Wednesday, 26 September 2012
On Demand Books, producers of Espresso Book Machines, is partnering with Eastman Kodak and ReaderLink Distribution Services to improve the machines and bring them to more locations worldwide, reports Publishers Weekly. The Espresso Book Machine...

Wednesday, 26 September 2012
In the UK, sales of the titles shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize increased by 193% in the week following the shortlist announcement, but were down 57% compared to the sales of...

Wednesday, 26 September 2012
The European Union Competition Commission has reached agreements with Apple and four publishers that will involve the parties modifying or terminating their agency pricing agreements. However, the Bookseller reports that it...

Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Aptaracorp.com has released a report called 'Revealing the business of eBooks: The 4th annual ebook survey of publishers' which is now available as a free download. The report 'documents results...

Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Hachette UK will sell ebooks direct through its websites for the first time, reports the Bookseller. The ebooks will be available ‘in a couple of months’ via a series of new corporate websites...

Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Ereading service provider Kobo is planning on giving away its Kobo Touch ereader to those who buy a 'data communication device' from Rakutan's website, reports Digital Book World. Rakutan, a Japanese shopping...

Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Alistair Burtenshaw is stepping down from his position as director of the London Book Fair, reports Publishers Weekly. Burtenshaw is also stepping down from the role of director of books...

Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Kate Grenville’s Sarah Thornhill (Text) is among a range of ebooks available for prices as low as 20p in the UK as a result of a promotion run by Sony...

Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Kobo has confirmed that it has formed a partnership with Brazilian bookstore chain Livraria Cultura, reports Digital Book World. According to a statement from the ebook retail platform provider, Kobo...

Wednesday, 19 September 2012
The titles shortlisted for this year’s Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Why Nations Fail: The Origins of...

Wednesday, 19 September 2012
The schedule of the court case between the US Authors Guild and Google, which had had oral arguments scheduled for 4 December, has been postponed indefinitely after the Authors Guild...

Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Kobo has announced it has an agreement with the Booksellers Association of the UK & Ireland for 3000 local bookstores, including 1000 independents, to sell its ereaders, reports Ebook Magazine. ‘We...

Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Data collected through the PA Sales Monitor from almost 250 publishers in the UK (with combined sales estimated to account for three quarters of total UK publishers sales), indicates that...

Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Waterstones in the UK plans to offer Kindle users the ability to ‘read for free’ in-store. ‘We hope we will be able to introduce a number of features to Kindle...

Wednesday, 19 September 2012
In the UK, Gardners Books unveiled a new six-inch colour ebook device called Go Tab. The ereader will be available in October with an RRP of £59 (A$92). It will...

Wednesday, 19 September 2012
In the US, Penguin and Apple have made filings in their case against the Department of Justice (DoJ) regarding alleged price-fixing of ebooks. ‘While the filings are mostly your typical...

Wednesday, 19 September 2012
The 2012 Hugo Awards for science-fiction have been announced. See the full list of winners here. See the shortlist announcement here.

Wednesday, 19 September 2012
In the US, a settlement has been granted preliminary approval that will involve Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster paying a combined amount of almost $70 million as part of...

Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Headline in the UK has announced it is launching a new digital imprint called Eternal Romance. The imprint will launch with three paranormal romances by Sylvia Day, reports the Bookseller....

Wednesday, 12 September 2012
In the US, HarperCollins has reached new sales terms with e-tailers, following the settlement of its Department of Justice case, which gave the company and other settling publishers Simon &...

Wednesday, 12 September 2012
More than 300 delegates are due to attend the 78th PEN International Congress in Korea, which opened on 11 September and runs until Saturday 15 September. The Congress will include appearances...

Wednesday, 12 September 2012
In the US, a pilot program run at Indiana University will be expanded to more than 25 institutions after McGraw-Hill Education, Internet2 and Courseload announced they have partnered with EDUCAUSE...

Wednesday, 12 September 2012
In the US, Cengage Learning, John Wiley and Sons, Pearson, and McGraw-Hill have settled claims with five distributors involving the sale of counterfeit textbooks, reports Publishers Weekly. The five distributors,...

Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Hachette Book Group in the US announced that Michael Pietsch will succeed David Young as CEO of the US division, reports Publishers Weekly. Young is stepping down to return to...

Wednesday, 12 September 2012
In the UK, analyst Richard Broughton of IHS Screen Digest has predicted that the number of tablets and ereaders in the country will jump from an estimated seven million in 2011...

Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Following the announcement that it will partner with department store chain John Lewis to sell Nook devices in the UK from October, Barnes & Noble has announced that UK retailers...

Wednesday, 5 September 2012
UK supermarket chain Tesco has acquired ebook platform Mobcast for £4.5 million (A$6.9 million), reports the Bookseller. Mobcast was established in 2007 and currently offers 130,000 ebooks. The acquisition follows...

Wednesday, 5 September 2012
In the US, consumers who purchased ebooks from Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster between 1 April 2010 and 21 May 2012 will receive a share of approximately US$69 million (A$67.5...