Amazon has implemented a policy for European sellers where they have decided to wait to pay the sellers until seven days after their product delivery. This initiative has ensured the company has adequate funds, just in case the customer requests a return or claim. About 15% of traders, who got associated with the platform before 2016, were only affected by the policy on 3 … [Read more...] about Amazon’s New Policy Becomes Concerning for the UK Sellers
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Amazon Controls 95% of the eBook Market in the UK
The president of the UK Booksellers Association, Tim Walker spoke at the Nielsen BookInsights conference yesterday and made some startling revelations. During a round-table discussion Tim said "I do a have a concern that Amazon's dominance is causing problems. We estimate Kindle has a 95% market share of e-book sales in the UK and this is having a damaging effect… Consider … [Read more...] about Amazon Controls 95% of the eBook Market in the UK
Amazon UK Adds ‘Pass My Parcel’ Same-Day Collection
In case you needed additional evidence to suggest that the traditional retail format is evolving, Amazon UK has added same-day deliveries. Working with newspaper distributor Connect Group, Amazon UK's new service (labelled 'Pass My Parcel') promises to deliver packages to local shops and high street stores throughout Britain within 12 hours. Some restrictions apply of … [Read more...] about Amazon UK Adds ‘Pass My Parcel’ Same-Day Collection
Amazon Boycott May Have Resulted in Drop in UK Sales
Amazon UK posted a significant reduction year-over-year in its sales figures, demonstrating a clear lag in growth. While still highly profitable and certainly not a cause for concern at the Seattle-based company's headquarters, there is speculation as to what may be behind the slower than normal increase in customer spending. Two factors that made global headlines led to a … [Read more...] about Amazon Boycott May Have Resulted in Drop in UK Sales
Amazon Initiates Shipping Incentives in UK
Following the lead of Amazon.com stateside, the online retail giant's customers awoke to the news today that Amazon UK was now going to stop offering free shipping on orders less than £10. Much like the upping of the free shipping minimum in the US from $25 to $35 in 2013, a move that was seen as an incentive for consumers to join Amazon Prime, UK customers will now feel the … [Read more...] about Amazon Initiates Shipping Incentives in UK
Simon & Schuster Adopts Refined Agency Pricing with Amazon UK
While the saga of alleged price fixing between several major publishers and Apple raged in the US, a similar investigation and court decision were taking place by the European Commission. Those same five Big Six publishers--Simon & Schuster, Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin, and Macmillan--ultimately came to agreements with Amazon in the US over the wholesale-versus-agency … [Read more...] about Simon & Schuster Adopts Refined Agency Pricing with Amazon UK
Amazon Now Accused of Causing Unemployment
As if the "evil empire" of book selling hasn't done enough to live up to the reputation that its critics have put forth, a new interview in the Financial Times with Waterstones' CEO James Daunt describes how Amazon is causing unemployment rates to skyrocket, especially in terms of high street booksellers. Despite the fact that employment numbers from 2010 show that more than … [Read more...] about Amazon Now Accused of Causing Unemployment
Self-Published eBooks Reach Amazon UK Top 100 Bestseller List
If there was still any doubt about the potential for success and recognition for self-published authors, a recent press release issued by Amazon UK has very nearly put it to rest. The announcement, made yesterday out of Amazon's Luxembourg office, stated that fifteen of the top 100 bestselling books on Amazon UK last year were self-published using the company's Kindle Direct … [Read more...] about Self-Published eBooks Reach Amazon UK Top 100 Bestseller List
Amazon Discloses UK Sales Figures to Parliament
The major ebook distribution retailers are notoriously tight-lipped when it comes to giving out specific information on their ebook and e-reader sales, but Amazon was recently forced to disclose some highly sensitive information to Parliament’s PAC, or Public Accounts Committee, alongside fellow giants Starbucks and Google over disputes about the amounts of taxes … [Read more...] about Amazon Discloses UK Sales Figures to Parliament
Top Tablet News – November 24th, 2012
Amazon UK offering Kindle Fire for £99 for Black Friday The Kindle Fire has always been a great entry level tablet, if not the best. However, Amazon has provided you with another reason to go for it—a £30 price rebate from the Amazon UK site, making the total £99. The deal is being offered as part of its Black Friday sales promotions, in spite of the fact that the event has … [Read more...] about Top Tablet News – November 24th, 2012
Amazon eBook Sales Have Overtaken Print in the UK
Amazon UK has reported today that for the first time, online ebook sales are surpassing print. This is a huge growth, considering Amazon only entered the United Kingdom two years ago and started to offer e-readers and ebooks. According to unaudited figures issued by Amazon today, since the start of 2012 customers downloaded 114 ebooks for every 100 hardback and paperback … [Read more...] about Amazon eBook Sales Have Overtaken Print in the UK
Indie Author at the Top of the Amazon UK List
Despite the predictions that rang in the digital age of reading, traditional publishing and paper books haven’t disappeared, and many publishers have even prospered with their adaptations to the new technology. At the same time, new platforms launch literally daily that afford authors the opportunity to take charge of their own works and put them in the hands of the reading … [Read more...] about Indie Author at the Top of the Amazon UK List
Amazon Benefits from Higher VAT in the UK for eBooks
Parliament in the United Kingdom recently convened to discuss the issue of lowering the VAT on ebooks sold in the country. Many publishing companies wanted to lower the 20% extra people pay for their digital ebooks. A few days ago they again decided not to reduce the fee, which is a boon for Amazon. The Bookseller reports David Gauke, the UK’s exchequer secretary, said the UK … [Read more...] about Amazon Benefits from Higher VAT in the UK for eBooks
Publishers Joining the Ebook-Only Venture
With all of the buzz—both positive and extremely negative—surrounding the large number of literary agents now exploring ebook-only titles for their author clients, a new level of credibility and respectability has come out in the form of a major publishing house expanding to release the digital rights to out-of-print and author-held rights’ books. Bloomsbury Publishing, an … [Read more...] about Publishers Joining the Ebook-Only Venture