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iBooks Bestsellers: ‘Grey’ Stays on Top
Though not yet on sale, 'Grey,' the next installment in E.L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey series, took the #1 spot on Apple’s iBooks bestseller list for the second week in a row.
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Pronoun Snags $3.5 Million Investment
Avalon Ventures provides new funding for Pronoun, the self-publishing platform.
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Amazon Updates Kindle Unlimited and Lending Library Royalty Terms
Amazon is updating its royalty terms for authors enrolled in Kindle Unlimited and Kindle Owners Lending Library and will pay authors based on the number of pages read in each book borrowed.
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What’s Next for Scholarly Publishing? PW talks with John J. Regazzi
The former Elsevier CEO is the author of a new book, Scholarly Communications: A History from Content as King to Content as Kingmaker
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Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, June 7, 2015
The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended June 7, 2015.
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European Commission Opens Amazon E-book Probe
The European Commission announced that it has opened a formal investigation into some of the e-book practices of Amazon.
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iBooks Bestsellers: ‘Grey’ Ousts 'Girl on the Train'
A week ahead of its June 18 publication date, 'Grey,' E.L. James’s next installment in her Fifty Shades of Grey series, took the #1 spot on Apple’s bestseller list.
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Mira Launches Book, Pop Culture Site
BookClubbish is a new site devoted to book-and-pop-culture-related content, from titles across all publishers, to be shared with with readers, booksellers, librarians, book bloggers and book clubs.
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Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, May 31, 2015
The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended May 31, 2015.
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iBooks Bestsellers: ‘Radiant Angel’ Lands at #3
Nelson DeMille’s 19th novel, and the seventh in his John Corey series, debuted at #3 on Apple’s iBooks bestseller list.
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Apple Loses Bid to Oust Monitor
In a minor setback, an appeals court has denied the company’s bid to oust its court-appointed monitor, Michael Bromwich.
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Kobo Hopes Payments Will Boost ABA Partnership
Dubbed “eRead Local” the program will run for 100 days, during which time participating ABA members will receive $5 for every new Kobo customer they deliver.
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Momentum Drives Social Media Book Promotions
Momentum is designed to be a turnkey subscription service that allows publishers to create social unlock book promotions--ask fans to tweet or post in return for cool stuff--and then track fan engagement and behavior afterwards.
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iBooks Bestsellers: ‘Girl on the Train’ Can't Be Beat
Paula Hawkins’s thriller was, once again, the top selling book in Apple’s iBooks store.
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Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, May 17, 2015
The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended May 17, 2015.
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Epic! Adds Macmillan Kids’ E-books
Epic!, an e-book subscription service for kids, is adding titles from another Big Five publisher to its inventory of 10,000 e-books.
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iBooks Bestsellers: Hawkins, Knoll Top the List
'The Girl on the Train' by Paula Hawkins was, once again, the #1 title on Apple’s bestseller list. 'Luckiest Girl Alive' by Jessica Knoll, released May 12, debuted on the chart at #2, for the week ended May 18.
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Hoopla Launches E-book, Comics Service for Libraries
Midwest Tape, which distributes various media to libraries, has announced the roll-out of its new e-book offerings through its hoopla platform.



