In a recent American study by book data specialist Bowker, bookstores were second only to favourite authors as the most important source of new book discovery. Few booksellers would find… Read more >
Martin Taylor
November 30, 2012
Amazon, bookselling, business, ebook storesbook stores, bookselling, discoverability, ebooks, Kindle
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Technology researcher Forrester released a survey of US publishing executives yesterday which uncovered an interesting disconnect: 82% were optimistic about the digital transition of books, but only 28% thought their… Read more >
Martin Taylor
January 25, 2012
Amazon, analysis, bookselling, businessdigital transformation, digital transition, publishing business management, publishing industry restructuring
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Australian readers will have few reasons not to join the ebook revolution this Christmas as a host of offerings come on stream. The past year has seen major strides in… Read more >
Martin Taylor
December 6, 2011
Amazon, bookselling, ebook readers, Google eBooks, Kindle, koboAustralian Booksellers, Australian ebook market, Booki.sh, Google eBookstore, ReadCloud
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Amazon’s loving its Kindle owners. The retail giant is letting Kindle owners who sign up for its US$79 Prime service borrow an ebook each month for no extra fee. Prime… Read more >
Martin Taylor
November 3, 2011
Amazon, ebook lending, Kindle, libraries, newsebook lending, kindle lending
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A couple of weeks ago, the publishing industry’s EPUB3 specification was finally signed off. This was the cue for device makers and e-reading app developers to build it into their next… Read more >
Martin Taylor
October 25, 2011
Amazon, ebook formats, ebook production, ePub, Kindleenhanced ebooks, epub, EPUB3, KF8, Kindle 8 Format, kindle format 8
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Amazon has announced its long-anticipated entry into the tablet market with the US$199 Kindle Fire, due to go on sale 15 November and US-only for now. While some were anticipating… Read more >
Martin Taylor
September 29, 2011
Amazon, android, app store, KindleAmazon Web Services, android, iPad, Kindle Fire, Kindle Keyboard, Kindle Touch, Silk web browser, tablet
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When Apple took its heavy-handed action against retailers last month, stopping them selling from within iPad and iPhone apps, those retailers were inevitably going to search for ways to avoid… Read more >
Martin Taylor
August 11, 2011
Amazon, app development, app store, Apple, iOS, iPad, Kindle
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Google has just launched the Google Ebooks affiliate programme, opening the door for any website owner to become an ebook retailer. Likely candidates would be bloggers, publishers, media sites, link… Read more >
Martin Taylor
June 20, 2011
Amazon, Google eBooksAdSense, ebookstore, Google Affiliate Network, Google Ebooks, selling ebooks
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Google launched its much-anticipated—and much-delayed—ebook service this week, serving up several hundred thousand commercial ebooks for sale in addition three million free, out-of-copyright books. Formerly known as Google Editions, the… Read more >
Martin Taylor
December 12, 2010
Amazon, bookselling, Google, Google eBooks, Google EditionsAmazon, ebookstores, Google eBookstore, Google Editions, Kindle for Web
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Publishers who want to produce their own Kindle-ready ebooks can now do it directly from within the Adobe InDesign page layout software using a free plug-in thatAmazon has just released…. Read more >
Martin Taylor
October 4, 2010
Amazon, ebook formats, ebook production, Kindle
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