Amazon signs lease for new Sydney HQ
Amazon has signed a seven-year lease for its new Australian headquarters, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The lease is for more than 9260sqm of office space—estimated to be over four...
Amazon to pay tax on UK sales
Amazon has started booking its UK retail sales through the UK, which means its profits will be taxed by HM Revenue and Customs, reports the Guardian. For the past 11...
Amazon fines publishers for late deliveries
In the UK, Amazon has started fining publishers for late deliveries of books to its warehouses, reports the Bookseller. The retailer has sent a letter to suppliers warning that if...
Dick Smith to sell Kindle Voyage
Amazon has announced its Kindle Voyage ereader is available to order in Australia through Dick Smith.The Voyage, which was released in the US and the UK in September last year, is currently available...
HarperCollins signs new terms deal with Amazon
HarperCollins has a signed a new terms deal with Amazon for the sale of its books, reports the New York Times. HarperCollins said in a statement that it had ‘reached...
Amazon Publishing expands to France; UK announces new tax on profit-shifting
Amazon Publishing has expanded into France, hiring a senior editor to work on original manuscripts, reports the Bookseller. Clément Monjou, former editor of the eBouguin.fre ebook blog, has been appointed...
Kindle Unlimited illegal in France
Kindle Unlimited and similar ebook subscription services contravene French fixed price law and will be required to alter their practices within months, French culture minister Fleur Pellerin has said in...
Amazon expands one-hour delivery across Manhattan
In the US, Amazon has expanded its one-hour delivery service Amazon Prime Now across most of Manhattan, reports Mashable. Two-hour delivery is also available in all of Manhattan and parts...
Bezos on book pricing, failed business ventures and Hachette
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has spoken about book pricing, the company’s failed business ventures and its dispute with Hachette in an widely publicised ‘in conversation’ at Business Insider’s Ignition conference in New York. ‘Book...
Hachette US and Amazon sign trading deal
Hachette US and Amazon have ended their long-running dispute over trading terms and signed a new multi-year deal for print and ebook sales in the US, reports Publishers Weekly. The...
Amazon wins right to administer .book domain
Amazon has won the right to administer the .book domain name after eight contesting companies withdrew applications from the private auction run by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The Register reports that Amazon...
The Book Depository in talks to establish local supply
Amazon-owned, UK-based online retailer the Book Depository is working to establish a direct supply with publishers in Australia.Books+Publishing understands that the retailer has been speaking to a number of Australian...
Amazon releases ‘best books’ of 2014
Amazon has released its ‘best books’ lists for 2014, and has ranked Australian author Liane Moriarty’s novel Big Little Lies (Pan Macmillan) in ninth position in its top 100 list. Editors at Amazon selected the...
Kindle Scout crowdsourcing program opens for voting
In the US, Amazon has opened its Kindle Scout crowd-sourced publishing program for public vote. In October, Amazon invited authors to submit excerpts of their English-language romance, mystery, thriller, science-fiction or fantasy books for potential publication. Readers are...
S&S, Amazon sign ‘version of agency pricing’ deal
In the US, Simon & Schuster and Amazon have signed a sales agreement for the publisher’s print and digital books that has been described by S&S CEO Carolyn Reidy as...
Amazon to open ‘pop-up’ stores in San Francisco and Sacramento
In the US, Amazon will open ‘pop-up’ stores in San Francisco and Sacramento to showcase its hardware range during the Christmas holiday period, reports technology-news website Geekwire. Amazon confirmed that...
Myers made Europe head of Amazon Publishing
Former Waterstones managing director Dominic Myers has become the head of Amazon Publishing in Europe, reports the Bookseller. Myers has a brief to launch new European offices, and will be...
Amazon launches Kindle Unlimited in the UK
Two months after Amazon launched its ebook subscription service Kindle Unlimited in the US, the service has arrived in the UK. According to the Bookseller, none of the UK’s major...
Amazon planning crowd-sourced publishing program
Amazon is planning to launch a crowd-sourced publishing program, reports the Bookseller. The retailer has told authors who self-publish using Kindle Direct Publishing that they will be invited to submit...
Amazon announces ‘Family Library’ Kindle feature
Amazon has announced it will allow users to link their accounts with family members to share content on the company’s Kindle ereaders. The announcement comes after Apple announced a similar...