Amazon, the largest distributor of eBooks in Europe, is the subject of an anti-trust investigation by the European Commission. Apparently Amazon requires publishers to inform the company about arrangements they... View Article
Microsoft is getting out of the Nook business—Barnes & Noble has bought out their share. This clears the path for B&N to spin off the Nook side of the business,... View Article
Sony is giving up on the eBook market in North America, and transferring all of its clients to Kobo in March 2014. Could this provide the extra boost that Kobo... View Article
The below-linked article summarizes the report Consumer Attitudes Towards Ebook Reading and presents slightly different data than my clients have anecdotally reported for their sales (most say that their sales come almost... View Article
After offering amazing prices for the week before Father’s Day, Barnes & Noble has continued their sale, offering their eReaders and tablets at astoundingly low prices—it seems they must be... View Article
There have been a number of articles about Adweek’s article which claimed that “the e-reader business is shrinking,” and I was going to post a link mocking it, but then... View Article
Amazon is apparently set to release the Kindle in China on June 7. The prices for the devices appear to be slightly higher than the at-cost price for which they... View Article
This is a rather deceptively titled article—it implies that eBook sales are leveling off, simply due to a dip in percentage sales during the fourth quarter of 2012… but then... View Article
In regard to the Apple price-fixing trial, Amazon is seeking to have sensitive information—including “potentially embarrassing” data related to profitability, pricing, and contract terms—redacted from evidence. This is rather interesting,... View Article
It’s possible that there will be a color “regular” Kindle in the (near?) future, as Amazon has just purchased Liquavista, an e-ink company with color technology, from Samsung. As usual,... View Article