Search Results by tag: book sales

Book links roundup: Can fictional characters influence people? Florida libraries ban 50 Shades of Grey, and more

Study finds that fictional characters can influence real-life actions 50 Shades of Grey banned from Florida libraries One of Canada's largest used book sales gets underway this week Survey shows ebook popularity is higher among ... Read More »

May 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Book links roundup: Ottawa reviews Target, Harry Potter ebook sales over $1.5 million, and more

By Sue Carter

Department of Canadian Heritage to review Target's cultural content Harry Potter ebook sales top over $1.5 million in three days American Library Association releases the 10 most frequently challenged library books of 2011 Three Cups ... Read More »

April 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: The Hunger Games attracts older audiences, no one is buying Mike Daisey’s book, and more

By Sue Carter

The Hunger Games film predicted to net older audiences, thanks to the YA book's popularity with adults Mike Daisey's 15 minutes of notoriety are not translating into book sales British poet Ruth Padel on how ... Read More »

March 22, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Harry Potter ebooks delayed, Putin’s book club, and more

By Sue Carter

OverDrive delays pre-orders of Harry Potter ebooks for libraries Will Putin's book club restore Russia as a "reading nation?" Q&A with Melville House co-owner Dennis Loy Johnson In the bloody battle for book sales, who ... Read More »

March 21, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Did Oprah’s endorsement hurt book sales?

By Sue Carter

For 15 years, Oprah's Book Club was considered one of publishers' favourite things, but a U.S. economist believes O's endorsement had negative impact on overall book sales. In his study on celebrity products, Craig Garthwaite ... Read More »

March 6, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling

Penguin pulls out of OverDrive, stops ebook sales to libraries

By Natalie Samson

Penguin Group has announced it will no longer provide ebooks to OverDrive, effective immediately. With the termination of the relationship between the publisher and the U.S. digital content distributor, public libraries are effectively cut off ... Read More »

February 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology, Libraries

Why ebooks in Quebec are a taxing issue

By Sue Carter

While NPR urges the world to stop the ebook versus print debate, in Quebec, the debate has shifted to how digital titles are taxed, and what constitutes a "real book." According to Montreal's The Gazette, ... Read More »

February 2, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Book sales down “dramatically” in Q1 of 2011

By Steven W. Beattie

The bad news for booksellers just seems to keep coming. Today, Publishers Weekly reports that Canadian book sales "dropped dramatically" in the first quarter of 2011 according to figures released by BookNet Canada. The market ... Read More »

July 25, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily links round-up: Free Kindles, James Frey, and more

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Robert Fulford on the "long service in the trench warfare of editing" of Oxford University Press's William Toye The Association of American Publishers reports a staggering 116 per cent ... Read More »

March 17, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Daily book biz round-up: one million iPads sold; Amazon Associates payola; and more

By Scott MacDonald

A quiet day in the land of book news: Amazon starts paying referral commissions on Kindle book sales One million iPads sold, says Apple Is Amazon's "most-highlighted" tracking creepy and wrong? Comix artist Peter Kuper ... Read More »

May 4, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

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Search Results by tag: book sales

Book links roundup: Can fictional characters influence people? Florida libraries ban 50 Shades of Grey, and more

Book links roundup: Ottawa reviews Target, Harry Potter ebook sales over $1.5 million, and more

Book links roundup: The Hunger Games attracts older audiences, no one is buying Mike Daisey’s book, and more

Book links roundup: Harry Potter ebooks delayed, Putin’s book club, and more

Did Oprah’s endorsement hurt book sales?

Penguin pulls out of OverDrive, stops ebook sales to libraries

Why ebooks in Quebec are a taxing issue

Book sales down “dramatically” in Q1 of 2011

Daily links round-up: Free Kindles, James Frey, and more

Daily book biz round-up: one million iPads sold; Amazon Associates payola; and more

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