Amazon.com Widgets

HarperCollins Starts New Imprint

by Avid Reader on April 3, 2008

Former Hyperion publisher, Robert Miller, will be starting a new unnamed imprint at HarperCollins. It’s an imprint that is geared toward “less commercial” type of books. The publisher plans to release 25 books per year to be available in digital and paper formats. The imprint will pay lower advances to its authors and ship books […]

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Amazon Kindle Helps Ebook Market

by Avid Reader on April 3, 2008

People may gripe about the cosmetic appearance of the Kindle. Even scoff at the “big brother” type of tactics that the gadget imposes on it’s readership. It’s no surprise, really, that the Kindle has helped the ebook market. Now if only they would create one format and destroy DRM - watch the ebook market […]

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