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Polis Books Adds Categories, Print
Polis Books, a digital-first publishing venture, is adding new genres—children’s and young adult—as well as print editions to its publishing program.
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Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, September 7, 2014
The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended September 7, 2014.
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Vook Acquires Byliner
Months after rumors that Byliner, a publisher of digital longform nonfiction and fiction, was having financial problems, digital publishing services vendor Vook has acquired Byliner, which will now be Vook’s first in-house publishing imprint.
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HarperCollins Inks Partnership With Chinese E-tailer
HarperCollins has reached an agreement to sell its English language e-books in China through local online retailer JD.com and China National Publications Import.
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Amazon Customers Notified of Apple Settlement
Amazon this week emailed Kindle customers court-mandated notice of the terms of Apple’s recent deal to settle damages in its e-book price-fixing case.
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Top Shelf Kicks Off 'Massive' Sale
For the next two weeks until September 26, more than 180 Top Shelf print and digital titles will be offered for as much as 50% off and many more will be priced at $10 or less.
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iBooks Bestsellers: Child Ousts Forman
'Personal,' the latest Jack Reacher novel from Lee Child, was the top selling title in Apple’s iBooks store last week.
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Frey's Full Fathom Five Launches Digital Imprint
Full Fathom Five Digital will be overseen by the newly appointed director of digital publishing Samantha Streger, who joined the company in April from Open Road.
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Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, August 31, 2014
The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended August 31, 2014.
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Amazon Unveils KDP Kids
In a move designed to attract and support children’s book authors and self-publishers, Amazon has launched KDP Kids, a children's-focused illustrated and chapter book category in the Kindle Store.
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Two Novelists Launch Brash Books, New Crime House
Launched by veteran crime novelists, Lee Goldberg and Joel Goldman, Brash Books is a new publishing venture that offers a new vision of publishing in the digital era.
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iBooks Bestsellers: Forman Still Leads
Gayle Forman’s 'If I Stay' held on to its #1 spot on Apple’s iBooks bestseller list for the week ended September 1.
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Kobo Inks Exclusive Deal to Offer Reading Eggs E-books
E-book retailer Kobo has reached an agreement with Blake eLearning to sell the company’s interactive Reading Eggs kids’ e-books through the Kobo Kids’ Store.
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Digital-First Lion Forge Adds Kids' Line, Print Comics
Launched as digital-first publisher, Lion Forge Comics is not even two years old and is already expanding, adding more licensed and original works, a kids' comics imprint, and now plans to offer print.
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Trajectory Inks Deals to Distribute Berrett-Koehler, RosettaBooks in China
Digital vendor Trajectory announced deals at the Beijing International Book Fair to distribute the e-book titles of RosettaBooks and Berrett-Koehler in the Chinese market.
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iBooks Bestsellers: Brown Hits the List
Sandra Brown’s 'Mean Streak,' published August 19, debuted on Apple’s iBooks bestseller list at #2.
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Ellora’s Cave CEO Confirms Amazon Sales Drop
Ellora’s Cave CEO Patty Marks confirmed the house is downsizing in the wake of what she described as "drastic" and unexplained declines in its e-book sales via Amazon.
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Ellora’s Cave Cuts Staff, Blames Big Amazon Sales Drop
In a letter to her authors, Ellora’s Cave CEO Patty Marks blames the cuts on unexplained declines in e-book sales through Amazon.



