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AMAZON 

Amazon to cut price of its ebooks to reflect removal of VAT
Amazon has confirmed it will cut the price of its Kindle ebooks from Friday, after the government announced it would bring forward plans to stop …
The Guardian

Amazon Cuts Commission Rates for Advertising Affiliates
Known as Amazon Associates, the program is a big source of revenue for partners including publishers. Donna Fuscaldo. (TMFdonnabail). Apr 15 …
Motley Fool

‘This is exposing our weak points’: Amazon changes teach publishers – again – platform …
All bills come due, and for many, the bill for this platform dependence arrived unceremoniously on April 14, when Amazon informed publishers it would …
Digiday

Amazon revealed to be behind mystery $310,000 donation to bookshops
The crowd-fund was set up by individuals from the London Review Bookshop, Picador and Daunt Books to support The Book Trade Charity, which …
WPEC

AMAZON/PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE

eBook era cometh? Penguin Launches Exclusive eBookstore on Amazon India!
Of course, as the store is on Amazon, the ebooks will be in the format for its Kindle ebook reader and ebook app. The bit about the attractive discounts …
TechPP

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

ALA Rallies Support for Congressional COVID-19 Relief Packages
… as well as businesses such as Baker & Taylor and OverDrive. According to the letter, “COVID-19 has caused significant revenue losses for libraries, …
American Libraries (blog)

Business, government, education leaders call for emergency funding for libraries impacted by …
… Association for Rural & Small Libraries; Association of Research Libraries; Baker & Taylor; Brodart; Chief Officers of State Library Agencies; Council …
American Library Association

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