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I’ve been sitting on the fence about this Amazon/Hachette thing for a while. Mostly because I just don’t give a damn. As far as I can tell, it’s one big company against another in…
If you were to count up all of the earnest articles, blog entries, and even Colbert Report routines that have been dedicated to the Amazon vs. Hatchette dispute, well, you wouldn’t have an ac…
The conventional wisdom seems to be that by putting the screws to publishers like Hachette, Amazon is displaying its monopoly powers and ruining the book industry. But it is actually making the market better -- not just for book buyers but authors too
While the bookseller and publisher are battling over mundane business specifics, the state of publishing hangs in the balance.
Lately, there has been a lot of press about the conflict between Amazon and Hachette. Let’s examine the facts. Hachette is one of the Big Five publishers sued by the U.S. Justice Department for collusion in price fixing with Apple. Following the resulting settlement, Amazon began negotiating with Hachette for the lowest possible price for … Continue reading Amazon versus Hachette: No Good Guys in This Fight →
The company is using bullying tactics to get a good pricing deal on electronic books while squeezing publishers and hurting authors.
While Amazon plays hardball against Hachette in a pricing standoff, Walmart found a way to undercut the online book-selling giant.
They may have to control their own online marketplace.
Hachette finds itself at the hand of Amazon's wrath over contract negotiations.
The Connecticut library community has engaged its legislators in the ebook-availability debate. The “Report to the General Assembly’s General Law Committee pursuant to Special Act 13-10, “An Act Concerning a Study Regarding the Availability of Electronic Books to Users of Public Libraries” is the result. The report has three parts: “Whether and How Electronic Books … Continue reading Who Do You Trust? →