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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

Kobo Writing Life Introduces Pre-Orders

Last year Kobo unveiled Writing Life, which is its seminal indie self-publishing…

Pearson Launches New Incubator Program for Startup Companies

Pearson is launching a new incubator program called Catalyst. This is a…

PPA Releases First Ever Circulation Chart for UK Magazines

The Professional Publishers Association in the United Kingdom recently released their first…

eBook Television Commercial Increases Circulation for One Library

Libraries tend to rely on word of mouth advertising to promote their…

Why the Penguin Merger with Random House Will Kill Overdrive

Most libraries in North American tend to do business with Overdrive to…

PressReader Offers Digital Newspapers on Flydubai Flights

NewspaperDirect has just inked a deal with DTI Solutions to offer digital…

The BBC Petitions the W3C to Implement DRM for HTML5

The British Broadcasting Corporation has petitioned the W3C to implement DRM on…

Analyst Reports Amazon Made $565 million via Kindle Sales in 2012

Amazon is notorious for not sharing financial data on its ebook and…

US Courts Approve Random House and Penguin Merger

The proposed merger between Bertelsmann and Pearson’s publishing divisions have just received…

Barnes and Noble Confirms Nook Sales Will Decrease in 2013

Barnes and Noble released a statement today that confirmed what many industry…

Worldwide eBook Sales Valued at $859 Million in 2012

Worldwide ebook sales are drastically climbing and the big five publishing companies…

Livrada Secures New Funding for eBook Gift Cards

Authors and Publishers are finding new challenges when selling or giving away…

Vook Partners with Authro for eBook Trailers

Traditional book trailers have been around for decades and have found massive…

Kobo Promotes Michael Tamblyn to Chief Content Officer

Michael Tambyln has been working hard at Kobo during the past four…

Hearst Digital Magazines to Undergo a Rapid Transformation

Hearst Publishing has verified today that the company’s entire magazine library will…

Overdrive Launches Free eBook Trial for Schools

Overdrive is the largest company that facilitates the digital lending of ebooks…

Amazon to Release New Virtual Currency for the Kindle Fire

Amazon intends on developing its own virtual currency this May, which will…

Kobo Lowers Commission Rates on Affiliate Program

Kobo has officially announced that it is lowering its commissions on their…

Startup TotalBooX Begins Selling eBooks by the Page

Many digital readers have found themselves of the predicament of reading a…

Moon+ Reader Removed from Google Play Due to Piracy Allegations

Moon+ Reader is one of the better e-reading apps out there and…