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Study Finds Tablet, E-Book Ownership Soared
10:00AM 1/23/2012
Tablets and e-readers were a popular gift over the holidays, so much so that the number of people who own them nearly doubled between mid-December and January, a new study finds. A report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project set to be released Monday found that 29 percent of Americans owned at least one tablet or e-reader as of the beginning of this month. That's up from 18 percent who said the same in December.
Malone's Barnes & Noble Buyout Bid Is a Bet He Can Beat Amazon and Apple
9:45AM 5/20/2011
Company News, Technology, Media, Apple, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Books, Market News
Liberty Media, the conglomerate controlled by John Malone, made a $1 billion bid Thursday to buy Barnes & Noble. The bricks-and-mortar bookstore business is declining everywhere, so for Malone's gamble is to pay off, the Nook will have to gain some ground against Apple's iPad and Amazon's Kindle.
Borrow Kindle Books for Free With New Lending Club
4:30PM 1/18/2011
If you own a Kindle and are looking to gain some literary karma and free books, the Kindle Lending Club is the place to start.
The new site, which launched in public beta on Friday, allows a Kindle e-book to be loaned once for up to two weeks -- a service that Amazon.com just started offering in...
How One Writer Is Riding the E-Book Revolution
9:01AM 1/08/2011
Technology, People, Media, Amazon.com, Careers, Barnes & Noble
A novelist realizes that a book she wrote 20 years ago -- now out of print -- can be revived today as an e-book. Here's the story of how she took that old print volume and turned it into an e-book, complete with new title, new cover -- and new royalties!
How E-Books Are Changing the Economics of Writing
2:00PM 12/25/2010
As electronic media accounts for a larger and larger portion of the book business, consumers are benefiting from lower prices for books, and manufacturers are enjoying massive sales. But how is the e-book revolution affecting authors? It's opening new opportunities -- but no guarantees.
E-Book Fight: Google Opens Internet Book Store, Challenging Amazon
12:45AM 12/07/2010
Google opened its long-anticipated Internet book store Monday, putting itself in direct competition with Amazon.com. Buyers can read its 3 million e-Books on any Web device or reader -- except on Amazon's Kindle.
Apple iPad Steals Market Share from Amazon Kindle
6:45PM 12/01/2010
As the market for electronic book readers has grown, Apple's iPad has been pulling e-reader market share away from Amazon.com's Kindle, according to a new report from ChangeWave Research. The Kindle's market share has slipped to 47% from 62% in three months.
Big Numbers for Bestsellers Show E-Books Are Here to Stay
7:30PM 11/11/2010
Technology, People, Media, Retail, Books
E-book sales continue to climb. But the popularity of digital titles is forcing publishers to ask some thorny questions about pricing, negotiations with writers and the future of the publishing industry.
The (Paltry) Economics of Being a Novelist
10:00AM 11/02/2010
Veteran novelist Catherine Ryan Hyde (Pay It Forward and 15 other books) describes the monetary underpinnings of the novelist's business. Did you know authors generally get just two royalty checks a year? That is, if there are any royalties at all.
Amazon Earnings Rise 16% as Electronics Sales Surge
5:09PM 10/21/2010
Amazon's third-quarter profits rose 16% thanks to surge in sales of electronic products such as its Kindle e-reader, the world's largest online retailer reported after the bell Thursday.
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