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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.

Here is the New Amazon Bookstore in Portland

Amazon has just opened a brand new bookstore in the Washington Square…

Barnes and Noble Pays Former CEO $4,825,600 in Severance

Barnes and Noble has agreed to pay former CEO Ron Boire $4,825,600…

Vistaar is trying to solve the e-book pricing problem

Major publishers have all reported declining e-book revenue over the past two…

Virtual Reality is going to be heavily marketed to book publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair

There are a few serious companies participating in the the virtual reality…

NetGalley Acquires Book Recommendation Site Bookish

Netgalley is the premier company that allows people to read e-books before…

Canadian Book Selling Industry Remains Stable in 2016

The Canadian book selling industry is certainly not as tumultuous as the…

Amazon is aggressively discounting hardcovers and paperbacks

The Association  of American Publishers released their monthly report on the state…

Kobo e-books are now available in Taiwan

Kobo has announced that they have just opened up a digital bookstore…

Amazon Now Offers Same-Day Delivery to Vancouver and Toronto

Amazon Prime members are now eligible for same-day delivery in Toronto and Vancouver.…

BookTango is closing their self-publishing business

Book Tango is a self-publishing company that has been around since 2012.…

Strong Harry Potter sales result in a massive profit for Scholastic

Scholastic has just reported their latest financial report and strong Harry Potter…

Major Publishers e-Book Revenue Declined 2.7% in Q1 2016

The Association of American Publishers has just released new data that does…

Sainsburys is closing their ebook store

Sainsburys has announced that they are closing their digital bookstore on October…

Barnes and Noble will take their time finding a new CEO

Barnes and Noble is on the hunt for a new CEO, after…

Amazon to Open 100 Pop-Up Stores in 2017

Amazon has been experimenting with the pop-up store concept for a number…

Barnes and Noble Experiences a $7.9 Million Loss on the Nook

Barnes and Noble has just announced their latest financial results and things…

Do Not Expect NXP/Freescale i.MX7 on e-Readers Anytime Soon

Last year Freescale announced that they had developed the first dual core…

The Book Selling Industry is in State of Decline

The book selling industry is in dire straights and every major publisher…

Barnes and Noble is opening a concept store in Texas

Barnes and Noble is opening a series of concept stores and they…

Readability is shutting down in September

Readability is a bookmarking and read it later service, a distant competitor…

Amazon to open a Bookstore in Chicago

Amazon has always been an online bookseller and many people claim that…

Sluggish Apple Sales Prompt Target to Sell Amazon Kindles

Target shocked the business world when they announced that they were going…

E-Ink Posts a Profit of $5.4 Million in the Second Quarter

E-Ink is the company responsible for e-paper found on the Kindle, Kobo…