E-Books

On Monday, ABA Board members and staff met with representatives of the  Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., to express ABA’s support for agency model pricing of e-books in connection with the Department’s ongoing investigation of e-book pricing terms.

In his bimonthly letter to members, ABA CEO Oren Teicher talks about the association’s spring Booksellers Forums and some of the issues of concern to those who attended the first two gatherings of the season.

The IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page currently features six active promotions.

Nantucket Bookworks takes over operations of Mitchell’s Book Corner; Copperfield’s gets yarn stormed; Star Ledger reports on indie booksellers’ multifaceted approach; Atlanta InTown lists area bookstores adapting; Posman named Best Bookstore by New York Magazine

The IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page currently features six active promotions.

The IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page features four active promotions.

This week, BTW’s new technology feature provides an overview of common e-reader devices and their compatibility with Google eBooks.

USA Today analysis finds tax-free Internet sales have big impact; E-book consumers increasingly turn to apps and online retailers; Harper campaign celebrates Maisie Month; Perseus and NBN agree to terms with Amazon; Open Road partners with Ingram to print and distribute e-riginals; NACS and Amazon settle suit over advertising claims; OverDrive to bring Potter e-books to libraries

Despite last week’s news to the contrary, Google will be continuing its relationship with indie booksellers that sell Google eBooks™ through its affiliate program.

On February 20, in a dispute over terms, Amazon.com stopped selling some 4,000 e-book titles distributed by Independent Publishers Group.