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Amazon Offers 'Free' Harry Potter

Posted 05.10.2012

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Amazon will offer the Harry Potter series in their Kindle Owners' Lending Library starting next month, thanks to an "exclusive" deal the company has s...

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The Apple Conundrum

Nancy K. Humphreys | Posted 05.08.2012

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Nancy K. Humphreys

If the Justice Department prevails over Apple on behalf of Amazon, it will mark the end of books as we now love them, and it will mark the beginning of monopoly for Amazon, Walmart, and every other megastore that undercuts its competitors by lowball pricing.

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The New Business Model of Book Publishing

Jim Kukral | Posted 04.16.2012

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Jim Kukral

As more established, quality authors who kept the rights to their work figure out that it's to their advantage to publish themselves on Kindle rather than beg for contracts from "big" publishers, there will be an explosion of great work available in e-book form.

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How To Compete With Amazon

| Posted 01.14.2012

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By Janaka Stucky for Poetry Foundation If you’re reading this, you’re probably at least tangentially aware of what happens among readers, write...

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7 Predictions For Amazon In 2012

Posted 12.28.2011

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Amazon. As far as the book industry goes, not so much the elephant in the room as an entire herd of rampaging elephants running around the room, eatin...

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Amazon May Launch The Netflix Of Books

Posted 11.12.2011

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(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is in talks with book publishers about launching a media library service similar to Netflix Inc for tablets and other d...

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Amazon Editors' Top 10 Fall Books

Posted 10.09.2011

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Amazon.com has announced a top ten list of books for the fall. Chris Schluep, a Senior Editor at Amazon.com books, calls it "one of the best seasons f...

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Which Indie Booksellers Have Begun Refusing To Carry Amazon's Books?

mhpbooks.com | Posted 08.24.2011

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On Wednesday, Amazon rolled out a press release announcing that it had swung a major deal -- 47 books -- for a major author -- the late Ed McBain -- t...

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What Are Amazon's 'Predatory And Thuggish Practices'?

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

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Citing the "predatory and thuggish practices" of Amazon, Melville House publisher Dennis Johnson has withdrawn his press from future participation in ...

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