The link below is to an article reporting on changes at Macmillan, following a period of turmoil at the company.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/books/macmillan-john-sargent.html
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New Ebook Embargo for Libraries: Update
The links below are to articles reporting on some recent updates regarding the new ebooks embargo put in place for libraries by publishers such as Macmillan and Random House.
For more visit:
– https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/03/19/147923/macmillan-lifts-library-embargo-for-new-release-ebooks/
– https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-library-news/here-are-the-new-ebook-terms-from-random-house-and-macmillan
Macmillan to Embargo Ebooks to Libraries
The link below is to an article that reports on Macmillan placing an embargo on all ebooks to libraries.
For more visit:
https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-library-news/macmillan-is-going-to-embargo-all-ebooks-to-libraries-by-2-months
Publisher Macmillan Signs On With E-Book Subscription Services Oyster And Scribd
Big-5 publisher Macmillan adds its ebooks to Scribd and Oyster
Another large publisher has decided that ebook subscription services are worth testing out: Macmillan on Tuesday became the third big-5 publisher to make ebooks available on Oyster and Scribd, following HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster.
Macmillan is adding about 1,000 titles to both services. Macmillan CEO John Sargent had said in December that the publisher would test ebook subscriptions on “backlist books, and mostly with titles that are not well represented at bricks and mortar retail stores,” as a way of battling Amazon’s dominance in the ebook market.
Oyster and Scribd are vying for dominance in the ebook subscription market right now, alongside [company]Amazon[/company], which launched its competing Kindle Unlimited service over the summer. All three services are slightly less than $10 a month. So far, big-5 publishers are refusing to participate in Kindle Unlimited (like Macmillan, they see no reason to give Amazon a larger share of their ebook sales than…
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Macmillan, too, returns to agency pricing with Amazon
Book publisher Macmillan, like Simon & Schuster and Hachette before it, has signed a new contract with Amazon and will return to agency pricing on its ebooks starting in 2015. In a public letter to authors and agents, Macmillan CEO John Sargent also said Amazon’s dominance in the ebook marketplace is a problem and that the publisher will experiment with ebook subscription models as a way to diversify its revenue streams.
Macmillan’s settlement with the Department of Justice in the [company]Apple[/company] ebook pricing case required it (and the four other settling publishers) to allow retailers to offer unlimited discounts on its ebooks for two years. Now the two years are up and publishers are returning to agency pricing agreements with Amazon. Under agency pricing, the publisher sets an ebook’s price and the retailer takes a commission. The negotiations between Amazon and publisher Hachette were highly fraught and public, but Macmillan’s…
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Ebook Pricing Court Battles
The link below is to an article reporting on the latest legal battles concerning ebook pricing.
For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/big-five-back-in-court-over-ebook-pricing
Article: Macmillan Settles on Price Fixing
The link below is to an article that looks at the recent settlement of Macmillan on price fixing.
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http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/macmillan-settles-with-doj-over-price-fixing/
Article: Latest News on US Ebook Pricing Lawsuit
The link below is to an article with the latest news on the US ebook pricing lawsuit, with news of a settlement with Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster. Apple, Macmillan and Penguin are still fighting the lawsuit.
For more visit:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/aug/30/us-ebook-customers-compensation-price-fixing?
Article: DRM Free Ebooks Future?
The links below is are to articles reporting on the possibility of DRM free ebooks in the future, especially with reference to Macmillans books.
For more visit:
– http://boingboing.net/2012/04/24/tor-books-goes-completely-drm.html
– http://boingboing.net/2012/04/24/stross-makes-the-case-for-eboo.html
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