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August 18, 2014

Monday News: German authors v. Amazon, retailers v. Apple, Apple shareholders v. Apple, and Downton Abbey v. plastic water bottles

JanetPublishing 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 >

Apple
June 10, 2014

Tuesday News: New suit against Apple et al, the recession’s effect on the US economy, writer’s envy, and truly funny cat video

JanetPublishing 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 >

March 27, 2014

Thursday News: Klout sells to Lithium, Diesel eBooks closes, Books on Board sues Apple & Big 5, and NASA gives us pretty pictures

JanetPublishing 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 >

April 7, 2013

To Save Indies, Publishers Need to ReConsider DRM

JaneLetters 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 >

Samhain
February 1, 2013

Friday News: Samhain and Books on Board break up; Candlewick puts real money behind middle grade debut; wacky Ph.D. disseration to study happiness of romance authors

JanePublishing 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 >

Borders ebooks
July 18, 2010

Sunday Midday News: Publisher Behaving Badly

JanePublishing 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 >

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