E-Books

Kobo is offering $10 off the Glo HD eReader between April 29 and May 8.

Booksellers using Givex for their in-store gift card program will be able to offer and redeem physical Kobo gift cards for eBooks beginning this summer.

Kobo is offering a five-day Super Sale of up to 80 percent off select eBooks from March 24 to 28.

The U.S. Supreme Court will not review a decision by an Appeals Court that upheld a District Court ruling that Apple conspired to fix the retail price for newly released and bestselling trade e-books in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

At the Winter Institute 11 education session “Overall Trends in Book Retailing,” Peter Hildick-Smith of Codex Group and Kristen McLean of Nielsen Book presented their latest data on trends in U.S. book retail.

Here’s an update on revenue distributions, promotions and daily deals, and the results of Kobo’s gift card survey.

Here are some reminders about Kobo’s gift card survey, revenue share reports, the reporting deadline for Valentine’s Day promotional sales, and daily deals on e-books.

Booksellers can take advantage of Kobo’s Valentine’s Day special, which offers $20 off the $129.99 price of the Kobo Glo HD eReader through February 14.

Kobo is launching a new Valentine’s Day special on February 5 that offers $20 off the price of the Kobo Glo HD eReader.

Kobo is inviting current customers to refer their friends to Kobo in order to earn a $10 Kobo credit for themselves, plus $5 for their friends who sign up for a new Kobo account. 

Association of American University Presses backs U.K. collective licensing program; Grant program to make out-of-print humanities titles available as free e-books; Ferlinghetti, Katzenberger win PubWest’s 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award

Groups representing booksellers and authors joined in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, December 2, to urge the court to review a lower court decision that found Apple violated antitrust law by conspiring to influence e-book pricing.

BookCon announces celebrity-studded guest list; HarperOne to publish new digital-first fiction line; 2015 National Outdoor Book Award winners announced; District of Columbia Library Association wins 2015 WNBA Eastman Grant

Booksellers can now visit BookWeb to access the price list for all Kobo eReaders and accessories available for direct purchasing through Kobo.

U.K. indies report book sales up 30 percent during “Books Are My Bag” campaign; Authors share #BooksThatHooked in Twitter campaign; HarperCollins acquires e-Book deals newsletter The Midlist