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How Amazon Is Holding Hachette Hostage
For some three weeks now, books from the Hachette publishing group – one of the "big five" publishers who dominate the globe – have been largely unavailable through Amazon.com. Amazon has taken away...
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REVEALED: Here's What Amazon And Hachette Are Fighting About
The issues at the heart of the roughly month-long pricing debate between Amazon and "Big Five" book publisher Hachette could be broader than previously thought. New York Times reporter James Stewart...
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Amazon Finally Defends Itself Against Accusations That It's A Bully Pushing...
Amazon has finally delivered a full defense of its actions against book publisher Hachette.Russ Grandinetti, Amazon's SVP of Kindle content, told the Wall Street Journal that Amazon is acting "in the...
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Amazon Makes A Direct Offer To Authors As Its Battle With Hachette Rages On
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has proposed that Hachette authors keep 100 percent of revenue from digital book sales while both sides work to resolve a contractual dispute that has kept some...
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The Awesome Story Of How Stephen Colbert Helped A Debut Author Win Against...
If you tuned in to "The Colbert Report" on June 4, you would have seen host Stephen Colbert flip Amazon the bird for waging an online war against the publishing house Hachette. Colbert, whose books are...
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An Author Who Makes Good Money Publishing With Amazon Isn't Cheering On Its...
For the last two months, Amazon and "Big Five" book publisher Hachette have been having a very public pricing disagreement that has sparked a debate in the literary world about whether or not Amazon...
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Amazon Opens Up Second Front In Its War With Book Publishers
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is in talks with Simon & Schuster Inc, the chief executive of the book publisher's parent company said on Tuesday, representing a second front in Amazon's...
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Amazon Just Revealed Exactly What's At Stake In Its Battle With Hachette —...
Amazon finally revealed the exact cause behind its long battle with "Big Five" book publisher Hachette in a public post on its Kindle forum: It's fighting for lower e-book prices and a 30% cut of...
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AMAZON: 'Email Hachette And Copy Us' (AMZN)
Amazon last week finally revealed the nature of its long-term beef with Hachette, one of the "Big Five" book publishers — and now the company is asking authors to stand with them.In a letter, which was...
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Here's The Orwell Quote That Amazon Got Totally Wrong In Its War With Hachette
As its battle with "Big Five" book publisher Hachette rages on, Amazon released an open letter urging people to email Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch arguing that lower e-book prices are good for...
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Amazon's Battle With Hachette Reflects The Growing Pressure For The Retailer...
The battle between Amazon, the online retailing giant, and Hachette, the international publishing group, has the makings of a plot for a legal thriller by John Grisham. A plucky young upstart...
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An Author Writes In Defense Of Amazon
Last August, Amazon flew about 80 writers on its Thomas & Mercer mystery and thriller imprint — including me — to Seattle for a conference.They put us up at the Westin downtown, a nice hotel by any...
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Hachette Authors Write A Letter To Amazon's Board: Do You, Personally, Want...
As the war over e-book prices continues between Amazon and "Big Five" book publisher Hachette, a group of authors is sending a letter to Amazon's board of directors, warning them that their reputations...
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Amazon Closes Multi-Year Deal With Simon & Schuster, The Other Big Five...
Amazon has inked a multi-year deal with Simon & Schuster, the second major Big Five book publisher it has been negotiating with about the price of e-books, a source with knowledge of the situation...
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Marc Andreessen Slams Paul Krugman's Attack On Amazon
Paul Krugman thinks Amazon is bad for America. He came out swinging in a recent column over Amazon's war with book publisher Hachette.Super investor Marc Andreessen has jumped in with a little sarcasm...
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Amazon And Big-5 Publisher Hachette Finally End Their Pricing War (AMZN)
Amazon and Hachette have finally ended their brutal pricing war by coming to a multiyear agreement for e-book and print sales. Amazon and the "Big-Five" publisher had been engaged in a standoff since...
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Winning a key battle with Amazon may not be working out the way publishers...
In the last year, all of the "Big Five" publishers — HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, Penguin, and Hachette — all signed new agreements with Amazon that allows them to set their own...
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Hachette is canceling the release of Woody Allen's memoir after employees...
Hachette Book Group announced Friday that they would no longer be releasing Woody Allen's memoir.The announcement comes a day after dozens of employees at the publishing house staged a walkout of the...
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Amazon hit with class-action antitrust lawsuit alleging it colluded with...
Summary List PlacementSeveral e-book customers on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Amazon accusing it of violating antitrust laws by colluding with the "big five" publishing houses to drive up the...
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Hundreds of publishing industry figures have signed an open letter in...
Summary List PlacementHundreds of authors, editors, and agents signed an open letter asking the world's publishers to skip a post-presidency memoir from Donald Trump.More publishing industry figures...
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