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Price-Fixing Is Bad for Both Readers and Authors

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 04.30.2012

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The truth is that this dispute is not about saving literature or the sanctity of the literary world, it is about the publishers' business model.

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Too Much Fun: The 'Infinite Jest' Audiobook Has No Endnotes

The Huffington Post | Andres Jauregui | Posted 04.20.2012

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On March 27, Hachette Audio released David Foster Wallace's magnum opus "Infinite Jest" -- most of it, at least -- as a 56-hour-long audiobook. Th...

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How the NY Times Bought Apple's Spin on the Feds' Antitrust Suit Allowing Amazon to Cut Prices on E-books

Peter Scheer | Posted 04.12.2012

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It's not possible for Amazon to both (1) sell e-books at a loss in order to reap big profits on Kindle devices, and (2) sell Kindles at a loss to reap big profits on e-books. It may be doing 1 or it may be doing 2, but it can't be doing both at the same time.

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Apple Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit Over eBook Price-Fixing

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 04.11.2012

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WASHINGTON — The government says avid best-seller readers who use electronic books have been getting ripped off. Tina Fey's "Bossy Pants," Tim T...

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New Mysterious Book Website To Be Launched This Summer

GalleyCat | Jason Boog on May 6, 2011 9:39 AM | Posted 07.06.2011

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Three major publishers–Hachette Book Group, Penguin Group (USA), and Simon & Schuster–will partner with AOL Huffington Post Media Group to launch ...

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French Publishing Giants Cave In To Google's Great Copyright Heist

guardian.co.uk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will no one stand up to Google? French publishers used to be in the vanguard of opposition to the internet giant's mass digitisation programme, the so...

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Google And Hachette Strike Deal For French Titles

ft.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Google and Hachette Livre have struck a groundbreaking deal allowing the world's second largest retail book publisher to control the scanning and elec...

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Christian Bestseller 'The Shack': Lawsuits Over Who Wrote The Book And How Much Money Is Owed

Los Angeles Times | Sarah Weinman | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was an improbable Cinderella story. "The Shack," William Paul Young's novel about a man rediscovering lost faith after the murder of his 5-year-...

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What You Expected? Half Of iPad iBooks Sold Are Novels

O'Reilly Radar | Ben Lorica | Posted 05.25.2011

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Comments from other readers gave me the idea to map the 100+ iBooks categories to the more familiar BISAC categories. Doing so means over half of all...

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Will Lack Of London Flights Threaten Book Fair Attendance?

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Some book publishing officials have given up on attending next week's London Book Fair because of the volcanic ash from Iceland that has ...

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Ellen Degeneres Has Third Book On the Way

The New York Times | JULIE BOSMAN; Compiled by KATE TAYLOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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The comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has signed a deal with Grand Central Publishing, part of the Hachette Book Group, to write her third b...

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Amazon Includes Disclaimer on eBooks Priced by Publisher

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the agency model takes effect today on many eBooks, Amazon has begun labeling eBooks priced by publishers with a new disclaimer--disavowing their r...

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Will You Survive Justin Cronin's 'The Passage'?

Andrew Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just how big is Justin Cronin's new release The Passage? The 766-page, post-apocalyptic vampire book weighs in at a whopping 2.4 pounds.

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David Rosenthal To Leave Simon & Schuster, Jonathan Karp To Step In Says Publishers Marketplace

The New York Times | Julie Bosman | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Rosenthal, the publisher of Simon & Schuster, is leaving the company, he said on Wednesday. Simon & Schuster is expected to announce Mr. Rosenth...

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Lincoln: The Great Decapitator

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

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And you thought Abraham Lincoln went to war to save the Union from collapse and free the slaves. Apparently not. The Civil War was fought to save the Union from VAMPIRES.

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SXSWi: Will Publishers Miss The Chance To Connect With Digital Audience

Los Angeles Times | Peter Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last year I was invited to join a discussion at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival about the future of book publishing. An offshoot of the mo...

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Apple vs. Amazon: Apple Made Deals With Publishers, Amazon Pursues Literary Agents

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Apple and Amazon could be creating an interesting turf war over the future of books and whether eBook or print will be the primary launch format. Most...

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Publishers Hold Back eBook Editions Of New Books

Wall Street Journal | JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG | Posted 05.25.2011

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Simon & Schuster is delaying by four months the electronic-book editions of about 35 leading titles coming out early next year, taking a dramatic stan...

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Steve Martin Tto Publish Two New Books

The New York Times | DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Martin has spun his wheel of talents again, and this time it has stopped at "author." Grand Central Publishing said in an e-mail message that it...

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Tiger Woods Audio Book Out Soon: Awkward Timing For Hachette

The New York Times | ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rejoice, monologue writers -- motorists could soon be driving under the influence of Tiger Woods, opening another round of possibilities for late-nigh...

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Metropolitan Home Magazine Folds

New York Times | STEPHANIE CLIFFORD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Another home magazine has been demolished. Metropolitan Home will cease publication with its December issue, Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. said Mo...

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