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10.20.2009 1:03 pm

Local booksellers say price war is shortsighted

Post-Dispatch Book Editor

As the online book war continued today, local independent booksellers said it shouldn’t affect their profits much - but it’s not good for publishing overall.

Nikki Furrer of Pudd’nhead Books in Webster Groves said in an email:

 ”I know that price wars…

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01.30.2009 2:50 pm

New Kindle rollout may be Feb. 9; device not yet a ’success’

Post-Dispatch Book Editor

Despite 1 million in sales, Amazon’s Kindle, an electronic reading device, is not yet a success, an analyst tells Computerworld.com.

Details on the new generation of Kindle are expected to be announced Feb. 9. But that blog says analyst Van Baker wondered…

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