The Bookseller has launched its annual tracker of the publishing's industry's transformation, the FutureBook Digital Census. The survey, which annually attracts more than 1,000 responses from across the book business, looks at the patterns of digital sales growth and industry views on subjects... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
As Hachette continues its stalemate with Amazon over ebook sales terms, Simon & Schuster has reached a new agreement with the e-tailer. Among other things, the new deal will allow S&S to set the prices on its ebooks, marking a return to the agency model. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
In appeal filings last week, lawyers for Simon & Schuster and Macmillan contend that Judge Denise Cote's injunction against Apple has made a timely return to a “no-discount” agency model for ebooks all but impossible. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Concerned about Amazon.com's low pricing of ebooks, publishers had taken measures as early as 2009 such as "windowing," a practice of delaying ebook releases to benefit sales of hardcover editions, Apple said in a filing in an ebook price-fixing lawsuit.The U.S. Department of Justice in an... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The future of self-publishing, the new agency model and the Penguin Random House merger will be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The European Commission has begun the process of dismantling the agency model after finding... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The future of the agency model looks uncertain this evening (11th April) after three giant US... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The US accuses Apple and Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Simon and Schuster and Penguin of colluding over the prices of ebooks they sell. This lawsuit is over the firms' move to the agency model where publishers rather than sellers set price ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
EU regulators have hinted that they are open to a deal with European publishers over the agency... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Wed, 10/08/2011 - 15:07 Granta Publications has put its books onto the iBookstore, with all digitised titles from Granta Books and Portobello now made available. Marketing and digital development director Iain Chapple said: "We are committed to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Wed, 10/08/2011 - 09:40 FIve US publishers and Apple have been named in a US lawsuit alleging the companies "illegally fix prices of electronic books" and that the five publishers "forced Amazon to abandon its discount pricing and adhere to a new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 12/05/2011 - 15:34 Random House UK's switch to the agency model this week could lead other publishers to follow suit, despite the Office of Fair Trading investigating ebook pricing. The publisher's switch on Tuesday meant it has around... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 10/05/2011 - 09:04 Random House has become the latest publisher to sign up to the agency terms with Apple, saying it wants to makes its ebooks available "to as many readers as possible". The move means that around 6,000... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 01/03/2011 - 09:53 Random House UK has said it will continue to evaluate options for ebook pricing but will not follow its US business in adopting the agency model. A statement from Random House US issued overnight said agency would... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
In an unexpected about-face, publisher Random House announced on Monday that it would adopt the agency model for ebook sales in the U.S., beginning March 1... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams and Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 04/02/2011 - 12:19 The transition to the agency model could be halted as publishers outside of the new terms could wait as much as a year for an Office of Fair Trading investigation into ebook pricing to be completed. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]