The B2C e-commerce website Dangdang.com reportedly plans to launch a new e-book business channel in the second half of December 2011.

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Suning has released its performance report for the third quarter of 2011, stating that from January to September 2011, the company's e-commerce business grew rapidly and realized sales of CNY4.079 billion.

Chinese B2C e-commerce website 360buy.com has announced that it has launched a campaign starting from June 1, 2011, to return 3% of its sales of books to the original writers.

Chinese Internet shopping website Dangdang.com, which focuses on the sale of books, has confirmed that Conor Yang, former chief financial officer of AirMedia Group, has joined the company as chief financial officer, preparing for the initial public offering of Dangdang.com.

Erik Hartmann, Asia-Pacific manager of Google Books, has made a public apology to Chinese writers for using their literary works without their approval.

Shanda Literature, the Internet literature subsidiary of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, has announced that it plans to sue the Chinese search engine company Baidu.com in January 2010, because Baidu.com includes a large number of online pirated literature works, which infringe the rights and interests of Shanda Literature.

Chinawriter.com.cn has posted a message allegedly from Google which states that the American search engine will compensate Chinese writers USD60 for each book of each writer who agrees to allow Google to use the book online.

Beijing Dongcheng District People's Court has sentenced Chinese online auction website Taobao.com and a Chinese seller surnamed Yang to pay CNY2000 in compensation to China Friendship Publishing Company for the sale of a pirated book on Taobao.

International book publisher Penguin is laying groundwork for competing in the nascent Chinese e-book market with a deal signed with Beijing-based Founder Apabi Group.

According to Hou Xiaoqiang, CEO of Shanda Literature, the company plans to start a lawsuit against Google to push the global search engine towards better transparency and a higher sense of corporate social responsibility.

According to an insider from the Chinese Internet application technology and service provider Zhongsou.com, the company has signed a cooperative agreement with Apabi.cn, a subsidiary of the Founder Group, to set up a joint venture.

At the China Game Industry Annual Conference 2008, a report on China's game industry for 2008 was released with information that the actual sales within China's online game industry in 2008 was CNY18.38 billion, a year-on-year increase of 76.6%.

Chinese online gaming company Shanda (SNDA) says its subsidiary Shanda Literature is enhancing its management team and has unveiled a new arm devoted to literature research in China.

After a year-long preparation period, China's Xinhua Bookstore is finally starting its online sales business by cooperating with seven bookstores, including Beijing Books Building, Wangfujing Bookstore, and Zhongguancun Bookstore.