There’s a growing movement in the UK House of Parliment to lower the tax on ebooks since VAT (Value Added Tax) was raised last month (from 17.5% to 20%). So far 42 MPs have signed on with Glasgow Labour MP Tom Harris to reduce the VAT on ebooks to that of paper books. The UK [...]
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B&N planning sales push for Nook
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
The NYTimes has the story: In September, the chain will begin an aggressive promotion of its Nook e-readers by building 1,000-square-foot boutiques in all of its stores, with sample Nooks, demonstration tables, video screens and employees who will give customers advice and operating instructions. … Barnes & Noble has already installed small counters in its [...]
Borders are making a push into textbook market
July 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · press release
They just put out a press release today: Borders(R) today announced the launch of its new “Borders Textbook Marketplace” at borders.com/textbooks. The Marketplace features more than 1.4 million titles including a large selection of used textbooks at savings of up to 90 percent. In addition to saving on their purchases, students can also earn extra [...]
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