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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.

Amazon Ordered to Pay More VAT by European Commission

Amazon and many other e-reader companies are currently enjoying a tremendous advantage…

eBook Agency Settlement Claims Must Be Filed by December 12

Amazon and other major online bookstores sent emails over the weekend letting…

Royal National Institute for Blind People Calls on Publishers to do More

The Royal National Institute for Blind People is asking publishers in the…

Feature: Vietnam Publishers Lobbying for War on eBook Piracy

Last week we published our first feature on the emergence of book…

The History of the Barnes and Noble Nook and eBook Ecosystem

In the United States, no bookseller quite reaches an all encompassing magnitude…

Barnes and Noble Suffers a Two Week Delay for UK Launch

Barnes and Noble is poised to branch outside of the USA for…

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Available in the UK, France, Italy, and Spain

Amazon has officially announced today that the new Kindle Paperwhite e-Reader will…

Amazon Attains FCC Certification on New Kindle Fire HD 4G Tablet

During the Amazon launch event in Santa Monica last month, which we…

Barnes and Noble Nook HD and HD+ Available at Shop e-Readers

The Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet HD and HD+ demand is at…

Authors Guild Lawsuit Against Universities is Thrown Out of Court

The entire saga of lawsuits against Google’s Book Scanning project may be…

Barnes and Noble NOOK Bookstore Will be Available in 10 International Markets by June 2013

The CEO of Barnes and Noble William Lynch spoke at the Liberty…

eBooks Account for 16% of all Sales in Canada

A new Survey issued by BookNet Canada has claimed that 16% of…

Kobo Acquires Aquafadas to bring more Comics and Kids Books into Digital Form

Today Kobo has announced that they have purchased Aquafadas to bring kids…

Kobo Makes a Massive Push into New Zealand

Kobo has just formed partnerships with Booksellers New Zealand and The Paper…

HarperCollins to Launch eBook Subscription Service

HarperCollins is partnering with with Cloud-Based Learning Platform specialists Skillsoft. The first…

3M Adopts Support for the ReadersFirst Initiative

It is not only a tagline to add separation between Overdrive and…

The Txtr Beagle eReader Seeks to Dominate in Europe Costing Only €9.90

Txtr has been one of the leading German ebook companies for the…

Axis 360 Library Lending Now Supports EPUB for Nook, Kobo, and Sony Readers

Overdrive and the 3M Cloud Library may steal all of the limelight…

Google Reaches a Settlement with Publishers over eBooks

The Google Books saga is one step closer to a definitive end…

Diesel Bookstore to Launch a New Retail Space in the Spring

Diesel Bookstore is very well known in California since 1989.  Current locations…

Microsoft and Barnes and Noble Partnership named Nook Media LLC

Microsoft and Barnes and Noble make strange bedfellows but the two have…

Digital eBooks Took Center Stage at the Shanghai Book Fair

This year at the Shanghai Book Fair, ebooks were brought to the…

Amazon Sees Lackluster Sales on Debut eBook under New Imprint

Amazon shook up the publishing world when it announced earlier in the…