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Apple Loses Bid to Oust Monitor
In a minor setback, an appeals court has denied the company’s bid to oust its court-appointed monitor, Michael Bromwich.
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Kobo Hopes Payments Will Boost ABA Partnership
Dubbed “eRead Local” the program will run for 100 days, during which time participating ABA members will receive $5 for every new Kobo customer they deliver.
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Momentum Drives Social Media Book Promotions
Momentum is designed to be a turnkey subscription service that allows publishers to create social unlock book promotions--ask fans to tweet or post in return for cool stuff--and then track fan engagement and behavior afterwards.
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iBooks Bestsellers: ‘Girl on the Train’ Can't Be Beat
Paula Hawkins’s thriller was, once again, the top selling book in Apple’s iBooks store.
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Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, May 17, 2015
The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended May 17, 2015.
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Epic! Adds Macmillan Kids’ E-books
Epic!, an e-book subscription service for kids, is adding titles from another Big Five publisher to its inventory of 10,000 e-books.
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iBooks Bestsellers: Hawkins, Knoll Top the List
'The Girl on the Train' by Paula Hawkins was, once again, the #1 title on Apple’s bestseller list. 'Luckiest Girl Alive' by Jessica Knoll, released May 12, debuted on the chart at #2, for the week ended May 18.
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Hoopla Launches E-book, Comics Service for Libraries
Midwest Tape, which distributes various media to libraries, has announced the roll-out of its new e-book offerings through its hoopla platform.
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Vook Pivots, Becomes Self-Pub Platform Pronoun
Pronoun combines the digital tools and services of Vook, Booklr and Byliner in a new self-publishing venture that will offer authors a 100% royalty on earnings and complete control of rights.
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iBooks Bestsellers: ’14th Deadly Sin’ at #2
James Patterson and Maxine Paetro’s '14th Deadly Sin,' released May 4, made its first appearance on Apple’s iBooks bestseller list at #2.
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S&S Tries Geo-Targeting in New Marketing Outreach
Using location-based wireless technology, S&S is offering a complimentary selection of full-text frontlist titles to visitors at airports, hotels and museums around the country.
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Southwest to Offer Kobo E-books Inflight
Passengers flying on Southwest Airlines will now be able to access frontlist e-books, as well as excerpts from frontlist titles, from major publishers.
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Avon Impulse Trumpets Sales Milestone
HarperCollins's digital-first romance fiction imprint, created in 2011, announced that in the four years since its launch it has sold more than three million e-books.
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iBooks Bestsellers: 'Hope' Debuts at #4
Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus's account of their abduction by Ariel Castro, came in at #4 on Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended May 4.
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Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, April 26, 2015
The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended April 26, 2015.
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Pubs Partner with White House on E-reading Initiative
President Obama announced today digital reading initiatives for low income students that include major e-book donations from corporate publishers, and a commitment to ensuring all students have access to a library card.
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iBooks Bestsellers: Hawkins Still Hot
Paula Hawkins’s 'The Girl on the Train' was once again the top selling title in Apple’s iBooks store for the week ended April 27.