (NYSE: CBS), HarperCollins, Penguin and Harlequin all releasing earnings in the past week, it seems like a good time t… Read more »
'Kindle Free Book Lending Holy Sh*t!'
That’s the full text of an e-mail my dad sent me this morning. He’s referring, obviously, to Amazon’s launch of the Kindle lending library f… Read more »
Amazon Won’t Pay Self-Published Author For Books It Mistakenly Gave Away
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Amazon’s self-publishing platform, Kindle Direct Publishing, has a rule: If you use it to publish a book, and then sell that same book on an… Read more »
The Truth About Amazon Publishing
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) isn’t exactly lacking for praise these days, and much of it is deserved. The company has revolutionized digital publishi… Read more »
Google eBookstore Launches In Canada
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Our neighbors up north can now shop at the Canadian *Google* eBookstore, which is open for business today. Read more »
Five Ways Barnes & Noble’s New Nook Could Compete With The Kindle Fire
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There’s this little tablet called the Kindle Fire that has been getting some press recently, but Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is forging ahead… Read more »
HarperCollins’ Acquisition Of Thomas Nelson Is An Investment In Digital
HarperCollins is acquiring Christian publisher Thomas Nelson–publisher of the mega-bestselling Heaven Is For Real–for $200 million in a de… Read more »
WSJ To Run E-Book Bestseller Lists Powered By Nielsen BookScan
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With e-books now making up about 20 percent of sales for many big publishers, it’s essential for bestseller lists to include them in order t… Read more »
Emily Gould And The Rise Of The Indie E-Bookseller
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Independent bricks-and-mortar bookstores are struggling, but indie e-bookstores may just be the next big thing. Author and former Gawker edi… Read more »
Amazon’s China Story Continues: Planning For Kindle, Kindle Fire Release?
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) appears to be ramping up its activities in China. Today a report notes that the company is in talks with the Chinese gov… Read more »
Anobii Moves Forward With Direct-To-Consumer Book Sales
If a book catches your interest on British social reading site aNobii, you’ll now be able to buy it directly from the publisher. The site, w… Read more »
E-Book Sales Grow By 564%, Now Make Up 5.5% Of Bloomsbury Sales
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Bloomsbury Publishing, which operates in both the U.S. and UK (and is the UK publisher of the Harry Potter series) is seeing “unprecedented”… Read more »
Here’s How Social Reading Might Actually Work
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Many community-based reading apps rely on the readers to get the conversation started. That’s great if your Facebook friends are sparkling l… Read more »
The Bestsellers: Steve Jobs And The Importance Of Pre-Orders
On the official morning of its release, Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs is #1 on the Kindle bestseller list, #1 in Apple’s iBookstore and #2 on… Read more »
Here’s How Much Money You’ll Get If You Trade In Your Old Kindle
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is now accepting Kindles, and other brands of e-readers, in its trade-in program. Come with us on a scaaaaaaaaaary voyag… Read more »
Amazon May Launch Kindle In Japan This Year
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Kindle may come to Japan as early as the end of this year, according to reports today in Japanese newspaper Nikkei Business Daily and wire s… Read more »
Kobo Announces Kindle Fire Competitor, The $199.99 WiFi Vox Tablet
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In an effort to compete with Amazon’s Kindle Fire, e-reading company Kobo is launching a tablet of its own: The $199.99 Kobo Vox, a 7-inch A… Read more »
Updated: Politico and Random House Launch Online Bookstore
This summer, Politico signed a deal with Random House to publish four instant e-books about the 2012 presidential campaign. Now Politico has… Read more »
HarperCollins’ Writing Community Site Authonomy Adds E-Book Imprint
Wannabe authors post their works to Authonomy, the writing community site launched by HarperCollins in 2008, in the hopes of being discovere… Read more »
GigaOm’s Michael Wolf Launches Digital Publisher BSTSLLR
In a move he describes as akin to “having your own minor-league baseball team,” Michael Wolf, GigaOm’s VP research, is launching his own dig… Read more »
What Will It Take For International E-Book Markets To Take Off?
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Big U.S. publishers are now reporting that e-books now make up between 15 and 20 percent of their sales-a dramatic and quick rise since 2010… Read more »
Rodale Launches E-Singles Program With Runner’s World, Men’s Health Titles
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Book and magazine publisher Rodale is looking to some of its most popular magazines for content as it introduces e-originals this week. Firs… Read more »
Barnes & Noble Takes Over Borders’ Website, Facebook and Twitter Accounts
Visitors to Borders.com today will be redirected to Barnes & Noble’s website and a message from B&N CEO William Lynch: “Welcome Borders cust… Read more »
New Stats: E-Book Revs Up 153% Over Last Year; Digital Audio Growing, Too
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The newest set of statistics from the Association of American Publishers show that e-books saw triple-digit percentage growth again in July,… Read more »
University Presses Get Into E-Singles, Starting With Princeton Shorts
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Princeton University Press appears to be the first university press to join the e-singles game. On November 9, the press will launch Princet… Read more »
E-Book Checkouts From Libraries Up 200 Percent Over 2010
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It’s no longer necessary to go to the library for a new book–you can just visit your local library’s website from home or from your mobile… Read more »
The Amazon Publishing ‘Premium’: $100,000?
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Publishing’s general trade imprint, headed by publishing industry vet Larry Kirshbaum, reportedly paid $850,000 for Lave… Read more »
Kobo France Takes Run At Le Kindle
Four days after Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) launched the French Kindle and accompanying Kindle store, rival e-book company Kobo announced that it’s… Read more »
Amazon Publishing Launches New Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Imprint
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Science fiction/fantasy is one of the most popular e-book genres, so Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Publishing wants to be there. A project earlier thi… Read more »
Sex, Food Sell In Hearst’s New E-Singles Publishing Program
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Hearst hopes that its snack-size Good Housekeeping “mini cookbooks,” which it is selling for $0.99 on Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Nook, will enti… Read more »
Two New Experiments In Book Publishing For Teens
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New initiatives from Open Road Integrated Media and Wattpad hope to draw teen readers in with webisodes, music videos, “triggered events” an… Read more »
Kindle Fire Hit With Patent Suit
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Amazon’s new tablet won’t be available until November 15, but it’s never too early to file a patent suit. Smartphone Technologies LLC, which… Read more »
Kindle E-Readers Will Outsell Kindle Fires In 2012, Barclays Says
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The Kindle Fire has been getting most of the attention, but it won’t make up the bulk of Amazon’s device sales in 2012, Barclays says in a n… Read more »
How Publishers Are Marketing Their Big Fall Books Online
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In the marketing campaign for one much-anticipated book being published this month, dogs are able to ask experts questions on Facebook. In a… Read more »
From Tread To Screen, Menzies Pitches E-Paper For Advertisers
A news distributor, a rubber tyre maker and a tech startup walk in to a bar… and conceive a way to let brands communicate on electronic pa… Read more »
Google eBookstore Launches In UK
In its first international launch, the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) eBookstore is now open for business in the UK. Australian and Canadian stores wil… Read more »
Analyzing Kindle Fire Sales Estimates
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Stephen Colbert added “truthiness” to the lexicon, but Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is surely the master of “mathiness”–fuzzy numbers-ish public sta… Read more »
Industry Moves: Bravo Digital; Bookish; CCC; FRWD
– Bravo Digital Media Suejin Yang has been named VP of Bravo Digital Media. She’ll manage strategic development, content, operations and ne… Read more »
Updated: Comparing E-Readers: Kindles Vs. Nooks Vs. Sony Vs. Kobo
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When Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) introduced the first Kindle four years ago, the e-reader market barely existed and e-books were almost a novelty. S… Read more »
