Interesting News in Publishing – March 2020

 

Interesting News in Publishing
March 2020

Companies                                                                                                                                    

AMAZON 

Amazon slashes £45 off the latest Kindle Oasis
The Kindle Oasis has always been a niche product. Ebook readers are usually cheap and cheerful things that are simply required to be long-lasting …
Expert Reviews

Amazon’s bestselling products read like a coronavirus prep guide
But what’s left when searching “coronavirus” or “Covid-19” on the e-commerce site is a grab bag of rushed-to-publish pandemic books and protection …
Vox

Lawmakers grill Amazon, eBay on their problems with counterfeits
For example, in his testimony Mehta said Amazon’s efforts in 2019 prevented over 2.5 million suspicious accounts from publishing a single product for …
CNET

Washington Post’s Conflict of Pointing Readers to Amazon
…and Apple Books, but also local booksellers through the IndieBound platform. …The Washington Post peddling books sold by Amazon might seem …
Newsmax

BAD IDEA

Bad Idea Promises to Change the Comic Book Industry Status Quo
After yesterday’s teaser image, Bad Idea — the new comic book company from former Valiant Entertainment employees Hunter Gorinson, Dinesh …
CBR

BLOOMSBURY

Nigel Newton to receive London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award 2020
Nigel Newton, founder and chief executive of Bloomsbury Publishing will be presented with the London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award this year. … by Stefan von Holtzbrinck, chief executive officer of Holtzbrinck Publishing …
The Bookseller

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