Amazon has bought Twitch, a live-streaming gaming network, for $970m, beating off rivals Google and Yahoo
Amazon has bought Twitch, a live-streaming gaming network, for $970m, beating off rivals Google and Yahoo
Amazon’s dispute with Hachette could have consequences none of us ever dreamed of
While Amazon and Hachette’s contract battle drags on in the U.S., a similar fight is taking place in Germany between Amazon and book publisher Bonnier
With the acquisition of start-up streaming business RayV and the launch of a new music channel, Marissa Myer has firmly planted a Yahoo flag into the profitable online video market and openly entered into battle with on-demand TV companies such as Netflix, Amazon and Hulu
A group of leading authors, including Donna Tartt, Stephen King and Malcolm Gladwell, has attempted to intervene in the dispute between publisher Hachette and retailing behemoth Amazon. Observers of the music industry are familiar with this tactic; prominent musicians are persuaded that the interests of music publishers are aligned with their own. The reality is very different.
On Sunday, a letter denouncing Amazon’s tactics in the ongoing negotiations between it and book publisher Hachette will run as a paid, full-page advertisement in the New York Times
Google and Barnes & Noble are joining forces to tackle their mutual rival Amazon, zeroing in on a service that Amazon has long dominated: the fast, cheap delivery of books
Google and Barnes & Noble are joining forces to tackle their mutual rival Amazon, zeroing in on a service that Amazon has long dominated: the fast, cheap delivery of books
The online retail giant says it will be happy to stick with the 30 percent cut it already gets from Hachette ebook sales if the publisher agrees to slash its ebook pricing, a move which Amazon claims would be central to the future of reading.
David Naggar, VP of Kindle content and independent publishing, sent a letter to a few Hachette authors, literary agents and Authors Guild president Roxana Robinson over the weekend suggesting that “for as long as this dispute lasts, Hachette authors would get 100% of the sales price of every Hachette ebook we sell.”
HarperCollins has started selling books directly to readers in the latest move by publishers to regain ground in a market dominated by Amazon
Book publisher Hachette apparently isn’t the only media company facing delayed shipping and unavailable pre-orders as it negotiates with Amazon over a new contract. Warner Bros. is facing similar actions on upcoming DVDs like The Lego Movie and 300: Rise of an Empire, the New York Times noted Tuesday. The DVD edition of The Lego […]
As Amazon and Hachette continue to battle in an apparent fight over contracts, Amazon abruptly stepped up its tactics
Amazon is acquiring the cloud-based digital comics platform comiXology, the companies announced on Thursday