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Random House Profits Enhanced by 50 Shades of Grey

Today Random House announced its earnings for the first half of 2012…

Top Publishers Reach a $69 Million Dollar Settlement for Agency Pricing

HarperCollins, Hachette, and Simon & Schuster have settled with the Justice Department…

Barnes and Noble Partners with Argos, Blackwell’s, and Foyles for UK Expansion

Barnes and Noble announced its first partner in the United Kingdom a…

Amazon Starts Marketing eBooks via Ingram to Other eBook Stores

Amazon’s New York Publishing Division has just inked a deal with Ingram…

50 Shades of Grey Being Used as a Marketing Ploy for New Erotica Books

When the 50 Shades of Grey series hit bookstores earlier this year,…

Shop e-Readers Expands to Major Universities across Canada

Shop e-Readers, the leading Canadian company focused on e-Reader Technologies, has increased…

Barnes and Noble Partners with John Lewis for e-Reader Distribution

Barnes and Noble has found its first United Kingdom retail partner to…

Apple iBookstore Offers New Publisher Support Options

The Apple iBookstore is a valued option for many publishing companies to…

LexisNexis Legal eBooks Now Available via Amazon

If you are a diligent young scholar embarking this year into the…

Kobo Writing Life Authors to Earn a Bonus of 10% on eBook Royalties This Fall

When Kobo launched their new self-publishing program a few months ago, it…

Borrowing eBooks from Canadian Libraries Is on the Rise

Canadian libraries are experiencing a boom period in lending out digital books.…

Amazon Kindle Touch WIFI Experiences North American Shortage

The Amazon Kindle Touch WIFI and Amazon Kindle Touch with Special Offers…

Give the Gift of eBooks with Google Play Giftcards

Google Play has finally released giftcards that will allow customers to purchase…

Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn to Get the Steampunk Treatment

Mark Twain has developed some of the most seminal literature of our…

Barnes and Noble Is Bringing Nook e-Readers and eBooks to the UK This October

Barnes and Noble has announced today that it is bringing its ebook…

Hunger Games Trilogy Outsells Harry Potter

Suzanne Collins is best known for three particular books and they are…

Introducing the Good e-Reader eBook Trailer Service

Good e-Reader is very pleased to roll out our new eBook Trailer…

100,000 Kobo e-Readers Sold in Japan

The Kobo Touch e-Reader went on sale on July 19th in Japan…

Hachette Draws Author’s Ire on DRM Mentality

Hachette UK drew a few double-takes and even more responses this week…

Who Will Release the Next e-Reader? Poll Results

For the last few months we have been running a poll on…

Google Granted an Appeal for Authors Guild Class Action Lawsuit

Google has been granted an appeal to contest the original class action…

Kobo Launches ‘New Voices’ and puts the Spotlight on New Authors

Everyday this week Kobo is putting on the spotlight on new and…

Many Companies Expressing Interest in Sponsoring UK Fiction Book Prize

Orange Mobile has been sponsoring the ‘Orange Prize for Fiction’ which is…