Physical bookstores are popular again in the Netherlands, after losing out to their online counterparts during the pandemic. As NLTimes reported citing inputs from the CPNB foundation, there has been a 16 percent increase in the sale of books via physical bookstores, something that also led to a 25 percent increase in turnover for the bookstores. While that is a welcome change … [Read more...] about Audiobook sales spike in the Netherlands
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Dutch e-Book Sales Increase by 10% in Q3 2016
Over the course of the past six months Dutch e-book sales have been strong. During the 2nd quarter the digital format increased by 9% over the same period last year and in Q3 2016 sales have increased another 10%. The Netherlands bookselling industry has sold 39 million books in the last twelve months and 6.4% of them have been e-books. To give you a sense on how far the … [Read more...] about Dutch e-Book Sales Increase by 10% in Q3 2016
The Future of Used eBooks to be Decided January 13th 2015
Tom Kabinet and the Dutch Publishing Association have been at odds with each other with the concept of used e-Books. The two sides of been battling in court for the past few months and a verdict was supposed to occur on December 23rd. Due to the Christmas holidays the judgement has been postponed until 13 January 2015. The Amsterdam District Court ruled in July that Tom … [Read more...] about The Future of Used eBooks to be Decided January 13th 2015
Amazon Now Selling eBooks and e-Readers in the Netherlands
Amazon will be opening up their online bookstore and selling e-readers in the Netherlands this coming Wednesday. Over 20,000 eBooks will be available in Dutch and 2 million in English, giving readers a ton of content to be able to devour. In the Netherlands Amazon will be competing primarily against BOL.COM, the largest online bookstore. 60% of all eBooks currently being … [Read more...] about Amazon Now Selling eBooks and e-Readers in the Netherlands
Dutch eBook Sellers Mandated to Provide Customer Data to Anti-Piracy Agency
The Dutch eBook scene has grown up in the past few years and many companies have embraced the digital watermark. 62% of all digital publishers who produce digital books use this technology, while 24% use conventional DRM. Customers rights are coming under fire with a new agreement reached with anti-piracy group BREIN. The agreement signed last week will affect any publisher … [Read more...] about Dutch eBook Sellers Mandated to Provide Customer Data to Anti-Piracy Agency
ASUS Eee Pad Slider 16 GB version seems to be or may not be
The Asus Transformer now seems to have taken the back-seat while it is its Slider sibling also by the same name that is hogging the limelight now. However, while the Slider taking to the front seat is a nice and welcome change to the usual stories about the tablet's launch getting pushed back again and again, what we are getting now is a confusing scenario as regards the tablet … [Read more...] about ASUS Eee Pad Slider 16 GB version seems to be or may not be