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New online bookshop launched

A booklover with a background in retail, management and software development has launched a new online bookshop, The Mighty Tiny Book Shop. While the store began as a way for Chris R...

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Despite concerns about the economy in the US, Amazon is going strong, reporting that total revenue jumped 41% in the second quarter ended 30 June, to US$4 billion. Net income, which includes a US$53 m...

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Amazon/Hachette stand-off continues

The stand-off between Hachette Livre and Amazon in the UK is continuing, with authors, agents and fellow publishers increasingly backing Hachette against the online retailer.

Major investor calls for Amazon to buy Borders

William Ackerman, the billionaire hedge fund manager who is a major stakeholder in Borders Group Inc., has said that Borders should consider approaching Amazon.com about a possible...

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New Borders US website

Borders has launched a new website in the US, finally cutting its ties with Amazon. The new site alos includes partnerships with Alibris (for 2nd-hand books) and Sony (for e-books).

Online retailers warned of Google's 'search within a site'

Google has recently launched a 'search within a site' feature, aimed at assisting people to search deeper into websites, but this opinion piece suggests it might not be such good news for online retai...

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French booksellers lose first round of free shipping court case

The French Booksellers Association (Syndicat de la Librairie Française) has lost part of a round in its legal battle to stop online retailers including Amazon from offering free book deliveries...

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UK publishers fight Amazon on terms

Publishers in the UK are fighting Amazon as it presses them for extra discount. 'It is going from publisher to publisher with extortionate demands, and if it does manage to get a figure from one publi...

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