Amazon and Hachette Book Group reached an agreement on Thursday, ending one of the longest (and most widely covered) negotiations of sales terms in publishing history. What began as a dispute over the proper discount for HBG’s e-books soon escalated into a nationwide debate over the power of Amazon, and the future of the publishing industry. more »
Booksellers
Edgy About Harper Direct-Sale Program After HarperCollins launched a program in the fall incentivizing authors to sell their titles through the publisher’s consumer website, some booksellers expressed concern. The booksellers are worried that HC now stands as a new source of competition. more » »
Hardcover Fiction Bestseller List
'Gray Mountain' by John Grisham is the #1 title on PW's adult hardcover fiction bestseller list. See the full list » »
Why the Amazon,
HBG Deal is Good: Vauhini Vara writes why the resolution will
likely benefit publishers and writers, at the 'New Yorker.'
Digital Rights
Management: "You don’t have to be an Internet pirate to
think that certain publishers’ DRM provisions verge on the overzealous,"
says the 'Guardian.'
Love Letters to
Libraries: Ten classic quotes about libraries, from Ray Bradbury
to Virginia Woolf.
Poetry Returns
to Seattle Buses: After a seven year break, poetry is back on
the buses of Seattle and it has returned in grand style.
Book Deal for
'Community' Creator: The show's creator and executive producer,
Dan Harmon, is writing a book of funny essays to be released by Doubleday in
2016.
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