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Price-Fixing Is Bad for Both Readers and Authors

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Independent Publishing, Kindle, E-Books, Barnes and Noble, New York Review of Books, Readers, Norton, Bookstores, Hachette, Amazon, Authors, Apple, Simon and Schuster, Literary Agent, Ipad, Macmillan, Google, Books, Penguin, Justice Department, Facebook, Publishing, Doubleday, Harper Collins, New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Publishers, Indie Publishing, Nook, Books News

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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Apple Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit Over eBook Price-Fixing

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Hachette, Penguin, Apple Antitrust Suit, Macmillan, Apple, Apple Book, Apple Antitrust Lawsuit, Apple Antitrust, Technology News

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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PHOTO: Is This Steve Jobs Book Cover A Rip Off?

Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs Biography, Steve Jobs, Macmillan, Steve Jobs Book for Kids, Steve Jobs Book, Karen Blumenthal, Video, Books News

Publishers Weekly reveals that Macmillan imprint Feiwel and Friends is releasing a new biography of Steve Jobs - this time aimed at a young adult audi...

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Casey Anthony Book Coming Soon

nytimes.com | JULIE BOSMAN; Compiled by ADAM W. KEPLER | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Inside the Mind of Caset Anthony, Casey Anthony Book Deal, Macmillan, Glenn Beck, Casey Anthony, St. Martin's Press, The 7, Keith Ablow, Books News

The Casey Anthony book blitz has begun. St. Martin's Press said it had acquired a book about Ms. Anthony, the Florida mother who was found not guilty ...

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What Makes The Newest "Sweet Valley High" Spinoff Different?

nytimes.com | JULIE BOSMAN | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Macmillan, St. Martin's Press, Francine Pascal, The Sweet Life, Sweet Valley High, Sweet Valley Confidential, Sweet Valley High Spinoff, Books News

If the recent spinoff of the “Sweet Valley High” young-adult series wasn’t enough for nostalgic fans, there is another revival in the works....

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Guess Who’s Exhibiting At BookExpo America For The First Time?

paidContent | Laura Hazard Owen | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Bea, BookExpo America, Apple, Scholastic, Macmillan, Borders, Random House, Disney, Book Group, Bookexpo, Amazon, Books News

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), which almost never appears at industry conferences unless it is doing the hosting, will exhibit this year at BookExpo America, the...

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Yale Gets $50M Gift For Management School

Yahoo! Finance | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yale School of Management, Macmillan, Edward P. Evans, Yale, Yale Gift, College News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A member of Yale University's Class of 1964 has given a $50 million gift to the Ivy League school toward the construction of ...

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Amazon's eBook Deal With Andrew Wylie Bad For Business Says ABA President

Bookselling This Week | Dan Cullen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Wylie, Book Publishing, Random House, Kindle, Literary Agent, American Booksellers Association, Booksellers, Macmillan, Amazon, Backlist, Bestsellers, Books News

Last week's news of literary agent Andrew Wylie's exclusive agreement with Amazon.com to publish Kindle editions of 20 backlist titles by notable wri...

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Random House, Macmillan Rage Against Amazon's Deal With Agent Andrew Wylie

The Guardian | Alison Flood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Wylie, Philip Roth, Ereaders, Random House, Stuart Applebaum, The Jackal, John Sargent, Macmillan, John Updike, Saul Bellow, Borges, Amazon, Ebooks, Books News

NEW YORK — (AP) It's war between Random House Inc. and a top literacy agency. Random House, the country's leading trade publisher, announced Th...

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Macmillan Replaces Damaged Thrift Store Book

The Consumerist | Carey Alexander | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mars Life, Macmillan, Ben Bova, Book Publishing, Thrift Store, Books, Damaged Book, Salvation Army, Books News

An anonymous reader picked up a copy of Ben Bova's Mars Life from the Salvation Army without realizing that it was missing thirty-two pages. Books don...

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Can The Internet Save The Book?

Salon | Julie Klausner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Macmillan, Book Publishing, Publishing, Literacy, Gutenberg, Publishing Industry, Penguin Group, Book Culture, Amazon, Google, Clay Shirky, Books News

In his 2008 book, "Here Comes Everybody," Shirky imagined a world without traditional economic or political organizations. Two years later and Shirky ...

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Macmillan UK Admits To Paying Bribes For Textbook Deal In Sudan

Reuters | Andrew Heavens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Macmillan, Bribery, Africa, Textbooks, Book Publishing, World Bank, Sudan, Books, Books News

The World Bank said it had banned British publisher Macmillan from taking up its contracts for six years after the company said it paid bribes to secu...

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Book Publishing Websites: The Best And Worst (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Caroline Eisenmann and Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Simon and Schuster, Harpercollins, Publishers' Websites, Books, Websites, Penguin, Mcsweeneys, Macmillan, Publishers, Best Websites, Random House, Slidepollajax, Books News

Everyone in book publishing has a website. We know Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Indiebound and Borders among others sell books on the web. Authors have web...

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Amazon Includes Disclaimer on eBooks Priced by Publisher

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Macmillan, eBook Prices, Kindle, Amazon eBooks, Ebooks, Books, Stephenie Meyer, Book Publishing, Amazon, Hachette, Books News

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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Macmillan Loves The Flatiron Building, Despite Its Eccentricities

The New York Times | Helene Stapinski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Flatiron, Macmillan, Book Publishing, Old Buildings, Books, Skyscrapers, New York City, Books News

The Flatiron Building's triangular shape, designed by Daniel Burnham, and its location at the junction of Broadway and Fifth Avenue at 23rd Street, ha...

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Bedtime for Bezos: OR Books Says "Thanks, But No Thanks" to Amazon

Colin Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Macmillan, Amazon eBooks, Kindle, Or Books, Jeff Bezos, Amazon Buy Buttons, Books, Ebooks, Ipad, Amazon, Ereaders, Books News

In starting our new publishing company we looked hard at what Amazon costs a small publisher, and what it provides in return. We decided it wasn't worth it; that we would be better off on our own.

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Why eBooks Failed In 2000, And What It Means For 2010

Michael Mace's Blog | Michael Mace | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Short Stories, Macmillan, Kindle, Book Publishing, Ibookstore, Future of Publishing, Books, Ebooks, Ipad, Amazon, Nook, Ereaders, Books News

Although some of the barriers that stopped ebooks in 2000 have been reduced, most of them are still in place. So I think the market isn't likely to gr...

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Book Publishing Gossip: Matthew Shear Named Publisher Of St. Martin's

Publishers Weekly | Jim Milliot | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Macmillan, Publishing Gossip, Smp, Sally Richardson, Matthew Shear, St Martins, Books News

Matthew Shear, who as senior v-p and publisher for St. Martin's paperbacks and reference group oversees all of SMP's paperback operations, has been pr...

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eBooks From Libraries Like Netflix, But Free, Says Macmillan CEO

go-to-hellman.blogspot.com | Eric Hellman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Macmillan, Libraries, Book Publishing, John Sargent, eBooks From Libraries, Books, Ebooks, Books News

In the past, getting a book from libraries has had a tremendous amount of friction. You have to go to the library, maybe the book has been checked out...

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Sarah Dale, British Nurse, Fired After Bedding Cancer Patients' Husbands

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: England, Macmillan Cancer Support, Nurse, United Kingdom, Nhs, Great Britain, Sarah Dale, Macmillan, British Nurse, Nursing, World News

Sarah Dale, a 39-year-old nurse who specialized in dealing with cancer patients, has admitted to having relationships with two husbands of her patient...

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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

Read More: Hachette, Book Publishing, Random House, Apple, Kindle, Literary Agents, Macmillan, Movie Rights, Movies, Ebooks, Ereaders, Ipad, Amazon, Books News

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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Macmillan CEO Defends eBook Pricing Model, Readers Object

gigaom.com | Matthew Ingram | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: eBook Pricing, Macmillan, Kindle, Apple, John Sargent, Agency Model, eBook Prices, Books, Ebooks, Amazon, Ipad, Ereaders, Books News

If you want to see someone frantically struggling to defend an existing analog business model against the disruption that comes from digital, look no ...

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Publishers To Call The Shots In Negotiations With Google?

The New York Times | MOTOKO RICH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Macmillan, Apple, Google Ebooks, Google Books, Google Editions, Book Publishing, Macmillan Amazon, Books, Ebooks, Amazon, Ipad, Google, Books News

As publishers enter discussions with the Web giant Google about its plan to sell digital versions of new books direct to consumers, they have a little...

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Amazon, Macmillan Buy Buttons, Gavin De Becker's eBooks, And More Free eBooks

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestsellers, Ereaders, Macmillan, Atul Gawande, Gavin De Becker, British Library, Checklist-Manifesto, Free eBooks, Ipad, Gift of Fear, Amazon, Books News

The latest developments on the Amazon front include Macmillan, free eBooks and an exclusive deal with a bestselling author. Last week, we were on th...

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The Beginning of the End... of Paper Books

Andrew Zack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, Macmillan, Ebook, Kindle, Book Publishers, Ipad, Books, Death of Print, Books News

If you aren't actually in publishing, don't own an eBook reader, and haven't tried to buy a book published by Macmillan from Amazon this week, you likely weren't aware that war had broken out.

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