Random UK signs to agency model

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 ebook titles, including those by the likes of Dan Brown, Jilly Cooper and Lee Child, can now be sold through the iBookstore. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]

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