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Kobo launches ad-supported Touch ereader in US
Kobo has released an ad-subsidized Kobo Touch ereader with 'Offers' for US$99.99, a US$30 discount
US Marketplace Fairness Act seeks to collect online tax
A bipartisan group of US Senators have introduced legislation that would require online retailers to collect sales tax. The Marketplace Fairness Act seeks to both ensure that online retailers are co...
Amazon welcomes back 10,000 Californian affiliates
After California compromised in a state sales tax collection policy, Amazon has welcomed back 10,000 affiliate websites based there.
US consumer spending on books 'flat'
The latest Communications Industry Forecast report developed by the private investment firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson forecasts minimal growth for consumer book spending in 2011, with total expenditu...
Kindle library lending goes live in US
Amazon has partnered with Overdrive to offer patrons of 11,000 US public libraries the ability to borrow ebooks via Kindle.
number of Americans reading ebooks doubles
The number of Americans using an ebook reader has almost doubled during the last 12 months, according to a new survey. The Harris Poll also revealed one in six Americans who do not have an e-reader ...
B&N buys up Borders IP at auction
Barnes & Noble had no interest in buying Borders outright, but it moved aggressively to acquire its intellectual property, paying US$13.9 million to buy a cache of its former rival’s IP as...
US bookstore sales fall another 4% in July
US bookstore figures are beginning to show the effects of the closure of Borders, falling 4.2% in July.
Google Books case headed for litigation in 2012
US Judge Denny Chin has adopted a pre-trial schedule for the Google Books case which, if followed, will result in the case being ready for trial in mid-2012. In a status conference in t...
US court decision on 'first-sale doctrine' concerns libraries and second-hand booksellers
A copyright decision by a US court in a case about a student re-selling imported editions of textbooks may have wide-ranging effects on the 'first-sale doctrine' that could affect libraries and second...
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