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Amazon-Macmillan fight heats up
http://www.techflash.com/seattle/201..._heats_up.html
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The more I hear from Macmillan, some of their authors (and author organizations), the more firmly I am siding with Amazon in this fight.
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Mr. Sargent's views on eBooks in the Public Library does NOT help his image. Not just his views, his prohibition of MacMillan eBooks existing in the Public Library.
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While I am not pleased with either party, I say this is the kick in the pants Macmillan needed to get off their complacent corporate butts and distribute their author's titles to retail outlets BESIDES Amazon. Donna Andrews, a Macmillan author that I'm a huge fan of, up until this week was Amazon only. Now she's available at B&N. I think there are two authors left on my wishlist that are still Amazon only, and published by Macmillan.
I hope the rest of the publishers take note and start wider distribution, now that they see how easy it is for an outlet to pull their titles. EDIT: Yes, I know that's lousy grammar. Last edited by phenomshel; 02-04-2010 at 04:25 PM. Reason: note |
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Thing is, though, they hurt themselves (and their authors) by limiting the distribution to Amazon only. Other publishers do it too, Hachette being another one of the worst. If those ebooks had already been available at several other outlets, this wouldn't have had near the impact. They brought it on themselves. What caused a big part of the hue and cry amongst ebook consumers was that the books were not available anywhere at all after the Amazon shenanigans.
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I've always been against exclusive deals with ebooks. It hurts everyone. Have ebooks widely available (even in libraries!!) at a reasonable price without DRM and everyone wins.
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To verify this, I think you'll find (when you check again), that most of the "exclusive" titles were in fact Topaz-format ebooks: a sure sign that Amazon themselves scanned and OCR'd the title. |
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I finally had to call Amazon, and have them tell me what the blacklisted titles were, but once I found out (I didn't have everything on that wishlist memorized), I've now found all the authors and titles that were previously Amazon only at other sites. Wiped out my Amazon wishlist entirely. Which suits me just fine, as I much prefer ePub format, and will pay more to get the book in ePub rather than mobi or topaz.
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Glad you found them Shel!
I think this is the first big skirmish of the coming war... |
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