Sentences with phrase «become agency publishers»

Firstly I would opine that the view that Apple did the big 6 publishers such a favour by enabling them to become Agency Publishers is highly debatable.

Not exact matches

The term «agency pricing» may not be familiar to those outside the book industry, but it has become a serious issue with the Justice Department's antitrust case against Apple and five major book publishers for colluding on prices as a defensive move against Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN).

«People often confuse an agency helping its clients publish their titles to ebooks with the agency becoming a publisher themselves,» says Deidre Knight, president of the Knight Agency, who has recently been the target of some harsh criticism in the debate over the acceptable role of a literary agency in terms of digital publiagency helping its clients publish their titles to ebooks with the agency becoming a publisher themselves,» says Deidre Knight, president of the Knight Agency, who has recently been the target of some harsh criticism in the debate over the acceptable role of a literary agency in terms of digital publiagency becoming a publisher themselves,» says Deidre Knight, president of the Knight Agency, who has recently been the target of some harsh criticism in the debate over the acceptable role of a literary agency in terms of digital publiAgency, who has recently been the target of some harsh criticism in the debate over the acceptable role of a literary agency in terms of digital publiagency in terms of digital publishing.

Here, the Defendants acted consistently with a collusive arrangement, and inconsistently with a pro-competitive arrangement, as they sought to pressure another publisher (whose market share was growing at the Publisher Defendants» expense after the Apple Agency Contracts became effective) to jpublisher (whose market share was growing at the Publisher Defendants» expense after the Apple Agency Contracts became effective) to jPublisher Defendants» expense after the Apple Agency Contracts became effective) to join them.

As e-books have become more popular and brick - and - mortar bookstores have struggled, the industry has moved to the «agency model» Apple dictated with the iPad and, the Justice Department believes, publishers have acted in concert to replicate Apple's model with Amazon and others.

When the publishers put the agency model into effect, Amazon became their agent, not the other way around.

*** We are agency and have become a publisher out of the many requests from emerging authors who have, after many disappointments looking, realized that traditional publishing is no longer available to emerging authors either directly or through agents ***

A couple of days ago, Random House became the last of the «Big 6» legacy publishers to switch over to the agency model.

I would think many authors would say YES, especially if they already have a relationship with the agency — and the agency would not have to become a publisher and risk a conflict of interest that could bring IRS scrutiny.

This could be a benefit that is a real service and not muddled by the agency becoming a publisher.

If the agency becomes a publisher, it suddenly is in competition with the publishers it is supposed to be pitching a manuscript to.

The big agencies are in the best position to become publishers.

In the NPR interview, Eisler — several of whose books have become New York Times (s nyt) bestsellers after being marketed and published by traditional agencies — says he has come to the conclusion that mainstream publishers simply aren't as efficient or as useful to authors as they used to be, now that there are other options:

They have, of course, done high levels of integration right up to the point of publishing, but have stopped short of essentially becoming publishers (they're the ones that forced Amazon to accept agency pricing).

About a year later, Random House became the last big - six publisher to adopt the agency pricing model.

MagLoft empowers indies, print publishers, agencies and enterprises to become digital publishers with their own fully customized native apps for iOS, Android, Web, Desktop and more.

The Bookseller reported last week that HarperCollins and Hatchette UK have become the first British publishers to refine the agency model agreement with Amazon co.uk.

The term «agency pricing» may not be familiar to those outside the book industry, but it has become a serious issue with the Justice Department's antitrust case against Apple (s aapl) and five major book publishers for colluding on prices as a defensive move against Amazon (s amzn).