digital books

Mark Cuban Takes Shot at Writing an E-Book

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 20, 2011 at 1:53 pm PT

Mark Cuban has 335,000 friends on Facebook and 760,000 followers on Twitter. Monday, the Internet billionaire and owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team will test just how friendly those fans really are.

Amazon, Now a Book Lender

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg and Stu Woo, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 3, 2011 at 3:40 am PT

As the e-reader and tablet wars heat up, Amazon.com Inc. is launching a digital-book lending library that will be available only to owners of its Kindle and Kindle Fire devices who are also subscribers to its Amazon Prime program.

E-Book Prices Prop Up Print Siblings

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on September 12, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Even as readers grow more comfortable with digital books, some continue to question why so many of the most popular new e-books are priced so high.

Amazon in Talks to Launch Digital-Book Library

Stu Woo and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 11, 2011 at 4:25 pm PT

Amazon.com Inc. is talking with book publishers about launching a Netflix Inc.-like service for digital books, in which customers would pay an annual fee to access a library of content, according to people familiar with the matter.

New Way to Check Out eBooks

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on February 22, 2011 at 4:21 pm PT

Get out your library cards: Now you can wirelessly download electronic books from your local library using the Apple iPad or an Android tablet.

Holiday Shopping Drives Record-Breaking E-Commerce Spending to $43.3 Billion in Q4

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 4, 2011 at 12:29 pm PT

Online retail spending reached a record-breaking $43.4 billion in the fourth quarter, fueled by strong holiday spending, comScore reports.

Google Set to Launch E-Book Venture

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Jessica E. Vascellaro and Amir Efrati, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 30, 2010 at 4:51 pm PT

Google Inc. is in the final stages of launching its long-awaited e-book retailing venture, Google Editions, a move that could shake up the way digital books are sold.

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NYT to Give E-Books Their Own Best-Seller Lists

Voices in News on November 11, 2010 at 2:29 am PT

In another sign of the integration of digital books into the mainstream, the New York Times announced it would begin publishing e-book best-seller lists in fiction and nonfiction beginning early next year. The sales data will be collected weekly from a variety of sources, including publishers, chain bookstores, independent booksellers and online retailers.

Google Fights Back Against Book Settlement Critics

Jessica E. Vascellaro, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 12, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Google filed a strong defense of its digital books settlement with the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, a week before a federal judge is scheduled to hold a hearing in the protracted copyright case. The filing is routine and reiterates arguments the search giant has repeatedly made to defend its 2008 settlement, which allows it to distribute millions of books it scanned online in exchange for sharing revenue with rights holders.

Amazon and Others Slam Revised Google Books Deal

Jessica E. Vascellaro, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 28, 2010 at 1:00 am PT

Critics who blasted the first Google Books settlement have begun weighing in with objections to the modified agreement, which Google and authors sealed late last year to allay concerns that the first pact would give Google a monopoly in digital books.

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