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In The News: Children’s Choice Awards, Sendak Mourned, HP for AMZN

Where the Wild Things Are

In children’s publishing news: the Children’s Choice Book Awards, borrowing Harry Potter from Amazon, and a farewell to Maurice Sendak.

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LBF 2012: E-book Price Collusion or Collision?

Andrew Franklin, Profile Books

The London Book Fair is buzzing about alleged e-book price collusion under the agency model. But is this just a result of two colliding worlds?

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Amazon and the Art of Annoying Your Friends in Spain

Random House Mondadori

Amazon has chosen the name ‘Flash’ for its Spanish online e-book sales, just weeks after RHM announced a new imprint for digital shorts with the same name.

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Buenos Aires Book Fair Blooms, Despite Spain’s Absence

Buenos Aires Book Fair

The controversial withdrawal of Spain’s FGEE from the Buenos Aires Book Fair as a reaction to import/export controls won’t diminish the Fair, says director.

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Pottermore Sales Surpass £1 Million in 3 Days

Amazon sends buyers to Pottermore website to purchase Harry Potter e-books

Harry Potter fans have opened their wallets to JK Rowling’s Pottermore website, the exclusive retailer of Harry Potter e-books.

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Striking Back Against the Amazon Empire

Lisa Buchan

‘We know the location of the Deathstar!’ says New Zealand’s Lisa Buchan, of the small publishers who are capable of fighting back against Amazon’s Empire.

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Is There a Right Way to Feel About Amazon?

jeff bezos kindle fire

As a book person, so much of my life is tied up with Amazon as a consumer and a professional, but I can’t help but feel skeptical of the company’s role in my world.

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What Workarounds Do You Use to Buy E-books from Abroad?

Shopping Cart

Gift cards, online concierge services and VPNs have all been used to spoof into allowing foreigners to buy ebooks for Kindles and iPads. What do you use?

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Is Amazon’s Philanthropy Really Marketing in Disguise?

Amazon Kindle

Should the organizations supported by Amazon’s giving be suspicious of Amazon’s intent? Or should they just smile and say thanks?

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Amazon’s Trojan Horse

Bryce Milligan finds wisdom in Bob Dylan's lyrics, just don't buy it on Amazon

Publisher Bryce Milligan asks whether Amazon’s philanthropy may ultimately be buying silence from the very organizations that would be its most vocal critics.

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