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- Amazon and Walmart Engage in Price War Over Holiday Book Shoppers
- Amazon and Walmart have been engaged in an online price war over holiday sales of bargain books. The whole thing began when Walmart announced that it would let customers preorder 10 of the most highly anticipated upcoming books for as little as $10 each. In a matter of hours, Amazon...
- News items 2009-10-28
- BOOKS: FORWARD TOWARDS A UNIFORM BOOK PRICE SYSTEM IN EUROPE
- Summary: The round table meeting held between representatives of the book trade, the European Parliament and the European Commission, on April 23 in Brussels, provided an opportunity to examine the highly controversial issue of book prices in the EC. All members of the book trade, barring...
- Research articles 1993-05-04
- BOOKS: PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS CRUSADE FOR EUROPEAN SET PRICE
- Summary: The Federation of European Publishers FEE is planning to send a letter together with the GALC (Grouping of EC Booksellers' Associations) to European Commission officials calling on them to implement a European system of a set book price, a "capital system for preserving the...
- Research articles 1992-06-19
- Bookseller group wants feds to investigate retailers' price war
- The American Booksellers Association is asking the Justice Department to investigate the book price war that broke out last week between three of the nation's top retailers: Wal-Mart, Amazon.com and Target. In a letter to the Justice Department's Antitrust Division dated today, the independent booksellers group wrote that...
- News items 2009-10-22
- 30 Years of Price to Book - Comstock
- Saj Karsan submits:Investors will often look at the P/E ratio of the S&P 500 in order to gauge how expensive stocks are. Earnings, the denominator of that equation, are quite volatile, however. In a year like this one, where massive write-downs plague income statements, it is difficult to determine the...
- External links 2009-10-16
- More on Melcor's Book Value
- Saj Karsan submits:Last week, we looked at the historical price to book value of Melcor (MODVF.PK), and noticed that it sells today near historic lows. While this may suggest a buying opportunity to some, many would argue that varying levels of price to book ratios are appropriate based on changing...
- External links 2009-07-09
- For e-Book Readers, the Price Is Not Right
- The introduction of e-book readers to challenge Amazon's Kindle has brought new price competition to the market. The launch of Sony's $199 Reader and Interead's $249 Cool-er prompted Amazon to drop the price of its introductory-level Kindle 2 to $299 from $359 within months of its debut. But prices still...
- News items 2009-09-03
- Memo To Book Industry: Here's A Better Way To 'Window' Your E-Books
- Frankly, I am surprised that it took this long. But today, we read in the Wall Street Journal that two major publishers have decided to pull a music industry mistake. Simon & Schuster and Hachette Book Group have announced that they will not release most e-book editions until the...
- External links 2009-12-09
- Wanna Write a "How To Sell" Book?
- If you're a sales star and are sick of selling for other people, one upward career path is to become a sales guru and sell your own training. If so, you'll need to write a "how to sell" book. While you can self-publish, there are plenty...
- Blog posts 2008-05-22
- EReaders, price war weigh on Barnes, Borders
- By Phil Wahba NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top U.S. booksellers Barnes & Noble Inc (BKS.N) and Borders Group Inc (BGP.N) will pay a price for coming late to market with electronic book readers, analysts said. Barnes & Noble cut its full-year earnings forecast on Tuesday on expectations of a tough...
- News items 2009-11-24
- What Do E-book Readers Need to Catch Fire?
- What Do E-book Readers Need to Catch Fire?RE: What Do E-book Readers Need to Catch Fire?I love books, shop at amazon among other places and download e-books. The issue with Kindle is that it is yet another expensive gadget which is only good at one retailer. If they lower...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-28
- Book Publishers Make Their First Move Against Amazon
- Publishers finally shook out their cold feet and took a stand against Amazon to fight the $9.99 price of most e-books. Simon & Schuster was first to announce they will delay the e-book editions of about 35 titles next year, including books by potential powersellers Karl Rove and Don DeLillo....
- Blog posts 2009-12-16
- A Book-Selling World Gone Mad
- You usually have to scrabble around on the sale table and fend off other bargain hunters to find products discounted to the point where the retailer doesn't make a profit. In the case of the latest and final Harry Potter book, however, folks won't have to wait for the price...
- Blog posts 2007-06-15
- Book wars! Wal-Mart, Amazon slash costs
- CHICAGO - Taking a page from its original playbook, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched a full-fledged price war with Amazon.com Inc. and a nation of book retailers, lowering prices on certain highly anticipated hardback titles to $9. The volley of discounts, which began Thursday when the retailer listed prices for some...
- News items 2009-10-17
- E-book reader news and releases round-up
- The last two weeks have been especially busy for the e-book reader industry and probably pretty frightening for Amazon. Here's a quick round-up of what's been released and what we have to look forward to this holiday season: 1. Barnes & Noble Nook: The Nook has gained the most buzz...
- News items 2009-10-28
- Amazon cuts Kindle price, adds global version
- CUPERTINO, California - Amazon.com Inc. is cutting the price of its Kindle electronic-book reader yet again and launching an international version, in hopes of spurring more sales and keeping it ahead of a growing field of competitors. With Wednesday's $40 reduction on the Kindle, the device now costs $259. It...
- News items 2009-10-07
- Will Sony's Daily Edition change the e-book reader race?
- Back in March, I reviewed two e-readers: Amazon's Kindle 2 and the Sony Reader PRS-700. While I preferred the Reader's interface, I wrote that, "Unfortunately, the Sony falls short in one of the most crucial tasks for any e-reader: the ability to easily download books and other products." The Kindle...
- News items 2009-08-25
- Barnes & Noble reportedly working on e-book reader
- Bookseller Barnes & Noble reportedly plans to release its own e-book reader to challenge Amazon.com.The wireless device, which is expected to have a 6-inch touch screen and virtual keyboard, could be offered for sale as early as next month, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday that cited...
- News items 2009-10-08
- Amazon, Sony E-Book Battle Could Benefit Businesses In Big Way
- Amazon, Sony and other e-reader manufacturers have started dropping the prices of their devices, not only benefitting consumers but potentially SMBs (small- to medium- businesses) and the enterprise, which could adopt them at a higher rate. But upcoming tablet PCs from Apple, Dell and others present a possible wild-card for...
- News items 2009-08-09
- U.C. Professors Air Google Book Search Settlement Concerns
- 18 faculty members for the University of California say they are concerned about the Google Book Search settlement. Though the professors aren't opposing the deal, they are seeking changes that will prevent price-gouging, as well as mechanisms to let academic authors of orphan books license their books to the public...
- News items 2009-08-17
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