M&A analysis

Targets missed, Nook sells stake to Pearson to secure book distribution

Talk about vertical integration. Pearson is taking a five percent stake in newly-reco...

By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
Christmas content: ebooks boom, iOS uplift
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Can a ‘Spotify for books’ really work?
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Penguin Random House aims to attack digital, emerging ebooks markets
By Robert Andrews  
Funding analysis
Nordic news publisher Schibsted buying in to ebook service Riidr
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Pearson wants developers to remix its Dickens, Dorling Kindersley
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Company strategy
Newsprint joins the internet of things
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Market indicators
Research: Kids reading fewer websites, more ebooks
By Robert Andrews  
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M&A analysis
Tesco fills the e-books piece of its digital puzzle by buying Mobcast
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Nook’s UK odyssey starts at John Lewis, ink only
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Company strategy
Kobo’s big in Japan already, now heads to Italy
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Company strategy
Rakuten putting Pinterest, Kobo to work in Japan
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Company strategy
Europe sues to continue taxing digital content higher than physical
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis

Sainsbury supermarket buys HMV’s aNobii stake to enter e-books

Fresh from buying white label digital entertainment vendor Global Media Vault in Octo...

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Company strategy
End of the road? AA aims to navigate travel books to digital
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Conference reports
Where now for Nook’s global ambition? Apps and Windows
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Company strategy
Amazon reportedly making progress with Japanese publishers
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Market indicators
Analyst: Hardbacks’ dimes-for-dollars gap is three years big
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
The hyperlinked book: Random House plugs Nesbo in to Small Demons
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Amazon will review Kindle newspaper submission after all
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Company strategy
Amazon Frustrates With ‘Suspension’ Of Kindle Newspaper Additions
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Chinese Writers’ Apple Book Piracy Claims Grow Louder
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Britannica Ends Printing, Now Will Face Wikipedia On Price, Quality
By Robert Andrews  
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Earnings analysis
Pearson Sees Digital Income Beating Print Publishing In 2012
By Robert Andrews  
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Earnings analysis
Informa To Launch E-Book Portal As B2B Publishers Push Toward Digital
By Robert Andrews  
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Earnings analysis
Uneven E-book Growth Sees Lagardere Book Sales Slim
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

iBooks 2 Is ‘A Huge Missed Opportunity’, Publisher’s Developer Says

Apple’s new big play for the education textbook market is a big letdown, according to...

By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
Research: Professionals With iPads Are Deserting Printed Media
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Illegal Books Available For Free On Google’s Android Market
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Market indicators
China Round-Up: E-book Wars, Digital Music Opportunity And Games Go Large
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Kobo Book Buyers Up 10x At Christmas On New E-Reader Gifts
By Robert Andrews  
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Market indicators
Research: One In 40 In UK Got The Gift Of E-Reader This ‘Kindle Christmas’
By Robert Andrews  
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Funding analysis
ePub Direct Funded To Supply E-Books To Kindle, iBooks Et Al
By Robert Andrews  
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Market indicators
China E-Reader Sales Down Thanks To Lack Of Content
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Publishers’ Social Site aNobii Relaunches To Put The ‘Book’ In ‘Facebook’
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
The Camera In The Book: Engaging Paddington On iPad
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Company strategy
Europe Probing Apple And Publishers For E-book Price ‘Cartel’
By Robert Andrews  
Corrected: Nook, Zinio Tie iPad For Magazine Publisher Take-Up
Company strategy
Corrected: Nook, Zinio Tie iPad For Magazine Publisher Take-Up
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
From Tread To Screen, Menzies Pitches E-Paper For Advertisers
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Updated: Amazon Stock Watch: B&N Plummets, Apple Unmoved On Kindle Launch

A knock for Nook? Barnes & Noble’s share price fell 10 percent as Jeff Bezos anno...

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Company strategy
Sony Brings Its E-book Store To Europe
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Company strategy
Plastic Logic’s E-Readers May See Light Of Day In Russian Classrooms
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Company strategy
Avatars Become Authors In Stardoll, The Book
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Earnings analysis
Penguin Sees 14 Percent Of Sales From E-books
By Robert Andrews  
Amazon’s Passage To India: Opening Up Shop Soon?
Company strategy
Amazon’s Passage To India: Opening Up Shop Soon?
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Future Turns From Magbooks To E-books
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Google Will Scan 250,000 Out-Of-Copyright Books For The British Library
Company strategy
Google Will Scan 250,000 Out-Of-Copyright Books For The British Library
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Waterstones’ E-books Supply Not Threatened By HMV Sell-Off
By Robert Andrews  
In Brief: Antique Books, Tesco Digital, Culture Fund & More
Company strategy
In Brief: Antique Books, Tesco Digital, Culture Fund & More
By Robert Andrews  
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M&A analysis
Where Now For Waterstone’s In The E-Book Migration?
By Robert Andrews  
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announces Kindle 2 electronic reader at news conference in New York
Market indicators
Amazon Hasn’t Yet Reached UK Digital Books Tipping Point
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
France Lets Book Publishers Fix Minimum E-book Prices
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Publishers’ Social Book Discovery Site aNobii Nearing Relaunch

A new electronic book discovery and retail service jointly owned by publishers and a ...

By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis
Book Business Twists In To New Shapes To Face Its First Digital Challenge
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
E-book Sales Are Exploding And Hurting Paperbacks, Publishers Say
By Robert Andrews  
Interviews
Video Interview: Lulu’s CEO Changes Direction As E-books Take Shape
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Bonnier Spins Out Its Mag+ Tablet Concept
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Publishers, Waterstones Turn Book Discovery Network In To Retail Store
By Robert Andrews  
Concerned Publishers Group Says ‘Apple Is Not The Only Offer On The Table’
Company strategy
Concerned Publishers Group Says ‘Apple Is Not The Only Offer On The Table’
By Robert Andrews  
UK Examining Publishers’ E-book Pricing For Anti-Trust Breach
Company strategy
UK Examining Publishers’ E-book Pricing For Anti-Trust Breach
By Robert Andrews  
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Interviews
Interview: John Menzies Reboots Its Digital Publishing Business
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Slide Deck: Lagardere’s Tablet Publishing Strategy And Apple Talks
By Robert Andrews  
‘Open’ Textbooks Provider Flat World Inks Berteslmann Investment
Funding analysis
‘Open’ Textbooks Provider Flat World Inks Berteslmann Investment
By Robert Andrews  
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announces Kindle 2 electronic reader at news conference in New York
Company strategy
Amazon Starts Offering UK Publishers Higher Kindle Royalties
By Robert Andrews  
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Market analysis
First Look: Pop-Up Kids’ Books On iPad
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

The Message Isn’t Always The Medium

There’s an intriguing thinkpiece in Wired UK’s September edition in which Russell Dav...

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Company strategy
News Corp. Planning New U.S. Consumer News Title On Tablets
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Company strategy
Video: The Times’ Effective iPad Infographics
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Market analysis
Digital Imitation Is A Form Of Flattery For Old-Guard Publishers
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Pearson’s Secret Startups: ‘We Can’t Be Right First Time’
By Robert Andrews  
E-book Sales Overtake Audiobooks, But Remain Small Fry To Publishers
Market indicators
E-book Sales Overtake Audiobooks, But Remain Small Fry To Publishers
By Robert Andrews  
Spooked By iPad, ePub’s Custodians Promise Overhaul
Company strategy
Spooked By iPad, ePub’s Custodians Promise Overhaul
By Robert Andrews  
Booksellers Protest Amazon’s ‘Don’t Undercut Us’ Requirement
Company strategy
Booksellers Protest Amazon’s ‘Don’t Undercut Us’ Requirement
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
15 Ways Publishers Are Re-Imagining The Magazine
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Company strategy
Wired iPad Edition Will Likely Be Cheaper Than Print
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Daily Mail: iPad, E-Readers Will Have ‘Absolutely No’ Impact This Year
Company strategy
Daily Mail: iPad, E-Readers Will Have ‘Absolutely No’ Impact This Year
By Robert Andrews  
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Conference reports
First Look: How Penguin Will Reinvent Books With iPad
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Company strategy
Updated: Amazon’s Stanza Bows To Apple’s E-book Sharing Request
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Google Now Defending Books Project In French Court

Before Google’s book-scanning project has even gone to court in the US, the company i...

By Robert Andrews  
Insights
Anderson Sets His ‘Free’ Free, In Audio And Abridged Forms
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Company strategy
EC Urged To Outlaw Google Book Search
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Company strategy
Bloomsbury Targets Libraries With Online Book Subscriptions
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Company strategy
Kindle 2.0 Still Not Coming To Europe; But Amazon Will Happily Sell You A Sony
By Robert Andrews  
London Book Fair: Penguin Syncs Digital With Print; Random House Widgetises Retail
Company strategy
London Book Fair: Penguin Syncs Digital With Print; Random House Widgetises Retail
By Robert Andrews  
Books For Free? Desperate Authors Look To Retain Income
Insights
Books For Free? Desperate Authors Look To Retain Income
By Robert Andrews  
Penguin To Test DRM-Free Audio Books
Company strategy
Penguin To Test DRM-Free Audio Books
By Robert Andrews  
Industry Moves: MyKindaPlace Founder Redmayne To Head HarperCollins Digital
Industry moves
Industry Moves: MyKindaPlace Founder Redmayne To Head HarperCollins Digital
By Robert Andrews  
Amazon Defies French Book Price Law, Mobilises Campaign
Company strategy
Amazon Defies French Book Price Law, Mobilises Campaign
By Robert Andrews  
Booksellers Warned To Sell Digital Or Risk Publishers’ Dominance
Insights
Booksellers Warned To Sell Digital Or Risk Publishers’ Dominance
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