
Amazon.com Pulls All Macmillan Titles from its Virtual Shelves
January 30th, 2010 admin

If our mystery book buyers are having trouble finding certain titles to purchase through Amazon.com this morning, there’s a simple reason for that: Amazon.com has pulled from its virtual shelves all books published by Macmillan and its imprints. The reason for doing so: Amazon.com and Macmillan are disputing how the online retailer prices the publisher’s e-books. The New York Times printed a good summary on the dispute earlier today. (Full disclosure: Most of the books mentioned on this site are linked to Amazon.com for purchase. We get a commission on every sale, which helps support…
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The e-book price wars have broken out. Amazon have removed all Macmillan books from sale (which include Tor, St. Martin’s Press, Picador, Holt and many others) and, apparently have also removed all the publisher’s books from people’s wish lists and removed other content related to the publisher’s books. Macmillan is part of...

Amazon has still not resumed selling books published by Macmillan (including Picador, Holt and St Martins) and, for the second day in a row, Amazon’s stock price slipped. Earlier today, the Authors Guild defended Macmillan and criticized Amazon’s “bullying tactics” in an email alert to members entitled “The Right Battle...

If you’re looking for a quick catchup on the Amazon-Macmillan fight we suggest these three starting points: The open letter from Macmillan CEO John Sargent on Jan 30: John Scalzi’s post giving the author’s point of view. The Association of Authors’ Representatives response as reported in Publishers Weekly.
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With Apple’s iPad launch just weeks away, Amazon raised the stakes again when it threatened to stop directly selling the books of some publishers online unless they agree to a detailed list of concessions regarding the sale of electronic books, which include three-year contracts and the guarantee that no competitor will get lower prices or better...

In a strongly worded message, Amazon said that while it disagreed with Macmillan’s stance, it would accept the publisher’s plan on e-book prices.
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