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Information Today
February 6, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Social Review Site Goodreads Dumps Amazon's Metadata Goodreads is now using metadata from Ingram, "the largest wholesaler of books in the U.S.," according to Goodreads founder and CEO Otis Chandler. "Our agreement with them will ensure accurate and reliable information for the foreseeable future."   |
Information Today
May 2, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Book Recommendation Services With the increased interest in ebooks and the phenomenal sales of ereaders, it's worth knowing about some other very helpful sources for book recommendations. |
Searcher
May 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Feature: The Ebook Wars - Amazon Versus the Rest The move to electronic publication of books is creating some of the same issues and problems for publishers and distributors that the music industry -- not to mention, the information industry -- has been dealing with for years now: disintermediation. |
Information Today
June 27, 2011 |
Goodreads Ratings and Reviews to be Added to NoveList Products The agreement leverages the content of Goodreads, the largest social network for readers, adding additional content to the popular readers' advisory service. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2010
Manikandan Raman |
Amazon Vs. Google: Who Will Win the E-Book War? How long will the one-ups last? |
Information Today
August 26, 2014 |
Plum Analytics Adds Goodreads Metrics Plum Analytics expanded its support for books to include metrics from Goodreads. |
Information Today
December 16, 2010
Nancy Herther |
Google's eBookstore Takes Ebooks to the Next Level On Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, after months of anticipation, Google officially launched Google eBookstore (previously called Google Editions), marking an important milestone for the ebook industry. |
Information Today
July 8, 2013 |
Going Social: Top Apps for Best Recommended Reads The apps listed here are all free, whether you opt to find a title to enjoy on your own or want to join a reading community to share your thoughts about your favorite bestseller with a virtual book club. |
InternetNews
February 2, 2006
David Ian Miller |
Amazon Turns a New Page Amazon Connect is a new feature on Amazon.com that lets authors communicate with their readers with regular postings on whatever topic interests them. |
InternetNews
March 19, 2009
Michelle Megna |
Google Aids Sony in Fight Against Amazon Kindle Google opens its digital library to Sony's e-reader, but the digital book battle with Amazon is just beginning as both companies chase the sweet spot - the commercial book market. |
Information Today
March 8, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Amazon's Squeeze on Booksellers Leads to Boycotts and Protests In January, Barnes & Noble made the decision to no longer carry Amazon-published titles in their brick-and-mortar stores "based on Amazon's continued push for exclusivity with publishers, agents and the authors they represent." |
Information Today
August 5, 2014
George H. Pike |
Latest Salvo Fired in Amazon and Hachette's Dispute Last week, Amazon launched the latest salvo in its ongoing spat with Hachette Book Group over sales of Hachette books on Amazon.com, arguing that ebooks "should be less expensive" than print books. |
Searcher
April 2012
Steve Coffman |
Feature: The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire The past 30 years of library history is littered with projects and plans and sometimes just dreams of ways the library might play a more pivotal role in the digital revolution that continues to transform the information landscape around us. |
Information Today
September 29, 2011
Dan Tonkery |
Amazon Launches Library Ebook Lending Support for Kindle and an All-New Kindle Family Support for ebook lending is a major departure for Amazon and is an important milestone for libraries. Previously, Amazon only sold ebooks and did not support ebook lending for libraries even though there has been significant demand from libraries. |
Fast Company
May 2009
Kate Rockwood |
Fast Talk: The Virtual Book Clubber Josh Hug, 30, cofounded Shelfari, a social-networking site devoted to generating conversations and recommendations around books. Amazon acquired the bibliophilic company in the summer of 2008. |
Information Today
September 24, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Three Publishers Settle in Apple Pricing Collusion Case "In a move that could reshape the publishing industry," The Wall Street Journal declares, "a federal judge has approved a settlement with three of the nation's largest book publishers over alleged collusion in the pricing of e-books." |
Fast Company
July 2009
Adam L. Penenberg |
Amazon Taps Its Inner Apple By introducing the Kindle, Jeff Bezos is emulating Steve Jobs -- and taking him on. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2010
Eric Jhonsa |
To Beat Apple, Amazon Needs to Let Publishers Win The Kindle's business model needs a major overhaul. |
Popular Mechanics
November 19, 2007
Anthony Verducci |
Amazon Kindle Unboxed: Photo Slide Show Photos of Amazon's new wireless digital reader. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2011
Jeremy Bowman |
Amazon's Dance With the Devil The retail giant's shady business practices go well beyond its recent price comparison offer. |
InternetNews
June 1, 2009
Michelle Megna |
Google Takes on Amazon's Kindle in E-Book Battle In a clash of the Internet tech titans, Google prepares to challenge Amazon in the exploding e-book market. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2010
Tim Beyers |
The iPad: A Huge Winner for Amazon The e-tailer one-ups Apple in its e-reader debut. |
InternetNews
June 16, 2010 |
Amazon Syncs Kindle to Facebook, Twitter Amazon adds software update to popular Kindle e-reader that will enable users to share content from digital books to friends on Facebook, Twitter. |
InternetNews
November 3, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Booksellers Move to Pay-Per-View Random House and Amazon will let readers buy only the pages they want. |
InternetNews
February 18, 2010 |
Amazon Delivers Kindle App for BlackBerry Fans App will give readers the opportunity to pick and choose from more than 420,000 titles on their BlackBerry as well as read those they've already purchased with their Kindle. |
Information Today
April 28, 2011
Theresa Cramer |
Kindle Library Lending Announcement Raises Questions Kindle-using library patrons will now be able to get ebooks in their preferred format, and that's about the whole of it. |
BusinessWeek
December 30, 2009
Spencer E. Ante |
e-Books: Averting a Digital Horror Story Amazon.com's growing might and the sizzling success of the Kindle has publishers terrified. Hachette, Harlequin, and others are fighting back |
Information Today
February 28, 2011
Jill O'Neill |
Amazon Raises the Stakes in Your Reading Experience: The Platform War Continues In the first half of February 2011, Amazon announced an upgrade to the Kindle software, consisting of four elements. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Amazon Rekindles the Kindle Amazon is promoting its e-book reader without revealing sales data. |
InternetNews
November 19, 2007
Kenneth Corbin |
Amazon's Kindle a New Read on The E-Book Amazon released its snazzy new e-book reader today, but skepticism over the digital publishing industry persists. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Amazon Gets Social Booklovers have another reason to warm up to Amazon.com. The world's leading online retailer is buying Shelfari, a social network for reading fans, for undisclosed terms. |
InternetNews
March 2, 2009
Judy Mottl |
Amazon Backtracks on Kindle Voice Feature Amazon is rethinking its stance on the text-to-speech function in its new Kindle 2 e-book reader, saying authors and publishers critical of the feature will soon be able to block it from their works. |
CRM
Kelly Liyakasa |
Uncovering the "Amazon Effect" Companies that make an experience "frictionless" and that build for the future win. |
InternetNews
July 29, 2010 |
Amazon Debuts New, Low Price Wi-Fi Kindle With the iPad on its heels, Amazon cuts the price of its newest e-book reader and adds Wi-Fi support. |
Information Today
March 4, 2014
Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in Ebook Subscription Services Here's the scoop on five popular ebook subscription services, including a comparison chart for quick reference. |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Reading Kindle's Tea Leaves Amazon.com's hush-hush ways when it comes to spilling sales data on its Kindle e-book reader has led most watchers to assume the worst. One analyst feels differently. |
Information Today
November 26, 2007
Paula J. Hane |
Amazon Works to Kindle Interest in Its New Digital Reader While Amazon clearly hopes that it kindles folks' interest in reading books sold by Amazon, the launch of the reader has sparked a veritable firestorm of comments and reviews that range the gamut -- from praise to lust for the new gadget, to outright dismissal. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2009
Eric Jhonsa |
Amazon Has an Early Lead, but the Game's Not Over Sony's latest electronic reader is real competition for the Kindle. |
Information Today
November 3, 2003
Barbara Quint |
'Search Inside the Book': Full-Text on Amazon Tapping into over 33 million pages from over 120,000 non-fiction and fiction titles supplied by over 190 publishers, Amazon.com has launched a major online access service to the full text of publications. |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2011
Arunava De |
A Cheaper Kindle to Whet Your E-Book Appetite With the availability of a cheaper variant, Kindle can gain more market share. |
AskMen.com
February 18, 2015
Ian Taylor |
How To Write A Book The rise of the e-book means the traditional publishing model is increasingly outdated. If you have a story to tell, you don't need an agent or a deal with a publishing house. |
InternetNews
June 17, 2009
Alex Goldman |
Bezos: Amazon Had to Learn Hardware for Kindle Amazon's CEO said that not only is the company changing others' businesses, it's also ready to change its own. |
InternetNews
February 1, 2010 |
Amazon Yields to Macmillan in Kindle Standoff After briefly yanking the mega-publisher's e-books from its library, Amazon has reluctantly capitulated to Macmillan's pricing demands. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2011
Alex Planes |
Amazon Gets Back to Its Roots Amazon's making inroads in the publishing industry. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2011
Joe Tenebruso |
Amazon Is Tier 1 This elite business is worth the price. |
InternetNews
January 28, 2009
Judy Mottl |
Is Amazon Prepping a Kindle Redux? Amazon is staying mum, but word has it that a new version of the e-book reader is coming Feb. 9. |
InternetNews
November 16, 2007
Kenneth Corbin |
Amazon's e-Book Reader Set For Gala Debut Online retailer Amazon.com is expected to reveal Kindle, its new e-book reader device, at a gala event in New York City. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2008
Tim Beyers |
3 Questions for Jeff Bezos Why would Amazon.com want a piece of social networking site Twitter? |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2010
Darleen Hartley |
Android's Kindle Adds Amazon's Shelfari The bookwise social-networking service makes its way to the Google platform, adding even more social-networking features to the e-reader. |
Information Today
January 20, 2015
Nancy K. Herther |
Ebooks in 2015: Trends and Forecasts Part 2 With all of the Big Five publishers now agreeing to ebook-lending terms with libraries, we are finally seeing stability on this point across the book industry. |
