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Aerbook Turns Social Media Into a Virtual Bookstore

By Calvin Reid | 03/14/2014 @ 07:00PM

What’s the best way to sell a book in the era of social media?
Vook Debuts Free E-book Sales Tracking Service

By Calvin Reid | 03/04/2014 @ 09:00AM

Vook, a digital publishing and distribution platform, is launching Author Control, a new data service that allows authors and publishers to track e-book sales and unit downloads across every major retail channel.
Audible Lowers Royalty on Self-Published Audiobooks

| 02/28/2014 @ 10:00AM

Amazon-owned audiobook retailer Audible is lowering the royalty rates it pays authors who self-publish, and exclusively sell, their audiobooks through the website.
Barnes & Noble Q3 Revenues Decline 10.3%

| 02/26/2014 @ 10:00AM

Barnes & Noble reports that consolidated revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 decreased 10.3% to $2 billion from the same period in the previous fiscal year. Third quarter EBITDA increased from $59 million a year ago to $173 million.
Sequential Adds Enhanced SelfMadeHero Digital Graphic Novels

By Calvin Reid | 02/07/2014 @ 10:00AM

Sequential, a comics storefront app focused on literary graphic novels, has released a new version of the app with upgraded features in addition to offering three specially-enhanced titles from acclaimed U.K. comics publisher SelfMadeHero.
Sony to Close E-bookstore, Move Customers to Kobo

| 02/06/2014 @ 12:00AM

Sony, one of the first companies to enter the e-book market, will close its e-bookstore in March and allow its American and Canadian customers to migrate their accounts to Kobo.
OverDrive Distributing HC E-books in the U.K.

| 02/05/2014 @ 10:15AM

OverDrive has announced that it is making available HarperCollins' 5,000 e-books to schools and libraries in U.K.
Blackboard Plans New Online Bookstore

| 01/30/2014 @ 09:30AM

Blackboard, a learning management system that provides the online educational environment for many higher educational institutions, plans to launch an online bookstore for its platform.
ReDigi Gets Patent to Manage and Sell Used E-books

| 01/29/2014 @ 09:30AM

The first online digital marketplace gets the nod for its invention of a system for "copyless" digital transactions.
Online Retailer for Animal Lovers Debuts

By Calvin Reid | 01/27/2014 @ 09:00AM

Launched a month ago in Exeter, N.H. by Jeremy Townsend, Books for Animal Lovers is an online retailer offering just what its name specifies—books about animals.
Eagle Harbor Books Debuts Handseller Software for Indies

By Wendy Werris | 01/20/2014 @ 09:00AM

The Handseller software is a digital platform for personalized book recommendations that allows customers to create detailed reading preference profiles.
DBW 2014: Amazon, Subscription and the Book Business

by Calvin Reid | 01/16/2014 @ 09:00AM

In a morning session entirely devoted to Amazon.com, author Brad Stone and consultant Joe Esposito looked back over the history of Amazon's growth (and remorseless tactics) before looking ahead to its next round of competitive targets.
Bookish Acquired by Zola

| 01/06/2014 @ 11:30AM

Bookish, the struggling social network backed by three big five publishers, has been acquired by start-up online retailer, Zola Books.
The PW Digital Publishing Startup Review, 2014

By PW Staff | 01/03/2014 @ 07:00PM

We check in on 30 digital publishing startups to find out how they fared in the last year. Which are flying, and which have changed their business model?
A Very Merry Christmas at Amazon

| 12/26/2013 @ 10:00AM

Amazon.com is calling this one of its best Christmas shopping seasons ever after more than 1 million consumers signed up for Amazon Prime, the online retailer’s free unlimited 2-day shipping deal, the week before Christmas.
'Inferno,' 'Allegiant' Top Amazon's 2013 Bestsellers

| 12/16/2013 @ 10:45AM

Amazon has announced its bestselling books of 2013, with Dan Brown's Inferno claiming the #1 spot on the adult list, and Veronica Roth's Allegiant taking the #1 spot on the children's list.
TheReadingRoom Adds Funding, NYC Office

| 12/09/2013 @ 12:00AM

The book recommendation site TheReadingRoom has raised $2.75 million to help it speed its growth in North America.
Checking In on the Digital Royalty Debate

By Rachel Deahl | 12/06/2013 @ 07:00PM

Authors and editors have not given up on increasing the standard e-book royalty rate to 50%.
Togather Inks Partnership Deal with B&N College

By Calvin Reid | 12/03/2013 @ 10:00AM

Togather.com, a “fansourcing site” designed to make event planning more predictable and easier to promote, is partnering with B&N College Stores to provide store managers a turnkey platform for organizing in-store events.
BookBub Closing In on Two Million Members

By Clare Swanson | 11/29/2013 @ 07:00PM

A few years ago, Internet entrepreneur Josh Schanker was asked by a friend to help brainstorm ways to get e-books from lesser known authors discovered.

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