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AmazonGoogle Book Settlement Gets Day in Court; No Ruling TodayAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 18, 2010 - 8:47am.
 New York
- The federal judge overseeing the settlement between Google (NASD: GOOG) and authors over
Google's plan to build a digital books index said the "voluminous materials"
submitted by parties mean he will not make a ruling on Thursday, according to
reports. "To end the suspense. I am not going to rule today. There is too
much to digest," said U.S. District Judge Denny Chin.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | Microsoft | Yahoo | Amazon | Copyright | E-Books | DOJ | Publishing | Books | Google Book Search | Google Book Settlement |
Amazon.com Offers 100 MP3 Albums for $5 EachAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 15, 2009 - 3:08pm.
Seattle
- Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) on Tuesday launched a promotion where it will offer 100 albums for
sale at its Amazon MP3 store for $5 each. The titles, hand-selected by editors,
include current hits like Lady Gaga's "The Fame Monster," as well as
indie fare such as "The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines"
and The Hold Steady's "Separation Sunday," and older classics like
"Music From Big Pink" by The Band and "Hunky Dory" by David
Bowie.
Amazon Signs Exclusive E-book Deal with Author Stephen CoveyAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 15, 2009 - 10:44am.
Seattle
- Online retail giant Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) on Tuesday announced that it has signed a deal
with best-selling author Stephen R. Covey, giving the company the exclusive
rights to sell e-book versions of two of his titles on Amazon.com.
tags: Amazon | CBS | E-Books | Publishing | Books | Simon & Schuster | RosettaBooks | Kindle | Stephen Covey |
Amazon Debuts Instant Streaming of Purchased DVDsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 10, 2009 - 12:14pm.
Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) on Thursday introduced a new feature,
Disc+ On Demand, that lets consumers who purchase DVD or Blu-ray discs to
instantly watch their purchases on a PC or TV (via TiVo) through the Amazon
Video On Demand service. NewTeeVee noted that at launch, around 300 of Amazon's
more than 330,000 DVD titles are eligible for the instant viewing feature, and
that Amazon states that the instant viewing promotion is "valid for a
limited time only."
WSJ, N.Y. Times Pan Barnes & Noble Nook E-book ReaderAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 10, 2009 - 11:27am.
New York - Both The New York Times and The Wall Street
Journal on Thursday published reviews of bookseller Barnes & Noble's new
Nook e-book reader device, and neither were particularly glowing, with David
Pogue's headline in The Times reading, "Not Yet the Season for a
Nook," while The Journal's Walt Mossberg noting the device "Has
Potential, but Needs Work."
Smashwords to Distribute E-books on Amazon Kindle StoreAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 23, 2009 - 11:37am.
Los Gatos,
Calif. - Smashwords, a publisher
and distributor of independently-published e-books, announced on Monday that it
will supply its catalog to Amazon.com's (NASD: AMZN) Kindle Store. Smashwords says it will
pay authors and publishers 42.5% of the digital list price set by the author
for e-book sales through Amazon. The company, which distributes over 4,800
titles from 2,200 authors and 80 small publishers, also recently signed
distribution deals with Barnes & Noble and Sony.
Amazon.com Closes Acquisition of Web Shoe Store ZapposAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 2, 2009 - 8:37am.
Seattle
- Completing one of the summer's largest acquisitions, online retail giant
Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) on Monday officially closed its $850 million deal to buy Web shoe
store Zappos.
Online Music Industry to Develop EU-Wide Licensing SchemeAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 21, 2009 - 9:22am.
 Brussels
- The EU's Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, on Wednesday announced a
partnership between European royalty collection societies, major labels and
online music retailers including Apple (NASD: AAPL) and Amazon (NASD: AMZN), to develop an EU-wide
licensing scheme for music. Currently, rights for music and other copyrighted
works must be negotiated separately for each individual country, with that particular
country's collection society.
Amazon Balks at Google's Digital Book Reseller OfferAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 11, 2009 - 7:58am.
Washington - In a bid to appease those worried its digital
book archive would give the company a monopoly, Google (NASD: GOOG) said at a Congressional
hearing this week that it would allow other booksellers to sell books covered
under its proposed settlement on out-of-print but in-copyright works.
tags: Law | Policy | Google | Amazon | Copyright | Retail | E-Books | Publishing | Books | Google Book Search |
Amazon to Replace Deleted "1984" E-books; $30 Credit OfferedAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 4, 2009 - 7:14am.
Seattle
- Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) will replace the e-book copies of George Orwell's "1984"
it remotely deleted from its customers' Kindle e-book reader devices, or else
provide a $30 Amazon credit, or cash, TechCrunch reported.
TuneCore Adds CD Distribution via Amazon's CreateSpaceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 2, 2009 - 11:59am.
Seattle
- TuneCore, a provider of low-cost digital music distribution for artists and
labels, has opened a store at Amazon's (NASD: AMZN) CreateSpace on-demand CD pressing service,
meaning that TuneCore acts can now also distribute CDs of their music through
Amazon.com, Hypebot reported.
Sony to Support Google in Settlement with AuthorsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 31, 2009 - 7:32am.
New York
- Sony (NYSE: SNE) intends to file a brief supporting Google's (NASD: GOOG) position in its landmark
settlement with authors, over the use of copyrighted works in its massive book-scanning
project, Wired.com reported.
Amazon "Kindle" iPhone App Offers 240,000 E-booksAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 4, 2009 - 10:23am.
 Seattle
- Online retailer Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN), which last week introduced the second iteration
of its own e-book reader device, the Kindle 2, has released a new application
for Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone and iPod touch that lets owners of those devices purchase
and download the library of over 240,000 e-books available from Amazon.com. The
"Kindle" application, available from Apple's online App Store, also
features Amazon's "Whispersync" technology, which saves and synchronizes
a customer's bookmark across Kindle, Kindle 2, iPhone and iPod touch devices.
Report: U.K. Prefers Amazon Over Apple for Media DownloadsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 24, 2009 - 11:42am.
London - Online retail giant
Amazon (NASD: AMZN) is the most preferred vendor for digital music, video and video game
downloads in the U.K.,
beating out Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iTunes Store, MSN and eBay in a consumer survey conducted
by market research firm Strategy Analytics.
tags: Games | Video | Music | Reports | Apple | Amazon | Research | iTunes Store | Strategy Analytics |
Amazon Introduces Slimmer Kindle 2 E-book DeviceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 9, 2009 - 12:27pm.
 Seattle
- Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) on Monday introduced the second-generation version of its Kindle
e-book reader device, which features a slimmer design, 25% longer battery life,
more storage, crisper images and a new text-to-speech "Read-To-Me" feature. At the press event today announcing the Kindle 2, Amazon CEO Jeff
Bezos was joined onstage by author Stephen King, who penned an original
novella, "Ur,"
exclusively for the new Kindle.
Springsteen Tops Amazon Sales After Super Bowl GigAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 2, 2009 - 1:49pm.
Los Angeles - The day after his performance at Super Bowl XLIII, Bruce Springsteen is atop the most popular album chart on Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN), and is second on the iTunes Store's (NASD: AAPL) album chart, Wired.com reported. Springsteen told The New York Times that his motivation in accepting the Super Bowl gig was mainly to promote his new album, "Working on a Dream," which was released last Tuesday. Amazon Beats Q4 Estimates; Stock Climbs Almost 7%Authored by Jay Baage on January 29, 2009 - 1:26pm.
 Seattle - Internet retail giant Amazon.com posted a healthy Q4 revenue of $6.7 billion and profit of 52 cents a share, which topped the Street consensus of $6.44 billion and 39 cents and the stock rallied almost 7% in after-hours trading.
Report: Amazon to Debut New Kindle E-book Reader Next MonthAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 28, 2009 - 8:55am.
Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) may be set to introduce a new version of its Kindle e-book reader next month, Wired.com reported, citing a media event the company is hosting on Feb. 9 at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. The first version of the device was released in late 2007, and Amazon has said the Kindle is one of the best-selling electronics devices it offers. |
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