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Amazon Sucks Up To Big Literary Agents

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First Posted: 11- 9-09 03:42 PM   |   Updated: 11- 9-09 04:08 PM

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Crain's New York Business:

Amazon.com has gone on a charm offensive.

The online retailing giant flew out a dozen of New York's top literary agents last week for a day of meetings at its Seattle headquarters. Steven Kessel, senior vice president of worldwide digital media, led the all-day presentations and discussions, which centered on Amazon's wildly successful Kindle e-reader and the future of the e-books business.

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Amazon.com has gone on a charm offensive. The online retailing giant flew out a dozen of New York's top literary agents last week for a day of meetings at its Seattle headquarters. Steven Kessel, sen...
Amazon.com has gone on a charm offensive. The online retailing giant flew out a dozen of New York's top literary agents last week for a day of meetings at its Seattle headquarters. Steven Kessel, sen...
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- raven119 I'm a Fan of raven119 23 fans permalink

As long as Amazon continues to lose money with every sale of a ebook, I'm okay with it. Once Amazon begins to charge a price that mirrors real costs, you'll hear lots of Kindle owners screaming and sales should plummet. Let's hope publishers will still be printing paper books when that happens.

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