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eBook News: Wylie/Amazon; Penguin Earnings; Copyright Office Announcement & e-Books

July 27, 2010 11:23

+ Authors Guild on the economics of the Wylie/Amazon agreement – a 300% increase in author income?; may give Amazon too much power (via TeleRead)

+ Could 'The Jackal' be the death of publishing?Could 'The Jackal' be the death of publishing? (via The Independent)

+ Penguin Group And Pearson See Spike In First Half Sales And Profit (via JustMeans)

Digitally, eBook sales continued to support Penguin's growth. Penguin's eBook sales grew threefold on the previous year. Currently, 15,700 eBook titles are now available across multiple platforms. Additionally, Penguin continues to extend their reach to new audiences, most recently with the launch of Apple's iBookstore and iPad where, in the US, Penguin's Winnie-the-Pooh was the only book pre-loaded onto the device.

+ How Library of Congress's Digital Copyright Exemptions Affect E-Books (via The Daily Finance)

+ Australia: Digital or not, a book is still a book (via The Australian)

+ Wylie's Amazon deal brings the end of the publishing world nigh (via The Guardian)

+ Harper UK latest publisher to condemn Wylie's move (via The Bookseller)


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