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Publishers try to hold back the tide on parallel imports

Nov 26, 2015

If I heard one more publishing expert proclaim at Book Expo America this week that "the industry is changing", I was prepared to clock her over the head with the 110-page Show Daily broadsheet, writes <b>Virginia Lloyd</b>, an author and literary agent, from New York.

Reading, screaming in cyberspace: notes from US Book Expo

Jun 08, 2012

While the music industry was reacting hostilely to online environments, e-books were quick to embrace digital platforms. They've survived the initial flood of piracy but will soon face more challenges, writes <b>John Biggs</b>.

E-books ahead of the curve but can’t ignore piracy

Jun 05, 2012

Most people believe e-books should be sold at a price substantially cheaper than 'real' books, but <b>Chuck Wendig</b> explains why it's easy to underestimate their actual cost.

Why E-books cost more than you think

May 03, 2012

If you’re an independent bookseller in Australia at the moment, you probably feel better than anyone else in the industry does, writes <b>Henry Rosenbloom</b>, the founder and publisher of Scribe Publishing.

If you’re a book publisher, you’ve got the blues real bad

Feb 28, 2012

E-book prices have soared due to an international agreement between publishers. But why are non-US customers being gouged even more?

The international agreement to gouge e-book customers

Jan 24, 2012

They're cheap, relatively easy to make and simple to distribute. The e-book market is becoming more and more crowded, with news organisations now in direct competition with book publishers, reports <b>Julie Bosman</b> and <b>Jeremy W. Peters</b>.

E-books are the new black

Sep 20, 2011

Australia's largest book retailer is on the verge of total collapse, with administrators likely to break up the Borders and Angus & Robertson chains to sell to other retailers.

REDGroup collapse: few lifelines as publishers slash orders

May 31, 2011

Powerful bookseller Amazon announced that for the first time since it began selling e-books -- and its succesful Kindle e-reader -- four years ago, it now sells 105 e-books for every 100 printed book.

Life in the Amazon: e-books outsell the printed word

May 20, 2011

Amazon's Kindle e-reader gets a lot of flack for hurting local booksellers and now 11,000 libraries in the US will soon offer Kindle e-books for short-term lending.

Read library books on your Kindle

Apr 21, 2011

Should the demise of the mega bookseller come as a surprise? Probably not.

Borders and A&R simply got the business model wrong

Feb 21, 2011

Apple appear set to aggressively respond to the universal functions of Google and Amazon e-books by requiring sellers to go through iTunes instead of apps, which means Steve Jobs and co. will gobble up 30% of their earnings, reports <b>Farhad Manjoo</b>.

Apple versus the e-book industry

Luke Buckmaster

Feb 03, 2011

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