A few ebooks are starting to appear in Apple’s iPhone App Store. They crept in quietly a few days ago when there were about 170 of them, mostly public domain books selling for about US$0.99.
It’s probably an acknowledgement by Apple that, notwithstanding CEO Steve Jobs’s scepticism, they need to keep an eye on this emerging [...]

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If you’ve been involved in the business of selling books, you’ll really relate to this YouTube video clip. Enjoy!
 

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Amazon has begun targeting POD (print on demand) publishers in the US, removing their “Buy” buttons from its site unless they agree to use Amazon subsidiary BookSurge to do their printing.
The move was exposed in a story in Writers Weekly and is another sign that the online giant is using its growing market dominance to [...]

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A UK Booksellers Association report has useful tips for Kiwi booksellers as the latter announce the set-up of their own ebook research initiative.
The New Zealand Booksellers Association has set up a sub-committee to provide some leadership for members in an area that once again feels like its time might be coming. Many of the issues [...]

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