So, we're back again to the conversation regarding the ever - unpopular
Agency Model for pricing of Kindle and other eBooks.
There was nothing illegal per se about the contracts the publishers had with Amazon or that the publishers were able to set the retail price under those contracts (Apple was doing business under
an agency model for years before they got into ebooks and continues to for its app and music sales).
The Justice Department said at trial that it wants to block Apple from using
the agency model for two years.
-- Random House, which was the last «big 6» publisher to adopt
the agency model for e-book pricing (in February 2011) is not listed as a defendant.
Simon & Schuster is the latest publisher in the UK to introduce a refined
agency model for e-books on Amazon.co.uk.
The complaint says that the publishers named as defendants «almost simultaneously announced that they were switching from a wholesale pricing model to
an Agency model for eBook sales» in January 2010 and «the announcements to shift to the Agency model coincided with the release by Apple of the iPad tablet computer.
The same day Apple announced launching the iPad, it was also announced that Apple already struck deals with Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster to switch to
the Agency model for Apple's iBookstore — the application on Apple's iPad that functions as an eBook reader (thus competing directly with the Amazon Kindle).
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book - and publishing - related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News More on the HarperCollins / Amazon story: HC has notified multiple retailers that «it will be returning to a full
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Publishers Lunch reported last week that HarperCollins was preparing to return to a full
agency model for e-book sales.
Before Apple entered with
its agency model for e-books (and real competition for Amazon), Amazon paid royalties of 30 percent.
For now, they are going along with a temporary
agency model for pricing, and this is what is causing the problem.
For instance, he noted that Amazon already used
the agency model for newspapers, periodicals and some music.
Unfortunately Tor's parent company Macmillan hasn't settled the DoJ lawsuit so is keeping things on
the Agency model for now.
In an unexpected about - face, publisher Random House announced on Monday that it would adopt
the agency model for e-book sales in the U.S., beginning March 1.
2) The Department of Justice joins the European Commission in investigating
the agency model for e-book pricing, via ComputerWorld.
The DOJ says that Apple and various major publishers colluded on ebook pricing, each agreeing that the publishers would embrace
an agency model for ebooks — one where the publishers set the price for the ebooks, with the retailer taking a percentage.
Those three claim there was no wrongdoing and that the ebook industry's switch to
an agency model for pricing rather than the previously existing wholesale model was purely the result of the evolution of the industry.
On Wednesday December 1st in an epic Blog Post, Smashwords founder Mark Coker outlined his business moving into
an agency model for eBook pricing.
All of the publishers have settled their cases by abandoning
the agency model for two years and allocating funds for refunds and discounts.
Random House, the world's largest publisher, was the last of the big six publishing houses to move to
the agency model for ebooks.
After Amazon acquiesced to the agency model, all of Publisher Defendants» major retailers quickly transitioned to
the agency model for e - book sales.
While some fault the big publishers»
agency model for creating more confusion about ebook valuation, it is safe to say that the problem has multiple causes and no clear solution in the short run.
This is mainly because most of the companies just got into eBooks and have temporarily adopted
the agency model for eBooks to determine set prices until something more official is produced.
John Sargent Speaks Out In a statement, Macmillan CEO John Sargent said that the company adopted
the agency model for e-books «knowing we would make less money on our e book business.
However, from what I understand the DoJ case against the 5 publishers and Apple will only affect
the agency model for those 5 publishers.
Glance over at Explaining
the Agency Model for E-Book Pricing in Layman's Language for a super-quick overview of what the agency model actually means, since unless you're a writer or otherwise connected with the publishing industry, most of the brouhaha in question actually won't mean much to you.
Just days after Amazon conceded to MacMillian's demands for
an agency model for e-book pricing (ie, variable pricing), Robert Murdoch's Harper Collins started rattling it's saber that it wanted the same deal.
Hagens Berman, a consumer rights class - action law firm, today announced it has filed a nationwide class - action lawsuit claiming that Apple Inc. is guilty of illegal price fixing related to
the Agency Model for pricing e-books.
That statement was that Apple could not engage in book discounting under
the agency model for at least two years, and then it could only negotiate terms of the so - called «agency model» (in which the publishers set the prices of their books, not the retailer) with one publisher at a time spread out over a period of six months each.
We agree with Goodman and others that it would be helpful to understand the rationale behind how the GSEs assess different consumer credit
agency models for the purpose of default probability.
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A content marketing consultancy, much like Honigman Media (shameless plug), focuses solely on content marketing and another area or two, offering specific expertise to apply to your company's workflow, as opposed to the
agency model that often provides services in many different areas to be your one - stop shop
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For example, a client may choose to enter into a monthly retainer, purchase a contract service, and engage in a special project with the
agency, thus entering into three of the payment
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For Tzell, that's been based largely on expanding its independent agent
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agencies, allowing it to leverage their volume without actually buying the partner's assets.
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