South Shore Public Libraries in Nova Scotia, Canada, have begun to boycott eBooks published by Random House. This is mainly attributed to the company charging outrageous amounts of money for libraries participating in the Overdrive content distribution system. In the past month, Random House has drastically raised the price of ebooks for sale to libraries. For example, a … [Read more...] about Nova Scotia Libraries Put the Kibosh on Random House eBooks
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Random House eBook Sales Increase over 200%
International media conglomerate Bertelsmann, which owns Random House in the USA, recently unveiled its earnings report for the first half of 2011 and profits are up nearly 200% from last year. Random House saw almost triple digit percentage increase thanks to many of its books listed on the New York Times Bestseller List. Revenues for Random House internationally were €787 … [Read more...] about Random House eBook Sales Increase over 200%
Random House sees E-Book sales Soar
Random House, who is the world's biggest book publisher, expects E-Books to generate 10% of the company's overall revenue by next year, the CEO has recently divulged. Chief Executive of Random House Markus Dohle recently did an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel that e-book revenue had already jumped to 8 percent of the companies overall sales in the United … [Read more...] about Random House sees E-Book sales Soar