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Find out the latest news from the bookselling industry. You will learn all about the business of audiobooks, ebooks, manga, newspapers and digital magazines

Joan 6 Pro is a new meeting room e-paper display for enterprise

Visionect has just announced the Joan 6 Pro, which is a six…

Amazon Prime Day is postponed in Canada

Amazon Prime Day is launching in the United States and many countries…

Nubico ebook platform has been sold to Nextory

Telefonica has just sold their Nubico ebook service to Nextory, a Swedish…

Naver completes their acquisition of Wattpad

The South Korean company Naver, has just completed their acquisition of Toronto…

Major Publishers are selling a ton of ebooks in 2021

Harpercollins, Hachette, Simon and Schuster and Penguin Random House are four of…

Amazon’s plans to offload unsold goods via discount stores held up by the pandemic

Amazon is known to have contemplated launching discount stores or similar outlets…

HarperCollins has purchased Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harpercollins has agreed to purchase the consumer publishing arm of Houghton Mifflin…

Chapters Indigo had a great holiday season, despite store closures

Indigo Books and Music, the largest bookstore chain in Canada, has a…

Audiobooks and ebooks are 18% of HarperCollins Revenue

Harpercollins Revenues generated $504 million dollars, which was a 23% increase, in…

Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO of Amazon

Jeff Bezos founded Amazon over 27 years ago when he was working…

Wattpad is being sold to the Korean company NAVER

Toronto-based online storytelling company Wattpad has confirmed with Good e-Reader that they…

Amazon buys planes for the first time ever to expand its air cargo operations

Amazon announced it is buying 11 used Boeing 767-300 planes, providing a…

Amazon set to become a serious player in podcast space after Wondery acquisition

Amazon announced it has acquired the podcast start-up Wondery, a move that…

NetGalley was hacked and bandits made off with user accounts

Netgalley is a company that specializes in sending out early editions of…

Penguin Random House buys Simon & Schuster

Penguin Random House is one of the largest publishing companies in the…

Penguin Random House, Hachette and Harpercollins most likely to buy S&S

Penguin Random House, Hachette and Harpercollins are the three leading bidders to…