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Amazon Kindle Store now rents content to students

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Liz Murray

Amazon now offers students the possibility to rent out their textbooks as e-books through the Kindle Shop.  In a nutshell, the service presents many advantages: Save up to 80% off the price of the print textbook. You may adjust your … Continue reading →

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Review of Amazon eBook sales website

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Liz Murray

In the Sunday Times this week they reviewed websites that you can buy eBooks from. Seeing as the Sunday Times is now subscription only, I’ll summarise the main points from the article in the next couple of blog posts. With … Continue reading →

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Top tips to increase your eBook sales on Amazon

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Liz Murray

Any author / publisher may think that placing their eBooks on Amazon would bring on sales. It is not that simple. There are more than 600 000 eBooks on Amazon.com. So how do customers sift through the mass of eBooks … Continue reading →

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E-Publishing business models explained

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Liz Murray

Apple announced the iPad with a great big fanfare but in fact for publishers the iBook app is probably the main event. Harper Collins, Penguin, Hachette and Macmillan have already signed with Apple to sell their content through iBookstore in … Continue reading →

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