Why Google Bought Frommer’s? The Metadata, Baby

Publishing Perspectives To Google content is a ready-made store of metadata and the Frommer's purchase, combined with Zagat last year, provides additional context for travel searches. Read more »

Platform or Participant? Where Do Publishers Fall? In search of new revenue streams, should publishers get into the service provider business and potentially give competitors a boost? Read more »

Amazon’s Appstore Arrives in Europe; B&N Announces New Nook Retailers Craig Brown's American bookselling giants Amazon and Barnes & Noble have their eyes on foreign markets as they expand their offerings abroad. Read more »

E-Books in Spanish Latin America: The New El Dorado or a Mirage? With 400 million potential readers, why hasn't Spanish Latin America been yet wooed by any of the major global e-book power players? The reasons are myriad. Read more »

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When It Comes to Books, Rediscovery Trumps Discovery Any bookstore can sell you books you didn’t know you wanted to buy, but the best are able to sell you books you didn’t ‘remember’ you wanted to buy. Read more »