so, here i was really curious about integrating ebooks. can we make it work. what are some great examples of people who tried things. are trying things and have made integrating ebooks into the brick and mortar retail mix work. ... what spacesuit e-books leave unoccupied in which areas do they go deep in. when we look at average data, mostly of canadian market statistics in my head because that's where i'm from. if you look at a physical store on average, 10% of physical stores does our romance, will come a worse 25% are digital. so we are talking to retailers to make deliberate decisions about what they leap in digital versus what they leap in print. i can't actually start every every harlequin romance series that's ever been written and maybe i deliberately want to not do that. maybe you want to deliberately start putting up signage and training staff to say if you're interested in this, we have a way to get all the romance you could possibly want and use that instead, which then frees up space for the unoccupied area that digital hasn't been able to touch,

that's because amazon and book publishers are locked in a battle over ebook prices. now office and consumers aren't happy. so who loses, who wins? as the two sides try to negotiate new terms. >> reporter: click to amazon to order james patterson's best seller or to preorder j.k. rouling's novel. and amazon is not making it easy and not offering its typical discounts, saying delivery times are two to four weeks instead of overnight and it isn't taking preorders. saying it is unavailable. >> amazon wants to keep the discount level where it is, pub learners are concerned about this because amazon has a tendency to deeply discount ebooks much further than the price of the print books are. if that happens, publishers are worried it will put too much pleasure on retail book stores and you might start seeing more retail book stores starting to close. >> reporter: amazon won't comment. they say they will spare no effort to resume normal business relations with amazon, but under terms that appropriately value the author and publisher. >> the stakes are high because amazon con

there was a fight between amazon and stores on how to split profits between ebooks and print.playing shipments or removing buy buttons. james patterson expressed his displeasure at the growing power of a amazon. >> that sounds like the beginning of a monopoly today. amazon as you know wants to control book selling, book buying and even publishing. >> brown: later, patterson was slightly more reserved, spreading blame far and wide. >> at this point, i'm going to say this -- no villains, but no heros. >> brown: no villains but no heros. >> no heros. nobody's stepping up going, we need to look at ideas and books and american literature. the government isn't dealing wit, the media isn't really dealing wit much at all. publishers need to be brave. >> brown: amazon did not respond to our request to quint at b.e.a. we're all aware to have the high stakes of this fight and the continued churning of the industry as a whole. >> woodruff: watch jeff with james patterson on our art beat page. >> woodruff: and to the analysis of shields and brooks. that's syndicated columnist mark shields

a new ebook about hillary clinton.oming out with her book already sold 1 million copies before its release. a republican group is coming out with an ebook. a rebuttal. a response to it. so i'm not surprised by this. i brought visual aids here. this is my collection of hit job books i keep in my office. i have a bigger collection at home. this is fall of the house of bush. i've got some anti-mccain books at home that are personal favorites. both parties do this. margaret, the issue is, she's not officially running yet. these are usually campaign books. is this certain republicans saying, we're just going to ignore that factor and we're going to presume she's running and get out now. >> she's reserved the right to run. we know the book tour -- we'll see where she goes. i imagine he'll have great events in west des moines, iowa, and in concord, new hampshire, and in all of the relevant places you go in ordinarily primary states it hillary clinton may be running. a huge number of supporters want her to run and this is clea

, can you download the app for the ipad and they provide a list of free ebooks on a rg lar basis.for all this freebie advice, we put more on the website at 6abc.com. i'm nydia han, channel 6 "action news." >> a huge welcome back to nydia, from maternity leave. >> she looks fabulous. now for shirleen allicot, alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff, shirleen and i along with adam joseph and ducis rogers for "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. >> hi there, coming up next at 5:00, we are learning more about the plan arrested for raping a center city doctor, "action news" is live with the latest development. >>> plus, a farm that provides therapy for children is in danger for closing, the details are next. >>> and a pastor defrocked for performing his own son's wedding ceremonies is >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> after a three day man hunt for a suspect, they arrested the man they say raped a center city doctor. the big story tonight is the arraignment of a south phila

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its the latest additon to the prime package that includes video streaming and ebook lending. the first smartphone factory in the u.s. will close its doors by the end of the year. the factory in fort worth, texas opened to great fanfare about a year ago. the majority of phones are assembled in asia. however, the google motorola mobility smartphones coming out of the fort worth plant were allowed to be stamped with "made in the usa" because it was final step in the manufacturing process. the factory employs 700 people. permanet hang up still to come will a stock split have average investors rushing to buy apple! plus.... is the bickering over when it comes to health care reform? and....our next guest says the beauty industry... has an ugly secret... stay with us! real issues they're dealing with can be awkward and uncomfortable. but when their behavior changes, it's time to act. because if we don't, our families and relationships will suffer. listen to the veterans in your life and show you care. it matters. when you recognize a veteran is in crisis, call the veterans crisis li

packed with terms like disequalibria an and-- the book has already sold about 85,000 copies including ebookspress has ordered on hand for another 90,000. and every one is talking about it. >> this book is like the harry potter of economic policy. >> whoa. >> it's true. in fact, the full tight sell capitol in the 21st century harry potter and the deathly boring. (laughter) it's your classic breezy 700 page heavily attended beach read. but analyzes over 200 years of economic data from 20 countries. and the big take away, folks s that the free market system has a natural tendency towards increasing the concentration of wealth because the rate of return on property and investments has consistently been higher than the rate of economic growth, g. which has been reduced to the catchy formula r is greater than g. (laughter) you've seen it on all the t-shirts. or you will because i'm now selling these t-shirts on my web site. (cheers and applause) okay. all right. of course all proceed goes to me so i can prove that this is true. and folks, this formula is nothing new. remember the old saying the ri

. >>> apple could be out hundreds of millions of as it settles about pricing ebooks. they have not said what the terms entail. consumers sued apple saying the company overcharged customers by some $280 million for e books and they wanted three times that amount. the settlement is reportedly contingent on the outcome of last year's ruling. the company worked with five major publishers to drive up the price of e books. >>> new troubles for general motors. the automaker is recalling nearly three and a half million more cars for ignition switch problems. for that and the rest of the news with the news before the bell, we turn to jackie delaware ankless. >> reporter: good morning, let's start with the futures, they are pointing to a higher open on wall street after stocks posted mild gains for the second straight day yesterday. now unease over the situation in iraq cur,ing enthusiasm about market and data that we got yesterday. now today, consumer prices and housing starts, that's the data coming out this morning and the fed kicking off a two-day policy meeting. dow finish

. >> reporter: meaning you use it mainly for web browsing, news, and ebook apps and sending and receiving-mails without large attachments. but they say if you are using the device for video calls, streaming media, or big file uploads, you'll probably need 2 to 3 gigs per month, maybe more under certain circumstances. >> whether or not you think you're going to be traveling more and watching more and more videos, and then walk into a carrier's store and say, here's the amount of data that i want. what's the lowest price you can get me without potential overages. >> reporter: cnet's lindsay turnpike says do the data gobbling things when there's wi-fi around. something to be more cognizant of. more advertisers are using video ads that roll automatically unless your device is set up otherwise. >> you can go into the settings and go into the cellular tab and go through each one of your apps and say i want this to use mobile data or not. >> reporter: but even that's not expected to keep verizon, sprint, t-mobile, and at&t from getting even more aggressive to become your data plan provider. chri

fan of of actual book folks nevertheless your point is well taken which is why we're doing these as ebooks many of them are available used additions online but the fact is that when you publish a book properly that's a way of introducing it to the world you know if you go to look for a particular volume to buy it used on amazon that that suggests to me that you already know that it exists in my point whereas what we're doing is we're we publishing them we're making the world where the big is this and crucially we're we're offering them with new introductions to bring them up to date we've got a lot more books coming out you know in in the next few months and in the years to come we're going to be doing i have stones hidden history of the korean war we're also going to be doing stones underground to palestine along with all of his other writings on israel and palestine we're going to be doing gerard colby's du pont dynasty behind the nylon curtain this is an amazing history of the dupont dynasty that the du ponts corporation itself managed to kill twice both in the seventy's and eighty's we

the plaintiffs argue apple overcharged consumers for ebooks by $280 million. settlement is contingent problem last your's anti-trust ruling. apple's price performance, higher by around .9%. so it's outperforming the broader sector. >>> a quick update on last night's world cup soccer action. germany defeated portugal, 4-0. nigeria housed the competition's first goalless game. and a spirited ghana side lost 2- 1 to the usa. the usa scored the fastest ever goal in the tournament's history, that coming after just 29 seconds. >>> take a look at how the new york post reported the united states win on their backstage, red, white and blue-tiful. the next game is at 9:00 cet as brazil faces mexico. today, teal bem gum take on siberia. also russia will face south korea in the day's last match. >>> coming up, the chinese premier visits the queen. more on that after the break. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. mmmhmmm...everybody knows that. well, did you know that old macdonald was a really bad speller? your word is...cow. cow. cow. c...o...w... ..

but 5,000 of the publisher's titles are still showing out of stock as amazon seeks a bigger cut in ebook prices. we turn now to a wire in the world series where we look at how tech is shaping the future of health care. if you hate going to the doctor, there's an app for that. ground break technology that lets you diagnose from the comfort of your living room. here's a look at three of these companies. >> certain technological breakthroughs have a way of making our lifes seem more like science-fiction than reality. think about the first time you ever used a smartphone or saw somebody use microsoft x-box kinect. all of the sudden the future was happening right now. these giant leaps have already changed the way we work and communicate. the next step, if a few start-ups have anything to say about it, is how we take care of our bodies. we may soon be able to diagnose ourselves using tiny sensors and the come putting power that's already in our hands. one company is dopping a hand held sensor that you will hold to your forehead to get your temperature, heart rate, blood oxygen level and other

. >> the republican opposition research group america rising is releasing an ebook called failed choicesf the clinton's state department, just as clinton's memoir hits book stores on june 10th. kiki mclean joins me this morning. >> good to be here. >> if clinton is not running for president, why the need to have the chapter on benghazi? >> i think what you've done and others have done is probably make something out to be a little more than what she did. which is a former secretary of state writing a memoir. and that's what she's done. there's clearly been some language from the book that's come out and people want to talk about that and i think the book will be the best explanation of what she -- >> but kiki, you and tommy vietor are a-listers in terms of crafting a democratic message. >> just the sheer volume gets overwhelming so a couple of us are giving a hand. soon enough the book will be out, people will be able to read exactly what she thinks and then the conversation will move forward from there. >> will she appear before the select committee that boehner set up if she is in fact

republicans are releasing a book of their own to counter hillary's new book called "hard books" with ane ebookd the book will be released online called "failed choices" saying that she did not live up to her duties as secretary of state. >> and now, the strategists for the '06 elections will be wor g working on a strategy for 2014. they say it is still in the development. >> and now, taking the nomination for the working families party, the new york city's mayor bill de blasio s supported him although governor cuomo has been opposing tax cuts and the minimum wage. >>> and you remember the candidate herman cain who came up with the 411. well, he is not expected to run again. and coming up next is tamron hall. complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. all with a delicious taste. grandpa! [ female announcer ] stay strong, stay active with boost. what's your favorite kind of cheerios? honey nut. but... chocolate is my other favorite... oh yeah, and frosted! what's your

the online retailer and rowling's pitcher are arguing over ebook terms. is i believe the second book she's done under this assumed name. she had originally done this without anyone knowing it was her. she was so worried after the harry potter series that if she was going to write another book, she had all of these high expectati expectati expectations. under a pen name when nobody knew who she was, the book did fine. it was a great book. got some nice reviewes. >> after the nice reviews, she said, okay, i can let somebody know who i am? >> somebody figured it out and then it came out. it was about a year or two ago and then, of course, it climbed. >> it took people years to figure out that i wrote eprey love. >> wow, that was you. >> yeah. it was about "squawk box." >> what? >> lovely. lovely. >> while you were naked on your bicycle? >> all right. that's my read. coming up, more on google's latest mission to double the number of girls studying computer science. >> you are elizabeth gilbert. >> it involves cold, hard cash. the program, coming up. is stick

amazon is demanding bigger commissions on ebook sales from certain publishers and that other accomplisherss to put the commission to 40% or 50%. everyone is either losing in sales or losing in public reputation or in ability to reach readers. >> amazon the largest book seller in the u.s. retaliated by removing the latest books. >> a vicious tactic by amazon ceo jeff basos. >> we're going to prove that i can sell more books than amazon all right? and when you buy it, don't forget also on my web site you can download this sheet of stickers. it says "i didn't buy it on amazon." >> on thursday hashet which is owned by a french publishing conglomerate said that sales of its books exploded after colbert's show. this probably won't be the last word on the subject from colbert. >> watch out bezos, because this means war. >> although colbert didn't address the controversy again on his show last night, the company can expect more publicity later this month when it reveals a new top secret device and j.k. rowling's book debuts the next day. >> other publishers are hoping that hachette stays strong. >

a republican group is out with an anti-clinton ebook already. >>> almost three months after it left the0 may spark big changes in the airline industry. >>> hello, everyone. i'm john berman. michaela pereira is off today. those stories

few years ago the company blocked consumers blocked works published by mcmillan in a dispute over ebooks the issue of how much dominance do you think amazon has? does it matter? i don't know who we talked to recently who said it doesn't matter. marc andreessen. why are you giving amazon a hard time? if you want it, you go to go to walmart.com or other stores in town. >> but you can't get it delivered for free because you have amazon prime. >> they represent a third of the market. willie geist has a back out that's a book. they were doing it for father's day. that was an issue. >> it's a changing business model slightly for amazon, because jeff bezos has been concerned about the customer, making sure the customer can have whatever they want. there's been an argument for a long time they have to boost their margins at some point. >> that was not a universal film, was it? the lego movie? >> don't know if it is. jeff bezos would say the short-term hit is you won't have access to it on your site for the next month or two but if we can get lower prices for our consumers. that would be his argu

also with apple, they reached an out of court settlement in an ebook price fixing lawsuit. that claim and settlement still needs court approval. details have not been released as to what the terms of that settlement looks like. >>> bob dudley making an announcement in london today that coincided with the arrival of the chinese premier for a three-day visit. >>> let's now get to mcc with the latest situation in iraq. michelle caruso cabrera joins us from the northern part of that country. there's probably a delay, michelle, so i'll just keep talking for a second. when i read it, it sounded to me like maybe some of these guys weren't just for the embassy, but might be providing some type of advisory logistical support if there are drone strikes or something. did i get that right or not? >> it's hard to tell. so the vast majority are for marines going to the embassy in baghdad and then to two consulates in the country, one where the oil production is and another consulate here in kurdistan in the northern party. but it did sound like there were support personnel advisory. hard

the copyright law is enacted to get the price of ebooks and music and films above zero. so, the idea is to compensate authors and producers and writers for their -- >> well, if amazon continues to give things away essentially for free or below hat it even costs them obviously that's a business model that won't work indefinitely. >> oh, no. because it's not going to work for the public, either. because the public's interest -- >> well it wouldn't work for amazon either. you can't buy something for one level and sell it below that and expect you're going to make money. >> eventually they're going to try to charge more. but when you have 90% of the market and you go to authors, even self-published authors and say, we don't want to pay anymore, where are you going to go to get your book published? if amazon has 90% share there's no place else to go. >> a lot of the specifics in the heshette publishing have to make sure with saying you're not going to get this overnight. we're not going to put it in prime. we're not going to let you order in advance. those are specific things

action figures comic books of variety of hardcovers paperbacks and ebooks and even hollywood blockbusters sony pictures purchased the book in order to make a film about it i'm thrilled about that as well all starring one figure who love him or hate him is already an icon edward snowden he is in my view in the view of many others a hero who stood up for what was right is certainly more of a hero than all the superheroes like superman and batman who end up getting movies and all sorts of licensing deals and action figures and. the whistleblower who brought to mind blowing national security agency's surveillance programs to light for some he's an inspiration. for others he's their next business venture. if anything can be licensed or exploited in any way you can be absolutely certain that there will be business people who will try to do so stuck in moscow and facing espionage charges in the u.s. snowden is one person who doesn't seem to be cashing in on his name and where snowden is very bright and i think he probably does not care for this kind of nonsense the action figures the comics acce