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Amazon is Still Selling Pirated POD Textbooks

14 February, 201914 February, 2019Amazon, Piracy, POD3 Comments

Over the past three years I have reported no fewer than four times about Amazon's ongoing problem with counterfeit and pirated books in its POD service, Createspace. Here is...

Amazon Cancels Plans for NYC HQ2

14 February, 201914 February, 2019Amazon3 Comments

In response to local activists and politicians raising objections to the bribe tax incentive negotiated between Amazon and the state of New York, the retailer announced on Thursday that...

Bookmate Hacked (?), 8 Million Account Records Stolen (?)

13 February, 201913 February, 2019Security & PrivacyLeave a comment

Mike Cane brought my attention to a story over on The Register: Some 617 million online account details stolen from 16 hacked websites are on sale from today on...

Barnes & Noble Made the List of “Bankruptcy Stocks to Watch”

13 February, 201913 February, 2019Barnes & Noble5 Comments

This was originally published in mid-January, but it just crossed my desk this morning, Over at InvestorPlace Bret Kerwell lays out the figures that show B&N is just one...

Morning Coffee – 13 February 2019

12 February, 201912 February, 2019Morning Coffee2 Comments

Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. Return a rented textbook late and you could get hit with huge fines. The year is less than 50...

C.L. Polk’s “Witchmark” is Tor.com’s eBook of the Month

12 February, 201912 February, 2019UncategorizedLeave a comment

Every month Tor.com gives away a free ebook. This month's ebook is Witchmark by C.L. Polk: In an original world reminiscent of Edwardian England in the shadow of a World...

AAP: Publisher Revenue Rose by 4.6% in 2018

12 February, 201912 February, 2019AAP, ebook sales4 Comments

The Association of American Publishers has published its annual revenue report for the 1,375 publishers who submit their revenue data to the AAP. This info is not to be confused...

Birthplace of Amazon Up For Sale for $1.5 Million

12 February, 201912 February, 2019Amazon3 Comments

How would you like to own a piece of history? (I would rather have the $1.5 million) The Seattle Times reports that the Seattle house that Jeff and Mackenzie...

I’ve Raised the Drawbridge

11 February, 201911 February, 2019blog maintenance11 Comments

If there is one thing I have learned in nine years of building and fixing websites, it is that we are all equal in the eyes of hackers who...

Morning Coffee – 11 February 2019

10 February, 201910 February, 2019Morning CoffeeOne Comment

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. This list of 113 free coloring books from museums looks cool until you notice that most are just scans...

Amazon Doesn’t Sell Nearly As Many Books To Academic Libraries As Some Would Assume

10 February, 201910 February, 2019Amazon, LibrariesLeave a comment

Here's a bit of news that will come as no surprise to anyone familiar with academic libraries. Forbes reports that Amazon is still a distinctly second-tier retailer in the...

New York State Considers a Tax on All Internet Sales Following Projected Budget Shortfall

8 February, 20198 February, 2019Amazon, Taxes7 Comments

Remember that tax deal that New York promised Amazon to bring the retailer to Long Island? Apparently it involved money that the state didn't have. Newsday reports that New...

Guest Post: Dan Mallory’s Unreliable Narrative – How to Get Ahead in Publishing

8 February, 20198 February, 2019Editorials5 Comments

People across the global book trade have been engrossed by a ripe scandal engulfing one of their own – publisher-turned-author Dan Mallory, whose novel The Woman in the Window was one...

Morning Coffee – 8 February 2019

7 February, 20197 February, 2019Morning CoffeeLeave a comment

Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. Here are three writing rules you can ignore. What's the rule you ignore the most? Woody Allen is suing...

Amazon, Instacart, and Doordash All Screw Delivery Drivers Out of Their Tips

7 February, 20197 February, 2019Amazon2 Comments

I was going to include this in tomorrow's link post but I decided that it was too important to just link to it. While the average consumer would assume...