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Internet Archive and Publishers Resolution is at hand

The Internet Archive and major publishers have been fighting in court for…
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Libro.fm is expanding their audiobook store to Australia and the UK

Libro.fm is not a very popular audiobook store, but it has a…
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Indigo employees’ data taken in ransomware attack

  Some current and former Indigo employees have received some really bad…
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The 0% VAT on ebooks did not lower prices in the UK

Since ebooks became a thing in the United Kingdom, the VAT on…
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Google is blocking news for some Canadians

Google News has always had a. tumultuous journey to being the most…
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Barnes and Noble Launches Premium Membership

Barnes and Noble are revising their membership program to compete against Amazon…
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Ebook revenues were down 6.6% in 2022

Digital book sales in the United States slightly declined by 6.6% and…
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Amazon sold a boatload of Kindles during Thanksgiving Weekend

Amazon is excited to announce that this Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend was…

Penguin Random House will not buy Simon and Schuster

Penguin Random House wanted to buy another large publishing company, Simon and…
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Alexa and Kindles are unprofitable for Amazon

The Amazon devices division currently employs 10,000 people. These are the staff…
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ebook sales increase by 2.7% in August 2022

For the first time this year digital book sales in the United…
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Bookeen is going bankrupt

Bookeen is a is based in Paris, France. They have been making…
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TikTok is boosting the literacy rate among young readers

Social media is having a surprising effect on how many books Americans…
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US Judge blocks Simon & Shuster Merger with Penguin Random House

The proposed merger between two of the largest publishers in the world…
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The Amazon vs Huawei legal battle might have to do with the Kindle Scribe

Amazon is accused of infringing copyrights held by Huawei which might be…
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eBook revenues were down 6.6% in July 2022

In July 2022 in the United States eBook revenue is on the…
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Shopify settles with publishers for textbook and ebook piracy lawsuit

Shopify was sued last year by a number of educational publishers who…
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Amazon wins lawsuit against ebook price fixing

Amazon and five of the major publishers have just won a lawsuit…
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Canadian ebook sales were strong in 2021

Canadians continued to be enamored with reading reading digital books. Over half…