Interesting News in Publishing – January 2020

 

Interesting News in Publishing
January 2020

Companies                                                                                                                                    

AMAZON 

Amazon claims Kindle sales boost in 2019
Kindle sales increased “again in 2019 thanks to independent publishing, Unlimited subscriptions and Amazon Publishing”, the company claims.
The Bookseller

Amazon’s 1-day Kindle eBook sale starts at just $1
Today only, as part of its Gold Box Deals of the Day, Amazon is offering various best-selling non-fiction Kindle eBooks for $0.99. You’d typically pay $5 …   
9to5Toys

Amazon Kindle India: Modern creators and consumers have closer ties now
Kindle Direct Publishing, a digital self-publishing service by e-commerce giant Amazon, took the literary world by storm …
Outlook India

AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION / BOOKSHOP

ABA Board Announces Affinity Partnership With Bookshop
It’s a website that provides a book community for readers as well as easy … Gatsby Books; Green Apple Books; Left Bank Books; My Sister’s Books …
BTW

BARNES & NOBLE

Barnes & Noble Customers Donate Over 1.4 Million Books to Children in Need Through Holiday …
Barnes & Noble, Inc., the world’s largest retail bookseller, today announced that it … Barnes & Noble also made a donation to the Marine Toys for Tots … States, and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products.
WebWire (press release)

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