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Daily book biz round-up, March 12

Come 'n get yer scoops: Hilary Mantel wins National Book Critics Circle Award Margaret Atwood to sing her little heart out in Score: A Hockey Musical. And if you don't believe that, here's some pics. ... Read More »

March 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book links, Industry news, Libraries

Daily book biz round-up, March 11

By Scott MacDonald

News, news, and more news: Graphic novel glitch just keeps getting worse as Amazon removes Diamond's buy buttons Stephenie Meyer floats Hachette's boat Italy falls in Google's big game of Axis & Allies How many ... Read More »

March 11, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: O’Reilly takes on Honest Abe, athletes sneak in a book before games, and more

By Laura Godfrey

To start you off for the weekend ahead, here are some literary links for your perusal: What does Fox News's fair and balanced Bill O'Reilly know about the assassination of Honest Abe Lincoln? Apparently he ... Read More »

February 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

E-book popularity could turn War and Peace into subway reading

By Laura Godfrey

With the growing onslaught of e-readers and e-books, will readers see a shift in the average length of new books? Might we see longer books, because publishers are no longer constrained by the costs and ... Read More »

February 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

HarperCollins steps into the ring of the Amazon vs. Macmillan battle

By Laura Godfrey

While Amazon has yet to fully reinstate Macmillan titles on its website, another potential threat looms on the horizon for the online retailer. Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corp. “ the huge media ... Read More »

February 3, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks – “Rogue” edition: Palin buys her own book, an e-book pirate confesses, Rip Torn beats up Norman Mailer, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some rogueish book-related links: Sarah Palin's political action committee buys thousands of copies of Going Rogue An e-book pirate confesses Rip Torn has always been crazy. After all, he once beat the crap out of ... Read More »

February 3, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

McGraw-Hill CEO blows Apple’s cover

By Laura Godfrey

To add to last-minute Apple Tablet fever, ebooknewser caught this clip on CNBC last night, when Terry McGraw, CEO of McGraw-Hill, revealed on-air that the Tablet will, in fact, be announced today, that McGraw-Hill has ... Read More »

January 27, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

The elusive nature of Kindle “sales”

By Steven W. Beattie

2009 may be remembered in book circles as the year the e-book finally came of age. On Dec. 26, Amazon issued a press release with the headline, "On Christmas Day, for the First Time Ever, ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Kobo spins off from Indigo, partners with Borders

By Stuart Woods

When Shortcovers announced earlier today that it has re-branded itself as Kobo, it was clear some big changes were afoot at the company, which was founded just 10 months ago by Indigo Books & Music. ... Read More »

December 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: E-books, Nooks, and poetry (or, one of these things is not like the others)

By Alison Potstra

Sundry links from across the Web: Amazon: 1, Print publishers: 0. Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, has given Amazon exclusive e-book rights to two of his best-selling books The clandestine ... Read More »

December 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: ebooks

Daily book biz round-up, March 12

Daily book biz round-up, March 11

Bookmarks: O’Reilly takes on Honest Abe, athletes sneak in a book before games, and more

E-book popularity could turn War and Peace into subway reading

HarperCollins steps into the ring of the Amazon vs. Macmillan battle

Bookmarks – “Rogue” edition: Palin buys her own book, an e-book pirate confesses, Rip Torn beats up Norman Mailer, and more

McGraw-Hill CEO blows Apple’s cover

The elusive nature of Kindle “sales”

Kobo spins off from Indigo, partners with Borders

Bookmarks: E-books, Nooks, and poetry (or, one of these things is not like the others)

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