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My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
August 9, 2016

Tuesday News: Wal-Mart buys Jet.com, Women in Translation month, WTF NBC, and book/staircase

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / bookstores / Jet.com / NBC / Olympics / sexism / Wal-mart / women in translation month13 Comments

Wal-Mart to Acquire Jet.com for $3.3 Billion in Cash, Stock – In the largest acquisition of a US-based e-commerce startup, Wal-Mart is purchasing Jet.com with the hope of competing more effectively with Amazon. It is unclear how this deal will affect Walmart’s book inventory and sales, if at all. There are also questions ... more >

September 21, 2012

Friday News: Music market controlled by four labels; Walmart says no to Kindle; eBook discounts are reaching 97%

JaneUncategorizedAgency pricing / Amazon / Wal-mart12 Comments

Wait, it’s Friday already? Universal-EMI Merger Could Yield New Mega-Label To Threaten The Future Of Music – Did the internet ruin record labels? I mean, Napster, Pandora, the decline of the CD and the rise of the low priced single heralded the end of labels, right? Apparently not. The four ... more >

February 9, 2009

Magazine and Book Distributor Suspending Normal Business Activities

JanePublishing Newsbook business / Wal-mart15 Comments

Anderson News announced last month it would charge 7c per copy to the publisher for the distribution of magazines and books. Publishers balked and refused to ship the content to Anderson News. Now Anderson News has suspended “Normal Business Activities.” The distributor services 40,000 outlets including 2300 Wal-mart stores. Most ... more >

December 28, 2007

Reason 510 DRM Is Terrible: Wal-Mart Ends Video Download Service

JanePublishing Newsdigital rights management / Movie / Wal-martComments Off on Reason 510 DRM Is Terrible: Wal-Mart Ends Video Download Service

One reason I was so disgusted when Kindle debuted with its super proprietary Mobipocket format was because of the history of companies, both big and small, to stop supporting the proprietary format of the month, leaving its consumers high and dry. Wal-mart has announced that it will end its video ... more >

June 27, 2007

Changes Afoot to Wal-Mart’s Shelving of Books?

JanePublishing Newsbook-sales / Wal-mart22 Comments

Word came down a few weeks ago that the brick and mortar Wal-mart stores were reducing the number of mid list authors it was going to carry. According to Black Romance Reader, that is not the only negative book shelving change that is going on. BRR reported that the following: ... more >

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