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William Morrow Toughens Up on Book Bloggers
There are dozens of people, like myself, who blog about books. As part of my hobby, publishers send books to me for free for review on my site. It doesn’t happen often, but I get enough of them —...
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Penguin Publishing To Offer E-Books at NYC Libraries
As e-book sales continue to rise, e-book borrowing is not as popular. Some of that is because publishers fear that offering their e-books in libraries will stagnate sales. Such is the case with Penguin...
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Study Shows E-Book Library Borrowing Isn’t Popular
One of the things I’ve always loved about libraries is that you can read for free. That’s the point, right? Since I was a little girl, I have been a huge supporter of the library. So when it came time...
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$69 Million E-Book Pricing Settlement Reached
A few months ago, I told you about a possible lawsuit involving a number of publishers who allegedly raised e-book prices illegally. I then reported that three of those publishers had reached a...
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Lena Dunham Signs $3.5M Book Deal
It’s the book analysts are saying will be the next big comedic memoir/bestseller since Tina Fey’s Bossypants. Last week, Random House announced it had acquired a more than $3.5 million dollar book deal...
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Amazon, B&N Notify Customers About E-Book Settlement Refunds
It’s been months since the e-book pricing lawsuit began. Now that some parties have reached a settlement agreement, people are starting to receive emails from Amazon and Barnes & Noble about...
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Random House in Talks to Merge with Penguin
A publishing monopoly could soon be headed this way. According to New York Daily News, two of the world’s largest publishers, Random House and Penguin, are discussing a possible merger. Publishing...
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Apple Penalized for E-Book Price Fixing
For a year-and-a-half, Apple has been claiming its innocence in an e-book price fixing case filed by the Justice Department against the tech company and five other book publishers. Though the other...
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Netflix-Like Subscription Plan Available for E-Books
Imagine if there were a subscription program like Netflix, but for e-books. Well, luckily there is. According to The New York Times, publisher HarperCollins has recently struck a deal with the web...
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Scribd Adds 30,000 Audiobooks
Good news for those who like not to read their books, but to listen to them. According to Entertainment Weekly, the streaming subscription service Scribd is adding thousands of audiobooks to its...
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