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Wal-Mart's decision echoes a similar one made by Target last May. Some analysts say both companies are viewing Amazon as more of a competitor.
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Amazon has launched its long-promised library lending program for its Kindle e-reader, and says more than 11,000 libraries are participating. E-book competitors -- like Barnes & Nobles' Nook, and... | AllThingsD – 2011-09-21
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Tue, 20/09/2011 - 10:00 Amazon has begun rolling out its Appstore worldwide, with a selection of customers across western Europe, India and Australia... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-20
Its no secret that publishers have been frustrated with Apple and the high-handed way its dealt with them as they negotiate to get their content on the iPad. Theres little they can do,... | AdWeek – 2011-09-20
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 19/09/2011 - 11:47 The Office of Fair Trading has said it now expects to announce its decision on the Amazon takeover of The Book Depository by late... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-19
Amazon.com Inc. and Hearst Corp. announced Tuesday that they've inked a new partnership. Amazon said it will become the biggest third-party seller of subscriptions for Hearst's print magazines... | Boston.com – 2011-09-14
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 14/09/2011 - 15:30 Amazon has launched a Spanish website, although Spanish readers will have to wait to get their hands on the Kindle. The site,... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-14
A rumoured push by Amazon.com to create a Netflix Inc.-like service for digital books could change the way we consume the printed word, Dan Misener writes. | CBC – 2011-09-13
Tablets have long been touted as the saviour of newspaper publishing and an app like Flipboard, which delivers personalised magazine content to your tablet, has demonstrated much of the devices'... | Editors Weblog – 2011-09-13
Is Amazon about to conquer a whole new market? There is a report in the Wall Street Journal recently that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) could be launching a Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) style service for e-books. | Boston.com – 2011-09-13
Amazon's rumoured streaming-book service would be great for businesses, students, and educators. Here's why. | PC World – 2011-09-13
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is in talks with book publishers about launching a media library service similar to Netflix Inc for tablets and other digital books, The Wall Street Journal... | Reuters – 2011-09-12
Amazon.com Inc. is talking with book publishers about launching a Netflix Inc.-like service for digital books, in which customers would pay an annual fee to access a library of content, according to... | AllThingsD – 2011-09-12
Amazon's "Netflix for E-Books" lending program is still a rumor, and not popular with book publishers, but here are some ways it could work. | PC World – 2011-09-12
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Thu, 08/09/2011 - 08:56 Amazon customers based in London may soon be able to collect their orders from shopping centre-based lockers as opposed to... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-08
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 05/09/2011 - 08:10 People in Huntingdon and Cambridge buy the most books of any town or city in the UK, according to a list compiled by Amazon from... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-05
BANGALORE (Reuters) - On some days when they were starting out, the Bansals would get on a motorbike to make the rounds of book warehouses around Bangalore, ride back to their two-bedroom apartment... | Reuters – 2011-09-04
The Booksellers Association has formally opposed Amazon's attempts to merge with The Book Depository. | BBC News – 2011-09-02
Amazon has launched a new feature that allows readers to ask questions of authors from their Kindle e-book readers -- which looks like yet another step in the online bookseller's ongoing quest to cut... | GigaOM – 2011-09-01
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 01/09/2011 - 15:20 The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has pushed back its decision on whether to refer the Amazon takeover of The Book Depository to... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-01
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 30/08/2011 - 15:30 The Office of Fair Trading has postponed its ruling on the merger between Amazon and The Book Depository until Friday (2nd... | The Bookseller – 2011-08-30
Amazon moved aggressively to fulfill its new ambition to publish books as well as sell them, announcing that it had signed Timothy Ferriss, the popular self-help guru. | The New York Times – 2011-08-17
Kepler's Books owner, others to gather in Palo Alto today in solidarity against Amazon's tax fight. | San Jose Mercury News – 2011-08-17
Amazons new student-focused iPhone application lets students buy and trade-in books and gadgets for the new back-to-school season. | ZDNet – 2011-08-16
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 16/08/2011 - 15:46 Amazon's move into publishing is a "concern" and the business is close to being in a monopolistic position, according to the... | The Bookseller – 2011-08-16
Amazon.com unveiled the Kindle Cloud Reader, a service that lets Kindle users read their e-books on Web browsers, increasing the number of places they can access digital content | The Wall Street Journal – 2011-08-11
Amazon.com Inc and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Wednesday revealed new e-book and video services that are designed for the iPad but bypass Apple Inc.'s fees on content sales. | CBC – 2011-08-11
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 10/08/2011 - 15:45 Amazon has launched a Kindle Cloud Reader app, just two weeks after it, along with other e-booksellers, was forced to remove... | The Bookseller – 2011-08-10
Amazon's new browser-based version of its Kindle e-book app is designed to get around Apple's restrictions on in-app purchasing, but it is also a great example of how media companies should be... | GigaOM – 2011-08-10
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 09/08/2011 - 14:10 Waterstone's and WH Smith closed stores across riot-stricken areas in London as the violence appears set to continue into a fourth... | The Bookseller – 2011-08-09
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 08/08/2011 - 15:39 Amazon.com has launched a social networking site for Kindle users to discuss and share notes on e-books. The site, called... | The Bookseller – 2011-08-08
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 29/07/2011 - 09:15 Eason is opening four new franchise stores in Ireland as it appeals for more people to become franchisees. The Irish bookseller... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-29
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 27/07/2011 - 07:40 The Irish Competition Authority has cleared the acquisition of The Book Depository by Amazon after a three-week investigation into... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-27
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 27/07/2011 - 08:17 The Irish Competition Authority has cleared the acquisition of The Book Depository by Amazon after a three week investigation into... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-27
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 27/07/2011 - 07:47 Amazon.com is experiencing its "fastest growth" in more than a decade with accelerating Kindle sales, according to its founder... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-27
In the latest development in Apples contentious relationship with booksellers, the countrys two biggest e-book retailersAmazon and Barnes & Noblehave stopped selling their wares directly to... | AdWeek – 2011-07-26
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Tue, 26/07/2011 - 09:30 Amazon.com is reportedly in discussions with e-commerce companies in India in a bid to expand into one of the world's... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-26
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Tue, 26/07/2011 - 09:14 Amazon has followed digital manufacturer Kobo and retailer Branes & Noble in complying with Apple's app purchasing rules. The... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-26
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Tue, 26/07/2011 - 08:50 Stephen Leather's bestselling e-books The Basement and Once Bitten are to be republished under Amazon.co.uk's Encore programme. He... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-26
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 21/07/2011 - 09:08 Amazon.co.uk has launched a service allowing customers to trade in old textbooks in exchange for gift card credit on their Amazon... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-21
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 21/07/2011 - 09:45 The Society of Authors is the latest organisation to argue that the merger of Amazon with The Book Depository could lead to... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-21
Iniative would allow Kindle users to rent books with up to 80% offAmazon.com launched Kindle textbook rentals, promising "tens of thousands of textbooks" at discounts of as much as 80% less than... | Baltimore Sun – 2011-07-20
Students can get e-books for the Kindle for as much as 80% off the purchase price | San Jose Mercury News – 2011-07-19
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Tue, 19/07/2011 - 09:15 The Bookseller has added its voice to calls for Amazon's acquisition of The Book Depository (TBD) to be referred to the... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-19
There will be no storybook ending for Borders. The 40-year-old book seller could start shuttering its 399 remaining stores as early as Friday. | Boston.com – 2011-07-19
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 18/07/2011 - 15:22 Amazon.com is giving students the ability to rent textbooks on Kindle e-readers. The company said students can save up to 80% off... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-18
Amazon, which dominates the ebook market, has stayed out of the electronic textbook market. Until now: The company has opened up a textbook store for its Kindle platform, where it is renting "tens of... | AllThingsD – 2011-07-18
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 15/07/2011 - 09:10 The Publishers Association has united with the Independent Publishers Guild for the first time to oppose the merger of Amazon and... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-15
Talisman Energy has stopped distribution of a children's colouring book featuring a hard hat-wearing dinosaur that's been criticized by a Massachusetts congressman and lampooned by Comedy Central... | CBC – 2011-07-15
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 13/07/2011 - 15:32 Amazon.com has dropped the price of its advertising-heavy Amazon 3G Kindle to $139 (£86.91). Telecoms company AT&T is sponsoring... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-13
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 11/07/2011 - 08:45 Amazon.co.uk is creating 900 jobs by opening its seventh fulfilment centre in Rugeley, Staffordshire. The 700,000 square foot... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-11
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 08/07/2011 - 08:27 HarperCollins has bought four books by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards, whose self-published novels have been Amazon bestsellers, in... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-08
Amazon's acquisition of The Book Depository, which is under investigation by the Office of Fair Trading, is facing strong opposition from book retailers and publishers. | PrintWeek – 2011-07-07
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 07/07/2011 - 09:06 The Booksellers Association has announced it will formally oppose the merger of Amazon and The Book Depository, with the BA... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-07
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 07/07/2011 - 09:06 The Booksellers Association has announced it will formally oppose the merger of Amazon and The Book Depository, saying that... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-07
Amazon is making a move to become even more international. The online bookseller has just acquired the Book Depository International, a U.K. bookseller that distinguishes itself as being home to "the... | AdWeek – 2011-07-05
Amazon.com has acquired The Book Depository International, a seven-year old online bookseller based in the UK, which also republishes titles that are no longer in print or poorly available. | AllThingsD – 2011-07-05
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Mon, 04/07/2011 - 12:29 Amazon.com has reached an agreement to acquire The Book Depository, the fast-growing online retailer founded by Andrew... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-04
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 04/07/2011 - 16:00 The Book Depository has said it will continue to operate independently of Amazon, as the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said it was... | The Bookseller – 2011-07-04
Amazon.com's favorite books for this year so far run the gamut from Fey (FAY') to Z. | Boston.com – 2011-06-27
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 22/06/2011 - 15:24 Amazon Publishing has bought almost 50 titles from crime author Ed McBain. The retailer's Thomas & Mercer crime imprint will... | The Bookseller – 2011-06-22
As awesome as Kindle Direct Publishing is, it will be crushed by spam if Amazon doesn't take some action to control the amount of junk titles being dumped on it. | PC World – 2011-06-18
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Spam has hit the Kindle, clogging the online bookstore of the top-selling eReader with material that is far from being book worthy and threatening to undermine Amazon.com... | Reuters – 2011-06-17
Publication Date: Thu, 16/06/2011 - 09:20 Angus & Robertson has announced 42 store closures across Australia and has sacked more than 500 staff. The announcement was made on administrator Ferrier... | The Bookseller – 2011-06-16
A little over 100 days ago, a community news blog in Rockville, Md., took a big leap. Founder and Publisher Brad Rourke and Editor Cindy Cotte Griffiths moved the entire operation of Rockville... | Poynter. – 2011-06-14
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bankrupt Borders Group Inc said it may have to close up to 51 more stores -- including some of its most successful -- as the shrinking bookstore chain struggles to avoid... | Reuters – 2011-06-09
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 07/06/2011 - 11:40 Amazon.co.uk has announced that Orange Prize shortlisted author Emma Donoghues Room (Picador) is leading sales on the website... | The Bookseller – 2011-06-07
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 02/06/2011 - 09:20 Borders stores in Australia will cease to exist in two weeks as the remaining stores were given their final death knell yesterday... | The Bookseller – 2011-06-02
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 02/06/2011 - 07:50 Borders stores in Australia will cease to exist in two weeks as the remaining stores were given their final death knell yesterday... | The Bookseller – 2011-06-02
The last nine Borders stores in Australia will close after no buyers could be found for the bookseller chain, the administrator said today. | The Sydney Morning Herald – 2011-06-02
ADMINISTRATORS for the troubled book retailers Borders and Angus & Robertson have warned both chains may close if buyers can't be found. | The Sydney Morning Herald – 2011-05-30
Written By: Gayle Feldman Publication Date: Thu, 26/05/2011 - 08:52 Thriller writer Barry Eisler, who turned his back on a two-book deal for half a million dollars from St Martins Press, has... | The Bookseller – 2011-05-26
Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch announced the new Nook, aimed at "those turned off by buttons." | Editor & Publisher – 2011-05-26
(05-24) 16:48 PDT SEATTLE, (AP) -- Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. is selling an ad-laden version of its Kindle 3G e-reader, which has wireless service for downloading books. Amazon said late Tuesday... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2011-05-25
Publication Date: Wed, 25/05/2011 - 14:24 Amazon is to open a new customer service centre in Edinburgh this August, with one of its roles to handle technical support for the Kindle. The move will... | The Bookseller – 2011-05-25
Earlier in the week, Amazon announced that it was hiring Laurence Kirshbaum, the former CEO of Time Warner Book Group, to head a new publishing imprint. This seems like an odd time for Amazon to be... | AdWeek – 2011-05-25
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 25/05/2011 - 09:23 Amazon.com has created a 3G version of its cheapest Kindle after it become the companys bestselling e-reader. The internet... | The Bookseller – 2011-05-25
Written By: Gayle Feldman Publication Date: Tue, 24/05/2011 - 09:41 Responses to Amazon.com's hire of Laurence Kirshbaum as publisher have varied from worried to fear of a "dampening" effect on... | The Bookseller – 2011-05-24
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Mon, 23/05/2011 - 09:54 Amazon.com has hired publishing big hitter Laurence Kirshbaum to run its New York Publishing office. read more | The Bookseller – 2011-05-23
Booksellers attending the Canadian Booksellers Association's National Conference in Toronto, May 1315, were introduced to innovations from two Canadian companies designed to help bricks-and-mortar... | Publishers Weekly – 2011-05-23
The surge in e-book sales by Amazon is in keeping with the publishing industry's trend toward digital books and away from hardcover and paperback copies.Amazon.com now sells more digital books than... | L.A. Times – 2011-05-20
Amazon.com Inc., the largest online retailer, said sales of electronic books have overtaken those of printed versions for the first time, a sign of the growing dominance of its Kindle digital reader. | BusinessWeek – 2011-05-20
While the Rapture isnt scheduled to occur until Saturday, according to members of certain religious fringe groups, it looks like doomsday has come early for publishers of print books. Amazon... | AdWeek – 2011-05-20
Amazon.com said that it sold 105 e-books for every 100 printed books, a milestone that its chief executive, Jeff Bezos, said had occurred sooner than expected. | The New York Times – 2011-05-20
For the second straight year, independent booksellers will have good news to share as they gather with the rest of the publishing industry for BookExpo America. | Boston.com – 2011-05-20
It happened. Amazon says e-book sales have surpassed physical book sales on Amazon.com. | PC World – 2011-05-20
As a former Amazon Associate, I can tell you that a great many sales of Kindle Books are for the 99¢ complete Dickens, etc. Movie critic and Web publisher Roger Ebert, providing some context... | AllThingsD – 2011-05-20
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday that it now sells more digital e-books than paper books and that its recently introduced lower-priced Kindle e-reader is outselling other versions... | Reuters – 2011-05-19
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Thu, 19/05/2011 - 09:59 Amazon has told US publishers that it will begin accepting digital files in the ePub format in the near future and will also allow... | The Bookseller – 2011-05-19
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 19/05/2011 - 10:00 The percentage of e-book purchases has dropped back from the high of the post-Christmas period, falling to 2.5% of all book... | The Bookseller – 2011-05-19
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 18/05/2011 - 14:47 Amazon.com has announced the launch of its second publishing imprint this month, with Thomas & Mercer to focus on mysteries and... | The Bookseller – 2011-05-18
In a new book, Edward Humes tells how a former river-rafting guide convinced Wal-Mart to change its environmental policies. | The New York Times – 2011-05-14
Last week Fortune published a deep dive into Apple, then made sure that many people who would care about it couldn't read it. It's an experiment. | AllThingsD – 2011-05-09
Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its fast-growing publishing business with a new line of romance books, its latest quest for original content to distinguish its print and digital bookselling services. | AllThingsD – 2011-05-05
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 05/05/2011 - 09:08 Amazon.com has launched its fourth imprint, focusing on romance, as it continues to hire across its publishing business. Montlake... | The Bookseller – 2011-05-05
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 03/05/2011 - 08:30 High street retailer Argos intends to increase its online book range from 500 to 5,000 titles over the next month. The chain... | The Bookseller – 2011-05-03
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 27/04/2011 - 09:39 Amazon.com has reported a steep drop in profit despite boosting sales by over a third. Amazon.co.uk also revealed that one print... | The Bookseller – 2011-04-27
A few weeks ago a postdoc in my lab logged on to Amazon to buy the lab an extra copy of Peter Lawrences The Making of a Fly a classic work in developmental biology that we and most other... | AllThingsD – 2011-04-26
The publisher of The Kansas City Star and The Miami Herald didn't escape the continued downturn in the newspaper business. | The New York Times – 2011-04-26
Posted in ArticleYesterday's announcement that Kindle will be partnering with OverDrive to make Kindle editions available through libraries raised plenty of questions--especially in light of recent... | EContent Magazine – 2011-04-26
(04-22) 06:14 PDT New York, NY (AP) -- Amazon.com struggled Friday morning to restore computers used by other major websites such as Reddit as an outage stretched beyond 24 hours. Though better known... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2011-04-22
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