Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Borders collapse good for independent bookshops

  • Barnes and Noble business just now
    Barnes & Noble Sales Jump Led By Digital Products by Jim Milliot Feb 22, 2011 Lots of headlines in Barnes &am...
  • Bookstore eBook Dilemma 13 minutes ago
    Books Without Borders A Victory For Amazon, But Also For Independent Book Stores 0 **0** 5 Comments Paul Carr1 hour...
  • Apple iPad (Tablet) rumours Today 7:32 am
    Apple will reportedly hold iPad 2 event on March 2 By AppleInsider Staff Published: 01:30 PM EST||< {http://rem...
  • ebook availability Today 7:29 am
    The E-Book Revolution, And What It Means **Share** Will Jewish readers—and Jewish culture generally—be transformed ...
  • Apps by Publishers Today 7:26 am
    Next Question: What’s A Publishing App? 2 **9** 36 Comments Erick Schonfeld4 hours ago We created subscriptions for...

Monday, February 21, 2011

DRM and pirated eBooks

  • DRM and Copyright just now
    Kindle e-book, iPad and Nook Publishers Become Target of Pirates Contributed by Philip Nix on Feb. 21 {http://person...
  • ebook readership Yesterday 8:54 pm
    ...Published: Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 4:14 p.m. ... in...
  • ebook readership Yesterday 8:49 pm
    Examining E-Picture Books {http://mdmorn.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/e-reader-photos-0012.jpg?w=455&h=341} Libr...
  • ebook Prices Yesterday 11:57 am
    {http://www.salon.com/img/squib/dan_gillmor.png} Apple using 'market power' to gouge Aussie iTunes users Asher Mose...
  • Future of the Book Yesterday 11:12 am
    List of Independent Alternatives to Closed Borders Bookstores By Edward Champion – February 18, 2011Posted in: Books...
  • Future of the Book Yesterday 10:40 am
    How Borders lost its soul The store went from a true alternative to a big-box bore. Now, it's the independent shops ...
  • Future of the Book Yesterday 10:35 am
    Borders files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Major bookseller falters under weight of debt, failure to adapt ...
  • ebook Prices Yesterday 10:28 am
    {http://www.salon.com/img/squib/dan_gillmor.png} Dan Gillmor Publishers' crazy e-book prices Having taken control o...
  • Digitization Yesterday 8:59 am
    NBN will turn retail borderless, says Conroy In case that hadn’t already happened By Natalie Apostolou Posted in Ne...

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Bricks and Mortar Bookshops in an unhappy space

  • Future of the Book Yesterday 1:58 pm
    Little stores find safety in niches...
  • ebook Piracy Yesterday 8:52 am
    Kindle e-book piracy accelerates by David Carnoy February 18, 2011 12:17 PM PST Several months ago I set up a Google...
  • Libraries and ebooks Yesterday 7:49 am
    The rise of the e-book lending library (and the death of e-book pirating) JOHN BARBER ... start a Facebook Faceboo...
  • Libraries and ebooks Yesterday 7:47 am
    JOHN BARBER The last thing Catherine MacDonald did before going to bed the night of Dec. 30 was to ask her husband t...
  • Redgroup Retail (Aust) news Yesterday 7:43 am
    Borders, Angus & Robertson out of step, out of time: independents Jason Steger February 19, 2011 Many independe...
  • ebooks and p-books will co-exist Saturday, 8:30 am
    Borders' demise: Why the book chains are doomed {http://images.smh.com.au/2009/09/25/754032/john-birmingham-127x127...
  • ebooks and p-books will co-exist Saturday, 8:20 am
    Double trouble for holders of Borders' gift vouchers Jason Steger February 19, 2011 Many independent bookshop owners...
  • ebooks and p-books will co-exist Saturday, 8:16 am
    ...The private equity owners of REDGroup Retail, Pacific Equity Partners, had a simple plan - //more at smh.com.au// ...
  • ebooks+and+p-books+will+co-exist
    Borders bankruptcy: 200 store closings point to the rise of e-books
  • ebooks and p-books will co-exist Saturday, 8:10 am
    Don't blame the internet for bookshops going under Customers hit for twice the price Book customers are being told...
  • ebooks and p-books will co-exist Friday, 7:34 am
    Latest Buzz in the Book Business Posted on February 14, 2011 ...