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Looking beyond Amazon

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

You all know how much I enjoy Amazon… as a company, as an innovator, the whole package.  I enjoy them and what they’ve done – and it’s not all related to publishing.    While Amazon is the biggest kid on … Continue reading →

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Amazon Fire, new Kindles, life is great.

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

The game is on. Amazon not only came out and released their Kindle Fire to sort-of compete with the iPad but they also released a new line of Kindles.  And that line begins with a $79 Kindle.  Yes, that’s right, … Continue reading →

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B&N… a gain with a loss

Posted on August 31, 2011 by

I posted about B&N a couple weeks ago here http://jimthewriterb.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/bn-receives-204-million-investment/ It was big news about this investment and in reality, it shows the value of ebooks and what the future will hold. B&N posted their first quarter earnings today.  The … Continue reading →

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Ebooks Revenues Will TRIPLE

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

Another article was printed today in WSJ about the book business.    This article struck me though because it wasn’t the usual, “things are bad because no name are making money” kind of thing that I usually see.    This … Continue reading →

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Follow up on B&N post…

Posted on August 23, 2011 by

Last week I talked about the investment from Liberty Media for B&N.  Since that time the stock has dropped and dropped.  When I took the snapshot below, it was down hovering at $10 per share.  Today’s market has it pulling … Continue reading →

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B&N receives $204 million investment

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

Interesting news on the bookstore and ereader front today. B&N (Barnes & Noble) received an investment from Liberty Funding.  The amount comes to around $204 million (which of course is done through stock at a determined price, etc).  Last year … Continue reading →

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Booksellers say NO to Apple!

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

WSJ reported the other that Kobo had pulled the ability to purchase books via the app for Apple devices. Now, in an even bigger move, both Amazon and B&N did the same thing. What’s the message to Apple?  We’re not … Continue reading →

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