Today's Feature Story:
The
Seattle giant has started selling print books in Brazil, demanding good
metadata and creating better customer service. This move could raise the bar
for the rest of the Brazilian book industry.
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Discussion:
Amazon's
negotiations with publishers in Brazil have led to surreal pricing, while
some advocate for passing a fixed-price law to defend against the Americans.
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More News from PP:
The
Observer notes that British readers appear to be buying more translated
fiction than in the past, and not just Scandinavian thrillers. Could this be
the start of something bigger?
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Frankfurt 2014:
Nina
Paavolainen, CEO of Teos Publishing in Finland, highlights some of the
company's up-and-coming authors and new titles, as well as Finnish publishing
trends ahead of the Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Thursday, August 28, 2014
With Print, Amazon Challenges Brazil's Bookselling Establishment
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