Britannica Ends Printing, Now Will Face Wikipedia On Price, Quality
At a conference last week, an Encyclopaedia Brittanica executive rose from the floor to challenge keynoter Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia.
“I don… Read more at paidContent »
E-Reader Shipments Are Declining…Unless They're Increasing
A look at two new reports about shipments of media tablets and e-readers shows that nobody really has any idea yet whether tablets are canni… Read more at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
Authors Guild: DOJ Investigation Is 'Grim,' 'Tragic' News For Book Lovers
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 at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
Godin to authors: You have no right to make money any more
New tools like the Kindle have led to an explosion of self-published books, but that has meant more competition for existing authors. How do they make money now? Writer Seth Godin says they first have to give up the idea that they deserve to be paid. 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 at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
OverDrive Acquires Cloud-Based E-Reading Platform
E-books you borrow from the library may soon be stored on the cloud and available to read in your web browser. Read more at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
What Is The Future Of Books?
In three words, here’s what nine writers and thinkers said… Read more at paidContent »
Amazon Will Sell Some E-Books Beyond The Kindle Store
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 at paidContent »
Slate Launches Monthly Book Review
Slate is launching a new monthly book review that will take over its home page the first weekend of every month. Read more at paidContent »
F+W Launches Hard-Boiled Crime E-Book Imprint
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 at paidContent »
Buy A Nook, Get Advance Hunger Games Tickets (While Supplies Last)
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 at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
Cudo Blames Vendor For Pirated E-Book Deal, Grosses AUD $230k
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 at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
Microsoft-Backed Daily Deal Site Sells E-Reader Bundled With Pirated Titles
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 at paidContent »
Publisher EDC Pulls All Its Books From Amazon
Tulsa, OK-based children’s book publisher Educational Development Corporation will no longer sell any of its titles on Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN),… Read more at paidContent »
New Stats: 2011 Was Good For E-Books, Not So Good For Print
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 at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
Pearson Sees Digital Income Beating Print Publishing In 2012
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 at paidContent »
Google Scales Back E-Book Affiliates Program, Drops Some Users
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is cutting back on the e-book affiliates program it launched in June. Read more at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
Little, Brown Gets Print And Digital Rights For J.K. Rowling’s New Novel
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 at paidContent »
Why Amazon’s Kindle Battle With IPG Matters
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 at paidContent »
Informa To Launch E-Book Portal As B2B Publishers Push Toward Digital
Two business information publishers are reporting improving fortunes after pushing their print media portfolio toward digital subscription o… Read more at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
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 at paidContent »
