Smashwords Expands Global Ebook Distribution with ...

Panzer is feeling much better today. Our big kitty boy hopped into the Panzermobile and went out for a nice relaxing trip in the Catosphere. After a few quiet minutes tootling around he stopped in at the Smashwords Blog site.

Happy Cat Dance time!

At Smashwords he found an announcement made by founder Mark Coker about the addition of three new partners for the distribution of ebooks. The new partners added are Odilo, Tolino and Yuzu. Odilo handles distribution to libraries. Tolino handles German retail stores sales. Yuzu is the Barnes and Noble College bookstores. These new distribution outlets will begin in January 2016.

Panzer says, "MeWoW! Expanded distribution for our Smashwords ebooks!"

Note: You'll need a glass of milk and six or seven cookies for your reading today.

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How German Publishers Deal with Amazon - Publishers' Weekly

Tolino? Who knew?

Panzer was in the Catosphere today visiting some of his favorite sites. Our inquisitive kitty stopped in at the Publishers' Weekly site. After doing some digging around in there he found an interesting post from a couple of days ago about Amazon.

According to a post by Andrew Albanese, Amazon's Kindle ereader is not the market leader in Germany that it is in the United States. The Tolino ereader is. The Tolino has been around since 2013 and has managed to develop a large footprint in Germany. Combined sales of the several Tolino ereader models have 45 percent of the market there. Most of the post consists of an interview with the Chairman of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association Heinrich Riethmuller.

Panzer says, "Hmmm. Did Amazon make a misstep in Germany?"

Note: A cup of tea should be enough for reading this post.

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