Sentences with phrase «book price agreements»

A second example, beyond the audiovisual sector: Via fixed book prices agreements, publishing houses in a number of European countries tie retailers to a certain price level.

In Poland there is no fixed book price agreement and the introduction of VAT on books in 2011 (5 %) resulted in a strong increased of prices.

A fixed book price agreement, which is now under debate in Poland, will be one of the instruments to regulate our book market.

The German ebook market is on a rising trend and is popular with traditional publishers in particular as the country still has a fixed book price agreement which means ebook prices are generally considerably higher there than in the US and UK.

Not exact matches

Amazon and Hachette Book Group have put hostilities aside, ending their long - running and very public contract dispute over e-book pricing by signing a new multiyear agreement.

He said: «We are now seeing the benefits of our focus on managing volatility in the business, with more favourable contract agreements, a closer pricing alignment between our sales book and the spot market, and targeting sales of products that deliver greater value.»

Once again, Timothy is in agreement with the president of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Sally Fallon, in her book,...

Once again, Timothy is in agreement with the president of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Sally Fallon, in her book, Eat Fat Lose Fat (read review and follow - up).

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An author fortunate enough to have a book acquired and published by a large traditional publisher will usually be required to sign an agreement that gives the publisher final say over a wide variety of issues include title, format, cover design, word count, price, release date, marketing, sales, distribution, etc..

However, after five major publishers made an agreement with Apple on ebook pricing that specified other platforms couldn't undersell Apple, Amazon was forced to raise prices, and many books began selling for $ 14.99.

The Random House Publishing Group has not reached a pricing agreement with Apple and will not sell any of its books through the Apple store.

One of the end results of these meetings is an agreement from Random House that it would support ebook lending of its catalog of titles, but that the price that libraries must pay for those books would have to increase.

If you are not in breach of your obligations under this Agreement, for each Printed Books & Digital Books sold to a customer through the Program, A&A Printing will pay you the applicable Royalty of 80 % of your list price, net of refunds, bad debt, and any sales or other taxes or fees charged to a customer or applied with respect to sales to a customer.

The company says its agreement with publishers actually helped break Amazon's «monopolistic grip» on the market, and that it always lets the companies that supply it with things like apps or books set their own prices.

Simon & Schuster, whose recently published works include Walter Isaacson's «The Innovators» and Colm Toibin's «Nora Webster,» will set the consumer prices of its digital books, and Amazon will be able to discount titles in certain situations, according to one person familiar with the agreement.

How the contract agreement — whenever it may come about — affects book pricing will directly impact consumers and their ability to continue to purchase books.

Amazon INC and book publisher Penguin Group reached an agreement regarding the pricing of Penguin's electronic books, the online retailer and book publisher said Wednesday.

Settlements with three of the publishers will allow retailers to return to setting their own prices after their agreements with Apple shifted pricing power to book producers.

German book prices are governed by the so - called Fixed Price Law / Agreement («Buchpreisbindung»), which basically dictates that a specific book has to be sold at the same price in all outPrice Law / Agreement («Buchpreisbindung»), which basically dictates that a specific book has to be sold at the same price in all outprice in all outlets.

Last Week: Amazon paid Macmillan 50 % of the list price for the book in a wholesale agreement.

Such information includes, but is not limited to, business plans and strategies, pricing strategies for books, terms in retailer agreements, or terms in author agreements.

HarperCollins has reached an agreement with the The Competition Bureau to donate $ 150,000 worth of books and restore retail pricing.

The agreement calls for HarperCollins to set the retail prices of its digital books, with incentives for HarperCollins to provide lower prices to consumer.

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The agreements call for HarperCollins to set the list price of the book but to allow the retailer to discount the titles.

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When the major book publishing firms signed an agreement with Apple (s aapl) that allowed them to control the prices for their e-books — unlike the deal they had with Amazon (s amzn), which gave the online retailer the right to cut prices if it wanted to — they probably thought they had won a major battle.

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Unlike competitive self - publishing tools, Kobo allows authors to set their book price to «FREE» at any time without restrictive exclusive agreements, in addition Kobo pays 10 % higher royalties on sales in many growing international markets and allows authors much more freedom on pricing.

As far as the agreements with the agency publishers, it has been reported by people on both sides that the agreement forced less percentage on higher priced books by Amazon, meaning above the $ 9.99 level.

Amazon and the book publisher Hachette have reached an agreement on a new multi-year contract, they announced on Thursday, bringing an end to a fierce, months - long battle over e-book pricing.

«As part of the unlawful agreements, and seeking to leverage its dominant position via the Apple iOS platform, Apple and the publishers agreed that prices for ebooks that were offered through the iBookstore would be calculated by a formula tied to physical books,» the lawsuit said.

The whole Net Book Agreement thing in the UK was news to me, and in a world where the publishers have always set the price (and not at the consumer friendly 50 % off cover price of best sellers at most US retailers) I can see the publisher's concern more.

Finally, while you can set a price for your iBook in their digital store, you can only do so if the book is not available in its interactive form anywhere else than Apple, according to its complicated software license agreement.

The issue with that, however, is that it's considered price fixing and takes everyone back to the Net Book Agreement.

The agreement, Jepsen said, was to resolve antitrust claims of an alleged unlawful conspiracy to fix the prices of electronic books.

The agreement between the two undermined «the need for publishers to fix retail book prices and resistance to the risk of domination or a quasi-monopoly by one or two large American distributors that impose their terms».

At the same time, the marketers can promote the participating book and can earn from modest 11 % to generous 80.5 % of the net sales price depending on the agreement.

I was tempted to try the iPhone app, but you still have the problem of paying almost the same price as you would for an actual book, sans any actual ownership, under the terms of their licensing agreement.

Amazon seems very focused on a few elements when it comes to books and content — creating new content sources that it owns, maintaining control over pricing, creating exclusive agreements.

When Buterman asked if he knew book prices would jump after the agreement, Cue refused to acknowledge that electronic book prices increased overall.

In this case, the DOJ focused its questioning on the increase in book prices right after the new agreements were in place.

An email from Carolyn Reidy (pictured), president and c.e.o. at Simon & Schuster, said that the agreement, which covers print and digital books, is «a return to a version of agency pricing that, with some limited exceptions, gives control of e-book pricing to Simon & Schuster».

Kobo Writing Life's simple and open pricing structure includes eight currency options ($, #, ¥, $, HK$, AUS$, CAN$, US$), which can be adjusted territory - by - territory, as well as the ability to set a book price to «FREE» at any time without restrictive exclusive agreements.

For me, just the overview of the different approaches to co-writing (in the Practicalities and Process chapter) plus the example agreement (included as an appendix) are worth the price of the book.

Online retailer Amazon said Wednesday it had reached agreement with publisher Penguin on pricing of electronic books for the Kindle e-reader.

Under § 10.2 of the Mutual Favor Publishing Agreement, the royalty rate for print books of A Mutual Favor is 7.5 % of cover price.

The European Commission is expected to come to an agreement with Apple and four book publishers, ending a year - long investigation into whether they have been fixing e-book prices, according to a report.