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Tablet and e-books sales soar over holiday season--survey

Tue, 01/24/2012 - 06:16 by Neka Sehgal

There has been a sharp rise in the sale of electronic books in the United States this holiday season, finds a new survey.

British Library, Google tie up to digitize books

Tue, 06/21/2011 - 14:19 by Jamie Anderson

Internet behemoth Google Inc. and the British Library have teamed up to digitize as many as 250,000 out-of-copyright books from the latter’s collections.

Barnes & Noble contemplates sale as competition intensifies

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 20:33 by Sophie Anderson

The board of Barnes & Noble (BKS.N), the number one brick and mortar book store chain in the United States, announced Tuesday that it was putting the company up for sale.

Antitrust probe initiated over e-book prices

Tue, 08/03/2010 - 15:00 by Sophie Anderson

Agreement entered into by behemoths like Amazon and Apple with major book publishers have come under the scrutinizing eyes of the lawmakers for such deals could be anti-competitive.

Amazon’s Kindle takes competition head on

Sat, 07/31/2010 - 17:59 by Sophie Anderson

When a company launches the 3rd iteration of a product which is one-third the price of the original product, it hopes that the target market would expect the new bells-and-whistles in the product would have been kept to a minimum.

Amazon to launch 3rd generation Kindle

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 17:53 by Sophie Anderson

Two new Kindles that are smaller and lighter and have higher contrast screens and crisper text will be launched soon by Amazon.com.

Amazon Now Sells More E-Books Than Hardcovers

Thu, 07/22/2010 - 02:05 by Rex Moore

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) now sells more e-books than hardcover books. That was the company's headline yesterday, designed to shock a few folks, and that it did. But let's look a little deeper at the press release and see exactly what it's saying -- and what it's not saying.

Amazon to acquire daily deal site Woot.com

Thu, 07/01/2010 - 11:55 by Jamie Anderson

Amazon.com Inc announced Wednesday that it had agreed to acquire the online store Woot.com.

Google to enter e-book market with Google Editions service

Wed, 05/05/2010 - 10:24 by Priyanka

Google Inc. ((NSDQ: GOOG) at an event sponsored by the Book Industry Study Group in New York on Tuesday announced that it soon will be entering the booming digital books market by launching its very own digital book store service—Google Editions.

Barnes and Noble to fulfill the Nook's Christmas commitment

Thu, 12/24/2009 - 15:45 by Ayurdhi Dhar

New York, December 24 -- Barnes and Noble's e-book reader Nook, which has gained increasing popularity in the past few months, will now reach on time for Christmas to the people who pre-ordered it.

Google's E-Book retail program a challenge to Amazon's Kindle

Mon, 06/01/2009 - 19:51 by Neelam Goswami

Los Angeles, June 1: Internet search goliath Google has announced Monday a new program that would enable publishers to sell digital versions of their newest books direct to consumers through its search engine.