Fast five: this week in IT 9/12
Your wrap of this week's Australian tech news.
Your wrap of this week's Australian tech news.
Australian book retailer Dymocks has launched its new web-based publishing arm to enable aspiring authors to produce, publish and distribute their work as both physical and electronic books.
A review of the Australian book industry, commissioned by the Federal Government, has called for the goods and services tax (GST) on books to be scrapped in order to level the playing field between Australian booksellers and offshore online retailers.
Booktopia is the latest bookseller to bring Google e-books to Australia, following the announcement from Aussie book retailer Dymocks that it would be adding the digital repository to its online business.
Australian book retailer Dymocks will forge ahead with plans to move its online business offshore should the Productivity Commission recommend the parallel importation restrictions on books remain.
National book retailer Dymocks has partnered with Acer to offer Android-powered tablets as a vehicle for e-book sales along with a new Android app.
The Federal Government has ruled out applying the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to overseas online purchases of under $1000 in the short term despite pressure from Australian retailers to do so.
The Australian Government’s continued decision to restrict parallel importation has forced Australian book retailer, Dymocks, to consider moving its online business overseas.
The Australian e-book and e-reader retailers have admitted that issues of fragmentation and and consumer confusion must be addressed if the local market is to move beyond hype.
Book retailer Dymocks believes its bricks and mortar business will outlast the current trend toward online retailing, as well as the vogue towards e-books and e-readers.