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Archives for March 2013

Bertelsmann Backs Food52, Which Will Partner with Random House

March 29, 2013
By Michael Cader

In other social online opportunities, Food52, a social site for cooks founded by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs in 2009, has closed a $2 million round of financing in which Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments is a significant participant. Among their plans is “expanding our publishing platform through an innovative partnership with Random House Inc.” VP business […]

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As Amazon Buys Goodreads, Some Look to Alternatives

March 29, 2013
By Michael Cader

The basics have been well reported within minutes of Amazon’s announcement on Thursday after the close the of market. In what is widely recognized as a very smart move by the retailer, they have an agreement to acquire Goodreads for an undisclosed sum. Goodreads was backed by venture capitalist True Ventures, so it was going […]

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Briefs: Changing Hands To Open Second Location in Phoenix; NYS Court Affirms That Amazon Must Pay Sales Tax

March 29, 2013
By Sarah Weinman

Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, AZ has finalized plans to open a second store in Phoenix in early November, co-owner Gayle Shanks said on the store’s website. The new location has been in the works since last year, according to Phoenix Business Journal, and the bookstore will partner with Phoenix-based real estate firm Venue Projects […]

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Amazon Acquires Goodreads

March 28, 2013
By Sarah Weinman

In what appears to be a definitive strike in consolidating online book discovery under one virtual roof, Amazon announced Thursday afternoon that it acquired Goodreads for an undisclosed sum. The company’s headquarters are expected to remain in San Francisco with the deal set to close in the second quarter of 2013 subject to various closing […]

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Harper and Open Road Reiterate Arguments, Ask for Summary Judgment

March 28, 2013
By Michael Cader

At the beginning of last week, on March 18, both HarperCollins and Open Road filed motions for summary judgment in the case questioning whether Harper controls the right to publish an ebook edition of Jean Craighead George’s JULIE OF THE WOLVES. The two sides agree on one, and only one, point: that the original contract […]

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Penguin to Allow Libraries to Lend New eBook Releases

March 28, 2013
By Michael Cader

Penguin will lift their six-month windowing on new hardcover releases for libraries, allowing libraries to purchase/license and lend those titles immediately upon publication. Director of online sales and marketing Tim McCall tells the AP it’s an evolution of their lending experiments (under which they have been working with 3M and Baker & Taylor). “We feel […]

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