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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

RBmedia has purchased GraphicAudio

RBMedia has announced that they have purchased GraphicAudio, a leading producer of…

Ebook revenue fell 4.2% in 2019 and generated $983.3 million

In 2019 ebook revenue in the United States declined 4.2% and generated…

Amazon might buy Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster might be sold sometime this year, the publisher acknowledged…

The London Book Fair is cancelled

Every major publisher based in the United States, pulled out of the…

Amazon had mad success on Cyber Monday

You might have heard on the radio or on television about the…

BooknBrunch makes organizing book club events easy

If you have ever been a book club organizer, picking a venue…

Indigo and Kobo sign a new agreement for audiobooks

Indigo Books and Music does not sell digital audiobooks, but they have…

Barnes and Noble might be sold to a New York Hedge Fund

There are many reports from the Wall Street Journal and Forbes that…

FictFact has closed down

FictFact is a website that allowed you to track authors or series.…

Penguin Random House and Hachette will distribute to Indie Bookstores

Baker and Taylor is closing their wholesaling business this summer and this…

Simon and Schuster experiences ebook declines

Publishing revenues of $164 million for the first quarter of 2019 increased…

There will be no more Yotaphone, the company is bankrupt

Yota devices was a Russian company and they produced the YotaPhone. This…

Hachette states that ebooks account for 7.9% of global revenue

Hachette has reported that in 2018 global revenue was €2.52 billion. Canada…

Barnes and Noble had a profitable holiday quarter

Barnes and Noble has announced that in the last three months of…

Amazon is going to focus on opening up more bookstores

Amazon is in the process of shuttering 87 pop-up stores and they…

Simon and Schuster experiences strong gains with audiobooks

Simon and Schuster generated $825 million last year and CEO Carolyn Reidy…