The online bookstore landscape has changed dramatically in the last few years. There used to be a fair number of choices, such as the Sony Reader Store, Diesel e-Books and Txtr. One by one they all closed down because Amazon has been able to offer steeper discounts, offering readers incentives to buy the cheapest books possible. A few years ago Apple convinced all of the … [Read more...] about Agency Pricing for eBooks to Return – This is a Good Thing
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Does Agency Pricing Hurt Reading Consumers?
The publishing world is still rebounding from the effects of the DoJ suit against Apple and five of the then-Big Six publishers, and the effects of the judgement against the parties involved is still resolving itself. One of the current resolutions involves the expiration of key prohibitions against the publishers in how they deal with retailers. Following the Hachette dispute … [Read more...] about Does Agency Pricing Hurt Reading Consumers?
Red Shelf Distribution Platform Targets University Bookstores with Digital Content
Good e-Reader first caught up with ebook distribution platform Red Shelf at the BookExpo America publishing event in New York, and sat down today with co-founder and CEO Greg Fenton to discuss what changes and updates the company has undergone in the last six months. Apart from a shift of only working from PDF files of ebooks, the market focus of Red Shelf has also shifted to … [Read more...] about Red Shelf Distribution Platform Targets University Bookstores with Digital Content
Simon & Schuster Adopts Refined Agency Pricing with Amazon UK
While the saga of alleged price fixing between several major publishers and Apple raged in the US, a similar investigation and court decision were taking place by the European Commission. Those same five Big Six publishers--Simon & Schuster, Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin, and Macmillan--ultimately came to agreements with Amazon in the US over the wholesale-versus-agency … [Read more...] about Simon & Schuster Adopts Refined Agency Pricing with Amazon UK
Why Was Agency Pricing Established? To Save Our Bookstores
Over the course of the last five years, e-commerce giant Amazon has definitively captured the vast majority of the ebook market. When Apple decided to launch its iBooks digital storefront in 2010, the company needed an edge to be competitive. Steve Jobs met with executives from Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin, Harper Collins, Random House, and Simon and Shuster. They ironed out a … [Read more...] about Why Was Agency Pricing Established? To Save Our Bookstores
EU Begins to Dismantle Agency Pricing on eBooks
The European Commission has begun to dissolve the Agency Model that Apple and the Big Six publishers implemented a few years ago. The EU has found that HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, Hachette Livre, and Apple "engaged in a concerted practice" to raise ebook prices or prevent the emergence of lower prices across Europe. There are new agreements in place starting … [Read more...] about EU Begins to Dismantle Agency Pricing on eBooks
Barnes and Noble Weighs in On the DoJ Lawsuit, Predicting an Apple Victory
Last week, GoodeReader posed a rhetorical question, essentially asking why so many individuals and organizations have voiced their opinions in favor of Apple and several publishers who have been accused of colluding on ebook prices in order to drive consumer traffic away from Amazon. While there is no doubt that some parties may just see a way to bring the online retailer down … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Weighs in On the DoJ Lawsuit, Predicting an Apple Victory