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Avg. Best-Seller Price Continues to Tick up as Big Publishers Score Hits

Jeremy Greenfield

A resurgence of relatively high priced titles from the larger publishers combined with a decline in self-published hits priced at around $4.00 or lower has pushed the average price of an ebook best-seller to its highest point since 2012. What happened to all the discounting?

Apple Market Share: Fuzzy Math, Foggy Memory?

Jeremy Greenfield

A new DRM-free ebook store for indie authors and publishers, Pottermore to help other brands, why is ebook borrowing so difficult? and more!

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DeannaUtroske

Opportunities and Obstacles for Women in Book Publishing

DeannaUtroske

Last night’s Digital Book World event, Women in Book Publishing: Career Opportunities, Challenges and Advice, ...

Beth Bacon

5 Ways Tablets Will Change K-12 Education

Beth Bacon

by Beth Bacon Tablet shipments to schools grew 103% in the last year according to research from International Data ...

DeannaUtroske

Selling Books Online With Clever Metadata

DeannaUtroske

Metadata sells things—things like ebooks. Clever publishers incorporate data at every stage of workflow, creating ...

Arthur Klebanoff

How AARP and Its Audience Can Benefit from Original eBooks – An Illustration

Arthur Klebanoff

Last week, AARP and RosettaBooks announced an alliance for release of a series of eBooks. AARP publishes AARP The ...

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