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Apple’s iBookstore Outselling All Competitors in Brazil

By Iona Teixeira Stevens | Published: December 21, 2012
Ibookstore

Much to everyone’s surprise, Apple’s Brazilian store is selling more ebooks than Amazon, Kobo and Brazilian retailer Saraiva — and pricing their ebooks in dollars. Read More

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Brazilian Ebooks: Cheaper, but Not as Cheap as Expected

By Iona Teixeira Stevens | Published: December 12, 2012
kindle-ereader

Amazon, Kobo and Google have finally arrived in Brazil, and while their ebooks are indeed cheaper than print books—by some 36%—they are not as cheap as many expected. Read More

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By 2022, Unesp Plans to Offer 25% of Catalog for Free

By Roberta Campassi | Published: June 11, 2012
Editora UNESP (Azul)

Editora Unesp currently offers 148 free e-books, or less than 10% of its catalog of 1,600 titles; by 2022 it plans to have 25% available for free. Read More

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Amazon to Offer Cut Price Kindle in Brazil

By Roberta Campassi | Published: February 24, 2012
Amazon's Kindle will be far cheaper than the locally produced Positivo Alfa

Amazon will sell it’s Kindle e-reader in Brazil for the low price of R$199 when it begins operations in the country later this year. Read More

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E-book Sales Up 1,200% for Brazil’s Companhia das Letras

By Roberta Campassi | Published: January 13, 2012
Companhia published Steve Jobs' biography in 2011

By Roberta Campassi In July 2010, Companhia das Letras launched its first 12 e-books. It was the beginning of a project which today comprises 200 titles and is growing. According to the publisher, which had  …  Read More

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