Archive for February, 2010

Major publisher Macmillan banned by Amazon as e-book battle with …

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Yesterday there were no Macmillan books obtainable from Amazon.com directly, even if the site still listed copies existing from other sellers.

Lady Gaga Could Be Publisher Macmillan's Insurance Against Amazon …

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

It’s been nearly two days since Amazon.com backed down in its dispute with Macmillan , one of the big six publishing houses, over electronic book prices.

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Friday, February 26th, 2010

SPACE PROGRAM: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA’s Encyclopedia of Russian History : This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of Russian History, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in … The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Did Macmillan finally get e-textbooks right? – ZDNet (blog …

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Macmillan books coming back to Amazon (AP) – AP – After a weeklong absence, new copies of Andrew Young’s “The Politician,” Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall” and other books published by Macmillan are available for purchase on Amazon.com . …

Microsoft, Amazon agree to license each other's patents, including …

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

January 31st, 2010 more images more images Amazon.com to capitulate to Macmillan price demand Amazon.com says it will give in to publishing giant Macmillan and agree to sell electronic versions of its books even at prices it considers …

Macmillan announces DynamicBooks, allows instructors | Top …

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Publishing powerhouse Macmillan recently made headlines with its demands for pricing control on e-books sold through Amazon. To recap: Amazon at first dropped Macmillan’s books from its store (including print editions) because the publisher wanted to charge more than $9.99 for Amazon e-books. Amazon later begrudgingly accepted Macmillan’s demands, ..

Macmillan announces DynamicBooks, allows instructors to edit …

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Publishing powerhouse Macmillan recently made headlines with its demands for pricing control on e-books sold through Amazon. To recap: Amazon at first dropped Macmillan’s books from its store (including print editions) because the publisher wanted to charge more than $9.99 for Amazon e-books

California Faces Off With Amazon | www.bullfax.com

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Online bookseller Amazon.com has capitulated in a fight with a major publisher. After a standoff with MacMillan , Amazon has agreed to raise the prices of its e-books

Publishing Apocalypse or Reincarnation? « Writers Staying Afloat

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Amazon.com attempted to deliver a blow below the belt to Macmillan Publishing when it opposed the publishing house’s request to raise eBook pricing to $14.99 from $9.99. Amazon refused and proceeded to pull all of Macmillan’s eBooks …

Who will have the last word in e-book prices? | Geek with Laptop

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Recently Macmillan , one of the biggest publishers of books, pressured Amazon.com to abandon its $9.99 price policy for best-sellers in e-book format in favor of something called the “agency model,” which basically means the content …