Jul 26 2011: In response to Apple beginning to enforce new iOS4 app design guidelines that prohibit in-app links that allow consumers to bypass the Apple purchasing system, retailers are scrambling to let consumers know that they can still read their e-books on their Apple devices ...
Jul 26 2011: Amazon is in discussion with e-commerce companies in India in a bid to expand into one of the world's fastest-growing economies. However a source talking to the Times of India says, "Indian players see the huge potential in the e-commerce segment here and so have so far...
Jul 21 2011: A few weeks ago it was announced that the Harry Potter series would be available on ebook but only through J.K. Rowling's new site, Pottermore. Now, according to Inside Google Books, the series will also be available via the open Google eBooks platform, which means it ...
Jul 19 2011: The final death knell for Borders in the USA sounded yesterday as the company said its remaining 399 stores would begin winding down in three days' time. The store-closure program will last until September and its 10,700 employees will be made redundant.
Jul 18 2011: Follett Corporation, the private River Grove, Illinois-based educational publishing company, is in the midst of a sale process, as reported by The Financial Times.
The group manages about 850 college bookstores and provides services to about 1,800 independently run ...
Jul 15 2011: Yesterday, The New York Times reported that embattled bookseller Borders is likely to face liquidation after a committee of its unsecured creditors rejected a buyout proposal from private equity firm Najafi Cos, on the basis that Najafi would be getting the assets too ...
Jul 15 2011: In the UK, the Publishers Association has united with the Independent Publishers Guild for the first time to oppose the merger of Amazon and The Book Depository, while calling for a wider public investigation into the competition between the online and bricks and mortar...
Jul 12 2011: Google has teamed up with iriver to launch the first e-reader to be integrated with the Google e-books platform. The iriver Story HD will go on sale at Target on Sunday July 17 priced $139.99, the same as the Kindle.
It will have wi-fi and a six-inch e-Ink screen ...
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