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Uneven E-book Growth Sees Lagardere Book Sales Slim

Global holiday-quarter books revenue dipped by 3.8 percent at Hachette operator Lagardere Publishing despite booming western e-book sales, the Lagardere group reported, as it warned it would write off almost €1 ($1.3/£0.83) billion against other group activities.

An Amazon Store In Seattle?

A new report suggests that Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is opening a small, Kindle-focused retail store in Seattle to test whether the concept could be expanded to other markets.

Kindle Touch Now Shipping Abroad—But Not To UK/Germany/Spain/France/Italy

The Kindle Touch WiFi is now available in some additional countries, but not the biggest international e-reading markets that already have their own Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) sites.

Apple Clarifies: We Don’t Own The Content You Put Into iBooks Author

When Apple first released its free iBooks Author software, some were upset about its end-user licensing agreement, which states that works created in the program must be sold exclusively through Apple (NSDQ: AAPL). The company has now tweaked the EULA to make it a bit more clear.

Books-A-Million Won’t Carry Amazon Titles, Either

Books-A-Million—the nation’s second largest bookstore chain after Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS)—announced today that, like B&N, it will not carry Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Publishing titles in its stores.

Random House Will Keep All Its E-Books In Libraries, With A Price Increase

Random House is now the only big six publisher to allow unrestricted access to all of its e-books in libraries—and it said yesterday it will continue to do so, though it is raising prices.

E-books and Self-Publishing Roundup, Feb. 2, 2012

The best stories of the week from across the web on e-books and self-publishing


1. Apple's iBooks push raises 6 questions about future of self-publishing (Fast Company)



2. Is Nook Simple Touch the best e-reader? (Gizmodo)



3. Franzen on e-books and the end of...

Why Some Book Buyers Are Increasingly Resistant To E-Readers

Book marketing firm Verso Advertising recently found that over half of book buyers say they are “not at all likely” to purchase an e-reader in the next 12 months—up from 40 percent in 2009. Why?

Amazon Misses Estimates: Q4 Earnings Down 58 Percent

Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) disappointed investors by reporting Q4 2011 revenues of $17.4 billion this afternoon, up 35 percent from a year ago but missing analyst estimates. Net income slid to $177 million on earnings of $0.38 per share, down 58 percent from this time last year, and shares were down 8 percent in...

Study: As E-Readers Increase, So Does Resistance

E-reader usage is growing beyond a group of early adopters, but new stats suggest that consumers are also increasingly resistant to buying an e-reader.

A Crowdfunded Approach To Setting E-Books Free

What do To Kill A Mockingbird, A Wrinkle in Time and Little House on the Prairie series have in common, besides being beloved? None of them are available legally as e-books. A new site aims to make these and other e-books available to the public (and in libraries), as DRM-free Creative Commons works, via crowdfunding.

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Daily Must Reads, Jan. 30, 2012

The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung.

1. The Guardian expands open journalism experiment with new live blog (10,000 Words)



2. ProPublica will release its work in e-book form (The New York Times)

 

3. Kindle Fire takes...