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Amazon agrees to higher prices in Macmillan dispute – ZDNet Asia
The announcement comes after Amazon temporarily pulled Macmillan books from its Web site in a dispute over e-book pricing. Macmillan and other book …

To Deliver, iPad Needs Media Deals – New York Times
… (an authority Amazon tried to impose on Friday by refusing to sell books from Macmillan after the publisher insisted on pricing similar to the iPad; …

Amazon Don’t Need Your Stinkin’ Books – Wired News
Henry Blodget has two words and three arguments for Macmillan, which apparently doesn't like Amazon losing its money on their books. …

AP Business NewsBrief at 8:14 pm EST – TMCnet
Amazon.com to capitulate to Macmillan price demandAmazon.com says it will give in to publishing giant Macmillan and agree to sell electronic versions of its …

Some Macmillan Bestsellers Start Falling at Amazon, Rising at BN.com – Publishers Lunch Deluxe
Andrew Young's The Politician is down to 10 on Amazon's list and falling, while ranking No. 4 at BN.com * Atul Gawande's The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get …

Some of Gandhi’s ashes scattered off South Africa – Youngstown Vindicator
Macmillan CEO John Sargent said he was told Friday that its books would be removed from Amazon.com, as would e-books for Amazon's Kindle e-reader. …

Amazon to give in to Macmillan diktat; to be forced to push up e-book prices – DeviceMAG (blog)
Publisher Macmillan's stance could lead to the online retailer raising prices on some of its e-books Amazon has connected with customers through a message …

East gets plenty of snow…Sanitation worries in Haiti…Good news for Toyota … – 9&10 News
NEW YORK (AP) — There's an apparent rift between Amazon.com and publisher Macmillan. It's not yet known why some new books from Macmillan aren't available …

For Media Industry, a Mixed Bag in iPad – Wall Street Journal
s Simon & Schuster, Pearson PLC's Penguin Group and Macmillan, a unit of Germany's Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH. News Corp. also owns The Wall …

Amazon Macmillan: Recent News

Amazon.com To Capitulate To Macmillan Price Demand
Books pulled from Amazon in pricing dispute.

Amazon.com Pulls Macmillan Books From Site In E-Book Price Dispute
NEW YORK — New copies of Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall,” Andrew Young’s “The Politician” and other books published by Macmillan were unavailable Saturday on Amazon.com, a drastic step in the ongoing dispute over e-book prices. Macmillan CEO John Sargent said he was told Friday that its books would be removed from Amazon.com, as would e-books for Amazon’s Kindle e-reader. Books will be available on Amazon.com through private sellers and other third parties, Sargent said. Sargent met with Amazon officials Thursday to discuss the publisher’s new pricing model for e-books. He wrote in a letter to Macmillan authors and literary agents Saturday that the plan would allow Amazon to make more money selling Macmillan books and that Macmillan would make less. He characterized the dispute as a disagreement over “the long-term viability and stability of the digital book market.” Macmillan and other publishers have criticized Amazon for charging just $9.99 for best-selling e-books on its Kindle e-reader, a price publishers say is too low and could hurt hardcover sales, which generally carry a list price of more than $24. Macmillan is one of the world’s largest English-language publishers. Its divisions include St. Martin’s Press, itself one of the largest publishers in the U.S.; Henry Holt & Co., one of the oldest publishers in America; Farrar, Straus & Giroux; and Tor, the leading science-fiction publisher. Sargent credited Amazon in his letter, calling the company a “valuable customer” and a “great innovator in our industry.” But, he wrote, the digital book industry needs to create a business model that provides equal opportunities for retailers.

Amazon Caves To Macmillan’s eBook Pricing Demands
A new development in the Amazon vs. Macmillan fiasco. Amazon just posted an announcement indicating that will be “capitulating” to Macmillan by selling the publishers’ books for their desired prices. More on eBooks.