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Microsoft's April 11 Update Will Roll Out eBookstore and In-Browser Reading

by on March 30, 2017 in ebookstores, eNews

Microsoft formally confirmed that the release of the Windows 10 Creators Update on April 11 that will make the Microsoft Edge browser "the default reader for books in Windows Store" for ebooks purchased from the Windows Store. First reported in January, the features have been available only to a group of "Windows…

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Rakuten Kobo Acquires the Tolino Tech Platform from Deutsche Telekom

by on January 2, 2017 in ebookstores, eNews, International News, Legal

Rakuten Kobo announced on Tuesday they have signed contracts to acquire the Tolino ebook technology platform serving the German-language ebook market from founding partner Deutsche Telekom at the end of January 2017, pending approval from the German Federal Cartel Office. (That paperwork was filed December 22.) Kobo will join the three…

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International Briefs: Kobo, Amazon, Luebbe and More

by on November 28, 2016 in ebookstores, Finance, International News

The rest of the world was open for business all week long and accounts for much of the catch-up news: - Kobo has now redirected their efforts to sell ebooks and ereading devices in Spain towards their France-based retail partner Fnac. The relationship has been expanded to Spain, where Fnac has 50 stores. Kobo…

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Waterstones Exits eBooks and Digital Audio; Transfers Customers to Kobo

by on May 23, 2016 in ebookstores, eNews, International News

Waterstones is giving up on ebooks again and -- perhaps more importantly in the long-term, also walking away from the still-growing digital audio market. The company told their digital media customers by email and posted site notice that "the Waterstones digital download store is closing," and digital files are no…

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eBooks: Kobo in Mexico, Amazon In NY Schools

by on July 29, 2015 in ebookstores, Education, eNews, International News

Kobo is joining with Mexican publisher and retailer Libreria Porrúa (with almost 70 bookstores) and bookstore chain Gandhi (with close to 30 stores) to power a new ereading service for Mexican readers called Orbile. They plan to launch an ebookstore in September with a catalog that will include over 70,000 titles. Both Porrúa and…

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Harper Likes $14.99

by on April 15, 2015 in ebookstores, eNews

After we reported a week ago that Harper told a wide swath of ebook accounts that they would return to full agency for ebooks as of Tuesday morning Pacific time, the big question wasn't so much Amazon as pricing. In September 2012, when HarperCollins was the first settling publisher to…

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German Giant Media-Saturn Looks to Build On Bankrupt Txtr

by on April 3, 2015 in ebookstores, eNews, Finance, International News

Some publishers were recently informed via email that Germany's txtr, which filed for bankruptcy in late January, will be adopted as the ebook platform for the big consumer electronics retailing group Media-Saturn-Holding as of the beginning of April. (Described as the Best Buy of Germany and/or Europe, the group's Media…

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People, Etc.

by on January 27, 2015 in Agency News, Authors, Distribution, ebookstores, eNews, Free, International News, Personnel

In the UK, Foyle's ceo Sam Husain, 67, will retire in April, the Bookseller reports. Former toy retailer Hamley's coo Paul Currie will take over the leadership for the bookseller, and Husain will stay on as a non-executive director. Also in the UK, Kieron Smith, who had been managing director of…

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New Agency Returns

by on January 12, 2015 in ebookstores, eNews, Pricing

Two of the large publishers that announced new multiyear sales agreements with Amazon late last year have resumed their latest version of agency ebook pricing. Simon & Schuster and Macmillan are both selling ebooks under their newest model of the agency model. (Remember that, given the current Federal Court injunction imposed on Apple, none…

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Whatever Is Happening with Tablet and eReader Sales, Apple's App Store Had Record New Year's

by on January 9, 2015 in Booksellers, Earnings Reports, ebookstores, eNews

There are a variety of indications that sales of dedicated ereading devices as well as tablets (or at least non-Apple tablets) were weak over the holiday period -- perhaps because those who want them already have them, and the devices are all solid enough that they do not require continuous…

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