Print sales retreat in most markets across the world, with drop in fiction sales prominent in UK & US where e-book sales are growing.
2/2/2012
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Amazon.co.uk increased Kindle e-book sales by five times in its fourth quarter.
2/2/2012
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Toshiba will launch its first dedicated digital reader in February with aims to become Japan’s biggest retailer of e-books by spring.
1/31/2012
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US retailer Barnes & Noble is developing a partnership with Waterstones UK to add the Nook to its store locations this year.
1/30/2012
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UK publisher Quercus' e-book sales grew by 270% in December by comparison to the previous year.
1/30/2012
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Publishers need to look at self-published authors e-book pricing and can no longer avoid selling direct to consumer. http://bit.ly/wWJY5g
1/25/2012
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Publishers report e-book sales surging up to 355% post-Christmas, as Nielsen BookScan figures show print sales in fiction declined 30%
1/23/2012
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Amazon moves closer to Brazil e-book launch. http://bit.ly/xv1d5T
1/17/2012
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Bloomsbury e-book sales up nearly 40% in final quarter of 2011.http://bit.ly/z4HSYz
1/17/2012
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Sales of Kindles and tablets helped boost revenue for Tesco supermarkets over the Christmas period.
1/12/2012
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Barnes & Noble to sell its publishing business, Sterling, to concentrate on technology and digital.
1/5/2012
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Print sales fell more than 9% in 2011, double the decline in 2010. Biggest falls in adult fiction and mass market.
1/5/2012
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Apple about to launch new digital self-publishing platform for authors with access to the iBookstore to compete with Amazon DTP and B&N.
1/3/2012
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The #1 bestselling e-book in 2011 is by a self-published author, Darcie Chan, author of The Mill River Recluse. http://amzn.to/vtzSeT
12/21/2011
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Amazon sold 1 million Kindles in past week with Kindle Fire its bestselling item of all products sold since its launch 11 weeks ago.
12/16/2011
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OFT clears Amazon takeover of The Book Depository, ruling merger would not lead to a lessening of competition in UK book industry.
12/15/2011
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Australian book retailer Dymocks launches D-Publishing to produce, (self) publish and distribute print and e-books.
12/7/2011
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Kindle Direct Publishing is now available in Spain and Italy. Independent authors have a lot to thank Amazon for and the doors keep opening.
12/1/2011
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ebook sales doubled in September while mass market plunged 54%, paperback remained steady and hardcovers fell 18%. http://bit.ly/vp41h2
12/1/2011
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Irish bookseller Eason set to make 140 staff redundant in efforts to survive new environment dominated by e-books.
11/29/2011
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Amanda Hocking is the latest independent (self-published) author to join the Kindle Million Club. Congratulations, Amanda. You deserve it.
11/21/2011
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Penguin launches self-publishing service.
11/16/2011
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UK retail sales sank 0.6% in October compared to 2010. Print books suffered from the shift to ebooks with paperback fiction hardest hit.
11/8/2011
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Penguin UK e-book sales more than doubled to September 2011 while physical sales declined.
11/4/2011
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Amazon.com launches lending library for US Kindle owners after signing deals on a “variety of terms” with publishers.
11/4/2011
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Barnes & Noble is expected to reveal its latest digital device next Monday, widely expected to be upgrades to Nook.
11/2/2011
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Pottermore e-book launch pushed back to 2012.
10/3/2011
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US independent publisher Perseus Books Group launches self-publishing service offering 70% royalty on author's ebooks.
10/3/2011
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Google is preparing “imminent” UK launch of its e-books platform for selling digital titles.
10/3/2011
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Amazon launches Kindle Fire, a $US199 tablet to challenge Apple's iPad, expanding the Kindle into full-colour multi-purpose devices.
9/28/2011
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The number of Americans using an e-book reader has almost doubled during the last 12 months according to a new survey.
9/21/2011
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One in five publishers now generating more than 10% of their revenues from e-books.
9/21/2011
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Waterstone's to launch its own e-reader in 2012 inspired by Barnes & Noble's Nook device.
9/12/2011
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Amazon.com reportedly in talks to launch a digital library service with an annual subscription fee for tablets.
9/12/2011
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Four independent bookshops with a combined total of 175 years on the high street (UK) have announced their closure.
9/5/2011
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