Hachette pushes back after Amazon alleges price fixing
Hachette Book Group defended itself Sunday against accusations of pushing up prices for e-books amid a simmering dispute with online retail giant Amazon.
Business
Aug 11, 2014
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German publishers file complaint against Amazon
Germany's book industry said Tuesday it had complained to the country's competition watchdog about Internet giant Amazon, accusing it of using "blackmail" to gain discounts from publishers.
Business
Jun 24, 2014
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Scribd, HarperCollins offer e-book subscriptions
Online document-sharing site Scribd is taking a page from Netflix's success story as it sets out to create the world's largest subscription service for digital books.
Internet
Oct 1, 2013
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Digital piracy casts shadow over ebook world
With electronic books growing in popularity, the publishing world focuses on fighting the threat of digital book pirates, much as the music industry once did with illegal downloading.
Other
Oct 13, 2011
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Book fair to tackle challenges of digital age storytelling
Authors once just had to deal with a publisher but are now being forced to embrace the digital age and negotiate the rights to their works for TV, films and ebooks.
Internet
Oct 9, 2011
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British Library, Google in deal to digitize books
A treatise on a stuffed hippopotamus, an 18th-century English primer for Danish sailors and a description of the first engine-driven submarine are among 250,000 books to be made available online in a deal between Google and ...
Internet
Jun 20, 2011
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Publishers embrace vision for a green future
(AP) -- The publishing industry has been fitted for 20-20-20 vision.
Environment
Apr 17, 2009
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