6 key points for digital book sellers

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To make it in digital book sales, authors and publishers need to be available on every platform possible to attempt to control the market share. Amazon and Barnes & Noble have recognized this on top of the hardware that they have produced… Distribution and the storefront is one area where these two points have really converged into [...]

Barnes & Noble losing less money

NEW YORK (AP) — Barnes & Noble Inc. said it narrowed its net loss in its fiscal first quarter as sales of its Nook e-book reader and e-books helped offset lower physical book sales. The company also sounded a positive note about the holidays, saying that traffic will benefit from the fact that its chief [...]

Thomas Nelson releases their first Enhanced e-book

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Christian publishing firm Thomas Nelson announces the creation of the company’s first enhanced e-book, which released on Aug. 25. This landmark e-book by New York Times best-selling author and pastor Max Lucado features the full digital content of his most recent bestseller, Max on Life: Answers and Insights to Your Most Important Questions (Thomas Nelson, [...]

3 to 1 e-books Outselling Physical Books at B&N

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Barnes & Noble on Tuesday said it sold three times as many digital books through its website compared to physical books during the fourth fiscal quarter. The growth in e-book sales comes as the company reported a rise in digital sales through its website and a decline in sales through its physical bookstores during the [...]