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  Mondadori Sees Synergy in Kobo Partnership

  800 readers“It is the first time that a publisher has partnered directly with an e-book retailer.” By Edward Nawotka A little more than one week ago, the Kobo Touch e-reader went on sale at 350 of the 600 Mondadori bookstores across Italy. “And so far, the reception has been great — or at least there are no complaints,”

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  Serials Solutions discovery service expands Chinese language content

  587 readersFrom the press release: Serials Solutions®, a ProQuest® business, today announced an agreement with Beijing Apabi Technology Co. Ltd., (Apabi) to enable the discovery of its vast collection of Chinese e-book content in the Summon® web-scale discovery service. Students, researchers and librarians using the Summon service will be able to discover Chinese-language titles from the

• European E-Book Community Signs Declaration to Make E-Books Easier to Buy

  527 readers Meeting in Brussels for high-level discussions on e-books and the digital publishing supply chain, members of the European e-book community signed a declaration supporting the idea that readers should be able to easily buy e-books and transport them between their devices. PRESS RELEASE: First roundtable on ebooks focuses on VAT, portability and availability Picture: credit European Commission The following

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  Looking at US E-book Statistics and Trends

  860 readersHere’s a preview of the deep analysis of US E-book statistics and trends to be offered at the Publishers Launch Conference at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Monday, October 8. Get 20% off your ticket to Publishers Launch. By Publishers Launch One of the great ironies of the e-book era is that while digital data streams and a

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  Will Collaborative E-book Distribution Platforms Last?

  2549 readersSpain’s Libranda, Italy’s E-digita, France’s Eden Livres, Brazil’s DLD — they’ll all last only as long as publishers need them. By Edward Nawotka Several markets have seen collaborative e-book distribution platforms launch within the last year: Libranda launched Spain; in Italy Rizzoli, Feltrinelli and Gruppo Gems developed the E-digita platform; a French group comprised of Gallimard, Flammarion and

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  Publishers Launch Debuts in Frankfurt

  1545 readersBy Andrew Wilkins Audience at Publishers Launch Conference in Frankfurt If there’s been one clearly identifiable trend at Frankfurt Book Fair over the past 15 years, it has been to both start and end the fair earlier and earlier. Remember when Monday was the final day of exhibition? That finished in 2003, and nowadays it’s hard to find

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  Why Opportunities in the BRIC Countries May Be Overstated

  1248 readersBy Edward Nawotka, Editor-in-Chief In today’s Ranking of Global Publishing Markets released by the International Publishers Association (IPA), China comes in at #2, Brazil at #9, India at #10, and Russia at #13. It’s an impressive showing for some very large and flourishing countries. Yet, at the Publishers Launch Frankfurt conference at the Frankfurt Book Fair

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  Amazon One Step Closer to Brazilian E-book Launch

  855 readers“[Amazon] will offer favorable conditions to publishers, in comparison to what is being done elsewhere in the market,” says Widman. By Roberta Campassi Mauro Widman, Amazon's new man in Brazil Amazon has finally hired an executive in Brazil to prepare for its launch in the country’s e-book market, with the intention of starting operations in the next six

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  Quick Note: Kobo and Mondadori team up for Italian market

  1006 readersMondadori, says The Bookseller, is Italy’s largest publisher and retailer.  They will be selling the Kobo Touch in Mondadori’s stores and online.  Also, 3,000 of Mondadori’s titles will be available in ebook form.

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  Quick Note: Kobo and Mondadori team up for Italian market

  805 readersMondadori, says The Bookseller, is Italy’s largest publisher and retailer.  They will be selling the Kobo Touch in Mondadori’s stores and online.  Also, 3,000 of Mondadori’s titles will be available in ebook form.