Briefly Noted | Play.com sold to Rakuten | The Bookseller
The move is part of the company’s European expansion plan, with Play.com the third company it has bought during the last two years. The deal is expected to be completed by early October 2011. Rakuten operates e-commerce businesses across 10…
Amazon Agrees To Acquire The Book Depository
Yahoo Finance today reported that Amazon had agreed to acquire The Book Depository, the online book retailer that offers free delivery worldwide to customers. The UK based company had £60 million in sales in 2010 and is targeting £120 million…
YBooks Releases Its First Ebook
Just weeks after releasing their first print title, Donal MacIntyre’s Hitmen, Gangsters, Cannibals and Me, YBooks has released the title as its first ebook. The book is available through a wide selection of ebook retailers including Amazon, Kobo, ebooksdirect and…
Daily Links 23/04/2010
Blurb Launch Online Bookshow Widget Interesting. Seems to me that an author with very basic html skills (copy and paste being about the height of requirements) could do this for free using issuu. Read more… ONE-OFF FLASH FICTION COMP, DUBLIN…
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