Amazon's First Reads for April 2021

Posted on 04/01/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon has released the choices for March 2021's First Reads. First Reads, which is free to join, provides early access...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Book lists

Another Amazon lawsuit, another Big 5 acquisition

Posted on 03/30/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The business side of fiction has grabbed several headlines recently. Last week, law firm Hagens Berman said in a news...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Publishing, The Digital Reader, The New York Times

Amazon won't sell books that frame LGBTQ issues as mental illness

Posted on 03/12/2021 at 11:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Books that frame gay, lesbian, transgender, and other sexual identities as a mental illness will no longer be sold on...

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Tagged As: Amazon, The Guardian

Amazon's First Reads for March 2021

Posted on 03/01/2021 at 08:16 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon has released the choices for March 2021's First Reads. First Reads, which is free to join, provides early access...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Book lists

Lawsuit against Amazon now lists Big Five publishers as defendants

Posted on 02/08/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The price-fixing lawsuit filed in New York state against Amazon looks a little different now. Publishers Weekly reported last week...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Lawsuit, Publishers Weekly

Amazon's First Reads for February 2021

Posted on 02/01/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon has released the choices for February 2021's First Reads. First Reads, which is free to join, provides early access...

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Amazon is facing two price-fixing lawsuits

Posted on 01/15/2021 at 09:44 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

2021 isn’t off to the best start for Amazon — the online retail giant is now facing two lawsuits. The...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Lawsuit, The Guardian

How the US Capitol attacks have affected booksellers

Posted on 01/13/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Last Wednesday’s terror attack on the US Capitol is having an effect on bookshelves. The New York Times reports that...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Bookstore, Politics

Amazon's First Reads for January 2021

Posted on 01/04/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon has released the choices for January 2021's First Reads. First Reads, which is free to join, provides early access...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Book lists

Digital Public Library of America could add some Amazon content

Posted on 12/14/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Books from Amazon Publishing are currently not available in any library, anywhere. That could be changing. Publishers Weekly reports that...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Libraries, Publishers Weekly