Authors complain that features like Amazon’s new Kindle Unlimited book-rental program are devaluing books, but it’s not Amazon that is devaluing book writing — in a very real sense, the internet… Read more »
In the middle of yet another disappointing earnings report Thursday, Barnes & Noble announced that it’s terminating the strategic partnership it formed with Microsoft in 2012. That partnership had combined Barnes… Read more »
Amazon and book publisher Hachette have finally reached a deal in the contentious and public negotiations that have been going on since May, the companies announced Thursday. Read more »
More than 1,000 authors in support of Hachette reached out to Amazon’s board of directors Monday, decrying Amazon’s treatment of Hachette titles. Read more »
Nearly 1,200 German, Austrian and Swiss authors have signed a letter protesting Amazon’s actions in Germany against book publisher Bonnier. Read more »
Hachette Book Group CEO Michael Pietsch spoke out Sunday, saying that “Amazon is seeking a lot more profit and even more market share, at the expense of authors, bricks and mortar… Read more »
Apple has acquired BookLamp, the Boise, Idaho-based startup that aimed to provide better book recommendations based on thousands of elements of a book’s text. Read more »
The conventional wisdom seems to be that by putting the screws to publishers like Hachette, Amazon is displaying its monopoly powers and ruining the book industry. But it is actually making… Read more »
Amazon is promoting a Hachette title as one of its best books of July. But, because of Hachette and Amazon’s contract dispute, the book’s not available for pre-order. Read more »
Barnes & Noble plans to spin off its beleaguered Nook division as a separate public company by the beginning of 2015, the company said in its earnings Wednesday. Read more »