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Archives for October 2009

Libre Has A Cloud Strategy, Too

October 30, 2009
By Michael Cader

Google aspires to control ebooks in the cloud, available on servers to read on any device, regardless of where customers make the actual purchase–but vendor LibreDigital has plans of their own, which they are unveiling at the Texas Book Festival. Called AllAccess, their new product is a content delivery platform which allows publishers, resellers and […]

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One Analyst Warms to Barnes & Noble

October 30, 2009
By Michael Cader

After dour reports last week from stock analysts at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, Barnes & Noble’s stock gets a better assessment today from Alan Rifkin at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. They have upgraded their assessment of shares to neutral from underperform, with a price target of $19 a share. They write, “while we remain […]

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Vook for Less

October 30, 2009
By Michael Cader

When Atria released its first collaborations with Vook, company founder Brad Inman wouldn’t tell the AP how much it cost to shoot the videos and only indicated “the budget for an individual title was less than $100,000.” Apparently he meant a lot less. VP of marketing at Vook Jack Sallay clarifies now that “the production […]

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Macmillan Contract Updates

October 30, 2009
By Michael Cader

Agent Kristin Nelson notes on her blog that a number of agents did not receive the initial dispatch of Macmillan’s proposed new contract boilerplate and accompanying letter from ceo John Sargent. Nelson adds that “today I got an email that agents can respond until January 4, 2010.” As agents continue to review the proposed changes, […]

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Retailers Limits On Price War Books

October 29, 2009
By Michael Cader

It shouldn’t be a surprise that Walmart.com, Amazon and Target.com are limiting the how many copies each customer can buy of their loss-leader deep-discount books, but the WSJ sums up the respective ceilings: 2, 3, and 5 copies, by vendor. But that still means as long as an independent store has a few employees, they […]

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Random House Expands Statement On Cancelled Ref Book

October 29, 2009
By Michael Cader

“After a close legal review of the final manuscript of Blowing the Whistle by Tim Donaghy, and our independent evaluation of some of the author’s sources and statements, Triumph Books and Random House have decided not to go forward with the book’s publication. Our decision is wholly our own and was made without consultation with […]

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