Seattle indie bookstore jabs at Amazon, enters Hachette fray with promise to hand-deliver J.K. Rowling’s new novel Walmart and Barnes & Noble aren’t the only ones capitalizing on Amazon’s contract dispute with the Hachette Book Group — brick-and-mortar… Read More
Walmart, Barnes & Noble take advantage of Amazon-Hachette fight with big book discounts Walmart and Barnes & Noble are taking advantage of Amazon’s contract dispute with the Hachette Book Group. While Hachette and Amazon… Read More
Need a beach book? Check out Amazon’s annual summer reading picks The weather is warming up. And that means Amazon’s editors have once again suggested the best summer reads for people… Read More
As Amazon looks to expand video business, customers still use Kindle Fire as a book first Amazon is producing its own TV shows, developing its own videogames, and on Wednesday, we’ll get an update on its video… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Zulily’s rocket ride, Boeing’s spy phone, and top picks from Ada’s Technical Books What is it like to run an independent bookstore in the age of Amazon? Our guest on this week’s GeekWire… Read More
This Seattle couple is building an amazing community around a technical bookstore Opening a bookstore dedicated to selling books to a technical audience would seem like a fool’s errand. After all, print… Read More
Amazon says everyone should read these books before they die Amazon has compiled a list of 100 must-reads from its Amazon Books staff into a list of “100 Books to… Read More
Revealed: The 7 answers to our Bill Gates Book Contest One GeekWire reader is about to receive a nice post-Christmas gift — and he’s probably going to become a little… Read More
Here are the 7 best books Bill Gates read in 2013 If you’re looking for that perfect holiday gift for a book worm, Bill Gates has some recommendations. The Microsoft co-founder… Read More
Reddit’s Alexis Ohanian cracks the startup code in ‘Without Their Permission’ [Editor’s Note: GeekWire’s Todd Bishop will be talking with reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian about his book, “Without Their Permission,” tonight at 7:30… Read More
France passes law to prevent Amazon from offering free shipping on books In an effort to level the playing field and support smaller bookstores, French lawmakers passed a bill Thursday preventing Amazon.com… Read More
Three book recommendations for executives from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos isn’t the first guy you’d expect to host a book club. But that’s exactly what he did this… Read More
Amazon unveils Kindle MatchBook, turning physical books you’ve purchased over the years into digital copies Amazon.com is already doing it with CDs. Now, it’s turning its focus to books. The Seattle online retailer today unveiled a… Read More
Here’s the obscure book that Bill Gates is gushing about this summer Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is a voracious reader, carrying a tote bag of books on his travels across the globe.… Read More
Here are the 8 interesting books Bill Gates is reading this summer It’s always fun learning which books are in Bill Gates’ giant tote bag of old-fashioned books he lugs around, and… Read More
Barnes & Noble CEO resigns as bookseller looks to find footing Can Barnes & Noble find its path forward? Well, if the bookseller does so, it will be under the guidance… Read More
Publishing power move? Amazon raising prices on some books Amazon.com has built its success in the book business over the years through dramatic price cuts, a strategic move which… Read More
The weight of words: Why I hope bookstores stick around I was taking video of my baby’s small, assisted zig-zag steps between the shelves at Ravenna’s Third Place Books when… Read More
This startup mines your Twitter stream to tell you what books to read Struggling to figure out what books to take to the lake house this summer? Well, you might want to consider… Read More
Reading revolution: e-book market set to pass print books by 2017 As the e-book battle between Apple and the U.S. Justice Department continues in court this week, new reports are out showing… Read More
Bookworms unite! Amazon says these are the nation’s most well-read cities Knoxville is full of romantic people, Cambridge has lots of entrepreneurs and Alexandria is a flat-out well-read city. Those are… Read More
Barnes & Noble is giving away a free e-reader if you buy a Nook HD+ tablet Barnes & Noble, the struggling bookstore chain, is looking to supercharge its tablet and e-reader business in the face of… Read More
Video game vet creates books you can play with, reaches $10K Kickstarter goal in 4 days It all added up for Joe Booth. Having spent 25 years in the video game industry at places like Microsoft,… Read More
Amazon.com under attack for plan to own .book, .read and other domain name extensions Amazon.com is already the 800 pound gorilla in the book selling and publishing business. And now some author groups are… Read More
Report: Barnes & Noble considers future of the Nook Nearly a year after Microsoft agreed to invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble’s Nook business unit, the bookseller is seriously… Read More
Hey, Seattle: We’re not quite as book smart as 8 years ago Think of Seattle. And whether it’s Amazon.com or Elliott Bay Book Company or the amazing main Seattle library, reading is a… Read More
The Elance for publishing: Writer.ly offers marketplace for authors needing help It’s not easy for an author to put out a commercially successful product. Not only does he or she have… Read More
Bill Gates says you should read these 5 books in 2013 I wish I knew how many books Bill Gates has read in his life. The man inspires me to read… Read More
More than just books: Pew study details how technology has changed libraries We’ve seen brick-and-mortar booksellers close down all over the country due to online retailers like Amazon. Will public libraries follow… Read More
Attack reviews on Amazon: An epic Michael Jackson biography sparks debate Reviews on Amazon.com can make or break an author’s career, but the motivations of those leaving the comments aren’t always… Read More
