Publishing NewsAgency pricing / anti-trust / Apple / Big 5 publishers / Books on Board / collusion / derivative shareholder case / Diesel eBooks / Downton Abbey / historical-accuracy / price-fixing18 Comments
German Authors Join Protest Over Amazon’s Tactics in E-Book Dispute – With over 1,000 author signatures, a German petition is drawing more attention to the situation between Amazon and Bonnier, claiming, among other things, that Amazon is tailoring recommended reads and delaying shipment of certain books. Although the German book ... more >
Publishing Newsantitrust / Apple / Big 5 publishers / Books on Board / Diesel / digital publishing / economy / traditional publishing / video / writing6 Comments
Judge Says Price-Fixing Suit Filed by Retailers Can Proceed – Judge Cote has ruled that an antitrust suit brought by independent bookseller DNAML against Apple et al can move forward, likely in tandem with Lavoho, LLC and Abbey House Media (formerly Diesel and Books on Board). Question: Will these publishers ... more >
Publishing NewsAgency pricing / antitrust / Apple / Big 5 / Books on Board / Diesel / Ebooks / Klout10 Comments
Klout acquired for $200 million by Lithium Technologies – Remember when everyone was checking their Klout scores? Well, apparently Klout’s own score has just risen exponentially, with this $200 million acquisition by Lithium, in a mix of cash and private stock. Are people still paying attention to Klout? The whole ... more >
Letters of OpinionBooks on Board / digital rights management / ebook sales / indie booksellers26 Comments
Yesterday Books on Board posted a notice that it was “temporarily” shuttering the retail portion of its site. Consumers could still access titles that they had previously purchased but no new purchases could be made. This leaves some readers who had gift cards without recourse for now. One of the ... more >
Publishing NewsBooks on Board / publicity / Samhain-publishing37 Comments
Doctoral Dissertation – Um, what the ever loving heck is this? A doctoral student, working on her dissertation for Capella University’s Department of Psychology wants to mine the psyche of RWA members for a “happiness project.” The title of her dissertation? “A grounded theory study of the female members of ... more >
Publishing NewsBarnes & Noble / Books on Board / Borders / criticism / Oprah / RITA / social media22 Comments
The Romance Reviews has a great big giveaway going on until August 31, 2010. Check them out. **** Barnes and Noble is advertising free digital books. Except these are books that are in the public domain so its a pretty lame promotion, if you ask me. I did a post ... more >