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Your e-book speculation for the day

It's a shame Canadians still can't experience the apparent bliss that is Amazon's Kindle 2 (despite the release of that iPhone app that would doubtless work perfectly well on Canadian models), but that hasn't stemmed ... Read More »

April 22, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Amazon kindles a price war

By Steven W. Beattie

It may not be the equivalent of the sans-coulottes rising en masse during the French Revolution or a student facing down a tank in Tiananmen Square, but there appears to be a grassroots uprising of ... Read More »

April 6, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling

Amazon: stingy greedheads?

By Scott MacDonald

Slate has done a little investigation into the philanthropic efforts of Amazon, and discovered, basically, that the retail giant doesn't really do philanthropy. Recent Amazon.com SEC filings and annual reports make no mention of grants, ... Read More »

March 11, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling

Bookmarks: Shopping lists, the iPhone Kindle app, and the $1-million French novel

By Eric Emin Wood

For those who thought the old adage was a joke: William S. Burroughs's shopping list showed up on eBay (and was purchased for $400). Do female novelists write about sex less skillfully than men? Author ... Read More »

March 4, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Amazon’s rising monopoly

By Stuart Woods

Over at Slate, technology columnist Farhad Manjoo offers an analysis of how the Kindle 2 skews the emerging market for e-books in Amazon's favour, to the detriment of authors, publishers, libraries, chain bookstores, indie bookstores, ... Read More »

February 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Waiting for the Kindle 2

By Scott MacDonald

Amazon's Kindle 2 began shipping to eager U.S. technophiles earlier this week, and while few consumers have actually received the device as of yet, the anticipation is reaching ridiculous levels. According to an article on ... Read More »

February 25, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling

Kindle 2 not coming to Canada

By Stuart Woods

This week, Amazon unveiled Kindle 2, but the thinner, sleeker e-reader is still not available in Canada. That means Canadians will have to wait to read Stephen King's lastest novella, which is a Kindle-only exclusive. ... Read More »

February 11, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Author makes Christmas trek to Ottawa to deliver book

By Steven W. Beattie

How far should an author go in response to a negative review? When Dan Fleisch, an author from Springfield, Ohio, read an Amazon review of his book, A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equation, which gave ... Read More »

February 9, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

Has Amazon taken discounting too far?

By Scott MacDonald

In the wake of poor holiday sales in brick-and-mortar bookstores in the U.S. and the U.K., Internet retailers are being accused of coming by their simultaneous sales success unfairly, via overzealous discounting. As reported by ... Read More »

February 4, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling

Another new format?

By Eric Emin Wood

We've all heard of audiobooks, but videobooks? HarperCollins is trying to pitch short films of authors summarizing their books (until recently known as an online promotional trailer) as a new format “ even going so ... Read More »

February 3, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: Amazon

Your e-book speculation for the day

Amazon kindles a price war

Amazon: stingy greedheads?

Bookmarks: Shopping lists, the iPhone Kindle app, and the $1-million French novel

Amazon’s rising monopoly

Waiting for the Kindle 2

Kindle 2 not coming to Canada

Author makes Christmas trek to Ottawa to deliver book

Has Amazon taken discounting too far?

Another new format?

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