June 21, 2005

You Know What? #^*% This Economy
It's a struggle to get consumers' attention-and money-in this economy. So what's the publishing industry's strategy? Ah, #^*% it....... The Reference Desk: Barrymore Directs and "iSteve" No More
From news within the publishing industry to literary dispatches, here?s your morning roundup f...... To Slow Piracy, Internet Providers Ready Penalties
Internet providers agreed to a system to identify those suspected of digital copyright infringement and impose progressively harsher consequences. ....
Reuters - Top U.S. retailers reported better-than-expected June sales after luring shoppers with targeted bargains that they will now have to keep in ...
Reuters - Top U.S. retailers reported better-than-expected sales for June after luring shoppers with bargains that analysts and shoppers alike say the...
From news within the publishing industry to literary dispatches, here's your morning roundup from around the Web: Goodreads and First Book team up to ... Book revenue in decline
AUSTRALIA'S battered book publishing industry has been hit by a report predicting it is an industry in decline.......
Reuters - A U.S. judge denied Apple Inc's attempt to quickly stop online retailer Amazon.com Inc from using the "App Store" name, according to a court... EPublishing changing the landscape of book industry
EPublishing is changing the landscape of the publishing industry and allowing authors more artistic control over their work....... American Library Association Annual Conference makes successful return to New Orleans
CHICAGO - In 2006, the American Library Association ( ALA ) held its Annual Conference in New Orleans. It was the first major convention in the city s... Bryan Young: Combatting the Stigma of Self-Publishing
There are more than one reason for approaching book publishing as an entrepreneur and very few of them have to do with revenge on the traditional publ... On the Road goes digital
We take the new e-reader application of On the Road for a test drive. For many years innovations in digital storytelling have languished at the margin... Kerouac's On The Road goes digital
We take the new e-reader application of On the Road for a test drive. For many years innovations in digital storytelling have languished at the margin... 'Discoverability' key in publishing industry's transformation
'Discoverability' key in publishing industry's transformation...... Amazon Severs Ties With Calif. Affiliates
California plans to start collecting sales tax from Internet retailers, but Amazon.com is refusing to go along. Amazon said it will sever ties with it... Amazon Cuts Ties With Calif. Affiliates To Avoid Tax
Under a new law signed by Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown, online retailers like Amazon are supposed to start collecting sales taxes, even when they're based ... Spurned Affiliates Gnash Teeth Over Calif. E-Commerce Tax Law
California Governor Jerry Brown signed a law Wednesday that will require Amazon.com and other Internet retailers to collect sales tax on goods sold to... Amazon Drops California In Growing E-Commerce Affiliate Tax Law War
California joined other states in passing its own e-commerce affiliate tax law; Amazon.com responded by dropping all CA affiliates. Scrambling for tax...
AP - Amazon.com says it will stop working with online affiliates based in California since the state passed a new rule that forces online retailers to... Molly Raphael inaugurated 2011 ALA President
As ALA president, Raphael is the chief elected officer of the oldest and largest library organization in the world. Established in 1876, the American ...