US Dept of Justice warns Apple, publishers of plans to sue over move to agency pricing
Date: 15 March 2012Category: International news
In the US, the Department of Justice has warned Apple and five publishers that it 'plans to sue them for allegedly colluding to raise the price of electronic books', reports... Read more
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Date: 14 March 2012Category: Local news
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Kobo boss says tablets are for 'casual readers'Paypal to announce 'revised content policies'... Read more
Google ‘still accepting new members’ for eBooks Affiliates Program
Date: 6 March 2012Category: Local news
A spokesperson for Google has confirmed to the Weekly Book Newsletter that Google is accepting new members in its eBooks Affiliates program, despite international news reports which have suggested otherwise. The... Read more
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Date: 6 March 2012Category: Local news
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Barnes & Noble holds on to publishing business after low offers from buyersApple adds... Read more
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Date: 28 February 2012Category: Local news
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Google stops accepting new affiliates for ebook program Overdrive to distribute Harry Potter ebooksNew... Read more
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Date: 21 February 2012Category: Local news
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: B&N unveils new 8GB Nook tabletBML survey finds decline in value of book... Read more
Penguin to stop supplying new ebooks, audiobooks through Overdrive
Date: 14 February 2012Category: Local news
Penguin has announced that it has ended its relationship with ebook and audiobook distributor Overdrive, saying that it will no longer provide new copies of ebooks and audiobooks for purchase by... Read more
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Date: 14 February 2012Category: Local news
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Is Amazon planning to open a bricks-and-mortar bookshop?Foyles launches ebookstoreIndian bookselling chain to... Read more
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Date: 7 February 2012Category: Local news
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Books-a-Million, Indigo join ban on Amazon Publishing titlesRandom House US to increase prices... Read more
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Date: 31 January 2012Category: Local news
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: B&N won't stock Amazon titles in storesNielsen research shows link between book sales... Read more
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Date: 24 January 2012Category: Local news
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to distribute Amazon books in USKobo to enter Dutch ereading... Read more
Amazon Kindle-edition prices ‘set by the publisher’
Date: 24 January 2012Category: Local news
Several Kindle-edition Australian ebooks listed on Amazon are accompanied by the statement ‘this price was set by the publisher'. The statement, which accompanies Kindle-editions of Australian titles from Hachette Australia,... Read more
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Date: 17 January 2012Category: Local news
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Burnside wins TS Eliot PrizeAmazon to launch ebooks in Brazil this yearWaterstones drops... Read more
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Date: 10 January 2012Category: Local news
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: Cleric calles for Rushdie to be banned from Jaipur festivalUS study finds children... Read more
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Date: 13 December 2011Category: Local news
Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:two self-pub titles in Amazon's 2011 top 10 bestsellersbooksellers protest Amazon's price-check appsales and... Read more
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Google eBooks launches in Australia; Booktopia and Dymocks to sell Google eBooks
Date: 7 November 2011Category: Local news
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Man Asian Literary Award 2011 longlist announced
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Date: 22 February 2011Category: Local news
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