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Barefoot Books breaks up with Amazon
Barefoot Books is a small house based in Cambridge, Mass., that publishes children’s book. As of this week, you can call it “The Mouse that Roared.” The people who run Barefoot Books are frustrated with the business practices of...Tags: FAO Schwarz, Book, E-Commerce Industry, United Kingdom, New York City
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Amazon launches project to monetize fan fiction: Kindle Worlds
Amazon has a plan to monetize fan fiction: It's called Kindle Worlds. On Wednesday, Amazon announced a new scheme in which writers of fan fiction can self-publish and sell that writing with the sanction of the original copyright holder. The idea is that...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Media Industry, Authors, Amazon.com Inc., Entertainment
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Dan Brown's latest puzzler keeps readers guessing
Fort Worth Star-Telegram"Inferno" by Dan Brown; Doubleday (480 pages, $29.95) Last Monday afternoon, Amazon posted a tease on its Kindle Facebook page reminding fans that the "year's most anticipated thriller" was set for release the next day. There was skepticism amid the...Tags: Health Organizations
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No e-book for Stephen King's new novel, 'Joyland'
In a move to bump up physical book sales, Stephen King will not release an e-book version of his new novel, "Joyland," the Wall Street Journal reports. It’s something of a radical move for the man who stood onstage with Amazon’s Jeff Bezos...
Tags: Book, The Wall Street Journal, Jeff Bezos, Stephen King, Amazon.com Inc.
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Burb's Eye View: 'I'll write a book. How hard could it be?'
She's been called a mother, a lawyer and the "Queen of Erotic Romance." It's an exciting time, a fertile time for new writers, and a time of opportunity for established romance writers like Burbank's Cheryl Holt. Today, romance writers, as all authors,...
Tags: Book, Authors, Amazon.com Inc., Marketing
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Amazon launches digital currency for use in app store, on Kindle
ReutersAmazon.com Inc. launched its own digital currency, Amazon Coins, on Monday, allowing people to buy apps and games in its app store and on its Kindle Fire tablet computers. Amazon is the leading e-reader company and has a range of Kindle Fire tablets that...Tags: Amazon Kindle Fire, Apple Inc., Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Apple iPad
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Amazon working on smartphone with 3-D display, report says
In an effort to expand beyond the world of online retailing, Amazon.com is reportedly working on a high-end smartphone that would feature a 3-D screen. The device would allow users to see 3-D images without having to wear glasses, according to the...
Tags: Amazon Kindle Fire, The Wall Street Journal, Newspaper and Magazine, Amazon.com Inc.
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Fortune editor speaks at Lockheed Martin IT Day in Kennewick
Tri-City HeraldThe power of Amazon's big sales and low profit margin provides a sense of the looming battle with competitor Apple. That's what Adam Lashinsky, Fortune Magazine senior editor at large, told more than 1,700 people at Lockheed Martin's 13th annual...Tags: Computer Hardware, Apple iPad
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Should you write a book?
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Wealth managers who think that writing a book will bring them influence and a flood of new clients may want to think again. A nice hardback could bring some respect, say advisers who gave in to the temptation of authorship, but at...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Sony Corp., Authors, Personal Finance, Amazon.com Inc.
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YOUR PRACTICE-Should you write a book?
ReutersBy Chelsea Emery NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters) - Wealth managers who think that writing a book will bring them influence and a flood of new clients may want to think again. A nice hardback could bring some respect, say advisers who gave in to the temptation...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Chelsea (Manhattan, New York), Sony Corp., Authors, Personal Finance
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Column: Sales tax bill ill-advised
It was a happy day for me when, years ago, the Little Professor Book Center opened in Lakewood Mall. It was an equally sad day when it recently closed its doors. In today's environment, a small bookstore has one big problem and one insurmountable...Tags: U.S. Congress, Book, Politics, E-Commerce Industry, Library of Congress
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Used e-books for sale? Not so fast
Is it legal to sell a used e-book? A Massachusetts start-up that hopes to start selling used e-books and other used digital content this summer suffered a legal setback in court recently when a federal judge ruled that it had infringed the rights of...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Authors, Germany, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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