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Bookshop sites dominate AMBER 'media and entertainment' web awards
Bookshop websites dominate the ‘online retail (media and entertainment)' category shortlist for the 2010 AMBER Awards. The websites for Booktopia, Dymocks, Fishpond and the ABC shop are all fina...
Book Depository sales rise more than 20%
The Book Depository's sales in its latest financial year have increased by more than 20% to £74.2 million. For the year ending June 2010, sales increased by more than £12.7 million.
Accurate metadata sells books
'Accurate metadata has become a marketing tool for publishers, a shopping guide for consumers, and an absolute necessity for distributors and retailers,' says this report from PW.
Big W launches website
Big W has become the first Australian-based discount department store to launch a major e-commerce website. The site will offer online purchasing of a wide range of items from across Big W's sto...
Boomerang Books claims carbon neutrality
Australian online bookstore Boomerang Books claims to have become Australia's first carbon-neutral online bookstore. The company has stated that ‘from May 2010, Boomerang Books will be sub...
Apple announces iPad and iBooks Store
After many months of speculation, Apple has finally announced the release of its ‘tablet' computer/ereader, to be called the iPad. The iPad resembles a larger iPod Touch, with a backlit 9.7"...
In brief
A&R Lithgow customer wins $10,000 New York A&R competitionAngus & Robertson Lithgow customer Kerry Brice has won a trip to New York as part of a companywide A&R competition. The ...
REDgroup to sell ebooks online by May 2010
As reported in a WBN special bulletin in December, REDgroup Retail has announced it will make ebooks available from its Borders, Angus & Robertson and Whitcoulls websites by May 2010, following an...
New online bookseller TotallyBooks launches
New online bookseller www.totallybooks.com.au officially launched on 1 December. The store, founded by managing director Rachael McKinney, is based in Sydney and will have an initial focus on &l...
Central Book Services launches ECO e-reader offer, online book store
Central Book Services will make ‘significant Australian content' available to its ECO e-reader customers, through a new website at www.readwithoutpaper.com. In a special Christmas promotion, CBS...
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