Many see these publisher's acceptance of the agency model suggested by Apple as a response to what is seen as Amazon's growing dominance over the publishing industry. Some believe that Amazon will emerge as the big winner in the clash, as fears of authors and smaller independent publishers getting trampled in the middle grow. This view appears to be more prevalent in this debate on The Huffington Post.
Online publisher Smashwords, however, will keep its agency pricing model, despite the DoJ's looming showdown with Apple. Helps when some of its books are less than US$3 and almost 15,000 of them are free....
Too much has been written about this over the week since the news broke, so I won't elaborate further. I'll say this though: E-book retailers should make it much easier for Malaysians to buy e-books, if they're concerned about piracy and stuff. And e-readers need to be cheaper. Then, perhaps, they can start talking about e-book prices.
Other news
- What is solidarity? A pamphleteer's Occupation.
- A book lover's challenge: spring cleaning.
- Barnes & Noble announces Nook Simple Touch, with a backlit screen. Get a move on, Kindle.
- Police fingerprinters save blind woman's invisible writing.
- Google ends e-book agreement with indies; booksellers disappointed.
- OMG, baboons can recognise 'real words'. Soon they'll learn to drive and occupy Wall Street.
- Marshall Cavendish kids' books returning to Barnes & Noble stores. Wait, Amazon bought those?
- Image gallery: The Hunger Games and more top ten "most challenged" books. One book in this list is my Lauren Myracle, said to be "the US' most hated author".
- Why you can't find independently published books in bookstores.
- Book publicist dips its toes into publishing with the launch of February Books.
- Self-publishing company Blurb reportedly helped its clients earn over US$1 million in 2011.
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