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eTextbooks Could Finally End The Great College Bookstore Extortion Scheme
Sorry, Barnes & Noble and other college-bookstore operators. Your fat profits are coming to an end.
Read »Apple Seduced Book Publishers With Its White Knight Act, Now It Begins To Screw Them
We told them just what they wanted to hear. And they believed us!
Read »Here's Why Apple Will Beat Amazon In The Battle For The E-Textbook Market
It's a huge opportunity, and universities are waiting breathlessly for the iPad.
Read »E-Commerce Sales Growth Slows To 12% In January, Worse Than Q4
But Amazon is still crushing eBay, says ChannelAdvisor.
Read »Amazon's In Luck: Some Major Publishers Not Sold On Kindle "Agency" Model, So Amazon Can Still Undercut Apple On Price
Good news for ebooks and good news for consumers. Also good news for Amazon.
Read »Kindle's Market Share Losses Shouldn't Ding Amazon's Revenue Much, But Analysts Are Still Way Too Optimistic
The market thinks that Amazon's caving to Macmillan on price is a blow to the company. The market's right.
Read »Amazon's Big Kindle Cave Could Threaten Its eBook Monopoly
If other publishers follow suit, the value of Amazon's Kindle franchise--and ebooks in general--will drop.
Read »E-Commerce Strength Has Continued Into Q1, Says ChannelAdvisor
Sports, electronics, apparel showing particular strength. Jewelry sales blow. Amazon still crushing eBay.
Read »Apple Trying To Squash Amazon's Kindle Like A Bug, Amazon Fighting Back
A primer on the coming war.
Read »Amazon Fires Missile At Book Industry, Launches 70% Kindle Royalty Option
It's already almost "game over" in the e-book business.
Read »Here's Why Amazon Will Win The eBook War: Kindle Already Has 90% eBook Market Share
Network effects could quickly make this "game over" for other e-readers.
Read »Bad News For Book Publishers: More Authors Selling E-Books Direct
And selling more books at lower prices.
Read »Kindle Milestone: Amazon Sold More Kindle Books Than Physical Books On Xmas
More leverage in upcoming war with publishers over wholesale pricing.
Read »Citi Defends Bullish Kindle Estimates, RIM Blows Out Quarter, Palm Just Blows
Our take on today's news and analysis.
Read »New Kindle Sales Estimates, Comcast's Bastard TV Everywhere, Zynga And Social Gaming Get Even Hotter
Our notes on the day's news and analysis.
Read »More Bad News For Amazon's Kindle: Newspapers More Focused On Smartphones
Revenue is currently miniscule and some local papers see more opportunity in mobile.
Read »Amazon Making No Headway In Talks With Publishers About Cutting Kindle Book Prices
Every bullish forecast about Kindle profits depends on an assumption that just ain't happening.
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