Amazon、米老舗出版社Avalon Booksを買収
Amazonは米国の老舗出版社Avalon Booksの買収を発表。同社の約3000点の書籍を自社出版ブランドで電子化することで事業強化を進める考え。 米Amazon.comは6月4日（現地時間）、米国の老舗出版社Avalon Booksの買収を発表した。買収額は不明だが、この買収でAmazonはAvalon Booksが版権を持つ約3000点の書籍について版権を取得、Kindle向けに電子書籍化を進めていく考え。 Avalon Booksはミステリー小説やロマンス小説などを中心に刊行してきた老舗出版社。Amazonは、2009年5月ごろから自社で出版事業を展開するようになり、Amazon Content ServicesというLLC（有限責任会社）を設立、ジャンル別にレーベルを立ち上げるという戦術を急速に推進している。これまでにAmazon Encore、AmazonCrossing、T
Anatomy of the #AmazonFAIL protest: Church of the Customer Blog
We've written many times on this blog about how quickly bad word of mouth can travel online and the importance of responding quickly. Amazon is the latest case study.Amazon recently deleted the sales rankings of hundreds of gay- and lesbian-themed books. Writer Mark Probst blogged about the de-ranking and was told by an Amazon representative that the company will no longer include sales ranks for
Music Industry, Souring on Apple, Embraces Amazon Service (Published 2008)
Music Industry, Souring on Apple, Embraces Amazon Service LOS ANGELES � At the Super Bowl next month, the music industry will be switching teams � from Apple to Amazon.com. The major record labels lined up with Pepsi-Cola and Apple four years ago to give away 100 million songs through Apple’s online store, unveiling the promotion in a Super Bowl commercial with music from the band Green Day. The e
Amazon to Sell Warner Music Minus Copy Protection (Published 2007)
LOS ANGELES � In the recording industry’s latest move away from its reliance on digital locks to reduce piracy, the Warner Music Group said on Thursday that it would sell songs and albums without anticopying software through Amazon’s fledgling digital music service. The shift by Warner Music is another step in the decline of copy-protection software, which has led to consumer confusion over the ju
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