Hitwise top 10 causes controversy
The recently released top 10 Hitwise listing for local websites visited by Australian interenet users in the ‘Shopping and Classifieds--Books' category has caused some controversy in the trade, with the...
Local online booksellers growing market share
A new report commissioned by Bookseller+Publisher from internet traffic monitors Hitwise has shown that Australian-based book retail websites are slowly growing their market share to compete against Amazon.‘While Amazon continues to...
Amazon launches currency converter
Online bookseller Amazon has launched a currency converter on its sites, allowing users to see the cost of items and shipping in their own currency instead of US dollars. The...
Countdown to Harry Potter 7
Booksellers across the country are making final preparations for the launch of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and last book in J K Rowling's ‘Harry Potter' series,...
Bookseller+Publisher website makes Hitwise top 10
BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER Online, the site that hosts the online version of the Weekly Book Newsletter, was a Hitwise Top 10 Award winner for the quarter ending ending January to March 2007.During this...
Web stats show Amazon’s dominance
Statistics provided to WBN by internet ranking company Hitwise have demonstrated the absolute dominance of Amazon as the Australian public's preferred source of book information online.In a typical week in...