Week In Review: Apple Breaks Records; Verizon iPhone Ad; New Amazon Royalties

Happy Friday! As you wrap up and get ready to head out this weekend, here is a roundup of eBook news from the past week.

A Barclays analyst said that Amazon will likely sell 12 million Kindles this year.

Apple had a record first quarter.

Amazon extended its 70% self-publishing royalty rate on books sold in Canada.

Verizon debuted its first iPhone 4 commerical.

AT&T renewed its contract with Apple under non-exclusive terms.

A Kobo eReader was featured on NBC’s sitcom “The Office.”

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