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Borders to close Tenn. distribution center

January 12th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news

The local TV station in LaVergne, Tennessee, are reporting that Borders will soon be closing their dist. center. Yesterday Borders informed the 300+ employees that the facility will be closing later this year. The move comes after more than 200 jobs were cut at the center located to the southeast of Nashville since 2009. In [...]

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Smashwords, Diesel Ebookstore sign distribution agreement

August 5th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news

from the Smashwords blog: Smashwords today announced a two-part ebook distribution partnership with the Diesel eBook Store, a leading independent ebook retailer. The agreement expands ebook distribution opportunities for thousands of current and future Smashwords authors and publishers. Under the first part of the agreement, Diesel has become the latest ebook retailer to join the [...]

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Springer, T.M.C. Asser Press sign book distribution agreement

August 5th, 2010 · No Comments · press release

From the press release: Springer and T.M.C. Asser Press, a prominent Dutch specialist publisher for international law, have signed an exclusive agreement on their future collaboration. Under the agreement, Springer is to handle the marketing and distribution of T.M.C. Asser Press’s English language book program. Asser will continue to be responsible for its program planning [...]

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New ebook distribution platform launched in Japan

August 5th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news

From the press release: NTT DOCOMO, INC. and Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) announced today that they will partner in an electronic publishing business covering content aggregation, distribution and retail sales of e-books, which DOCOMO customers in Japan will access with a variety of mobile devices from this fall. The business will use an [...]

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Sony to launch ebook distribution system in Japan

May 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · publishing news

Sony has just announced a partnership with Toppan Printing, KDDI, and The Asahi Shimbun Company to start a joint venture focusing on the eBook distribution business. This ventrue should begin by 1 July 2010, and they expect it to grow into an ebook distribution company with a functioning distribution platform by the end of the [...]

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BookMasters now offers digital distribution

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news

From the press release: The BookMasters Group has announced the launch of a new digital conversion and distribution alternative for publishers called CONVERSO. With the launch of CONVERSO, the company has created a competitive global service to make the digital production and distribution process simple and more accessible for small and mid-sized publishers. CONVERSO offers: Publishers a better [...]

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MediaNet Launches eBook Catalog and Distribution Service

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news

From the press release: MediaNet, the leading service provider for the distribution of premium digital media, introduced today a comprehensive eBook catalog and product offering.  The advanced MN Open platform that MediaNet has successfully built for digital music will now support the integration of eBooks using an intuitive API that has been widely adopted by [...]

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B&N signs distribution deal with Salon.com

April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news

From the press release: Barnes & Noble, Inc, the world’s largest bookseller, today announced that its website, BN.COM, will expand its reach via a content partnership between its online books and arts magazine, the Barnes & Noble Review, and Salon.com, an award-winning news and entertainment website reaching more than 6 million unique users each month.As [...]

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