Not exact matches
Loyal Kindle users routinely give low ratings to books they perceive as too costly, or whose
digital editions are
delayed past the publication of the hardcover
edition.
He said Amazon could continue to buy e-books on the same terms it does now — allowing the retailer to set consumer prices — but that the publisher would
delay the release of all
digital editions by several months after the hardcover publication.
The
digital editions were supposed to go on sale last fall, but the site is still under construction and their release has been
delayed indefinitely.
One small ray of hope; Penguin is not calling this a done deal, but a «
delay» in making titles available, while they evaluate «new concerns about the security of our
digital editions» so they can «resolve these concerns with our business partners.»
Google Inc. is in the final stages of launching its long - awaited e-book retailing venture, Google
Editions, a move that could shake up the way
digital books are sold.The long -
delayed venture — Google executives had said they hoped to launch this summer — recently has cleared several technical and legal hurdles, people close to the company say.
After at least one of the publishers threatened to
delay the release of its
digital editions to Amazon unless it switched to an agency model, Amazon reluctantly agreed, and e-book prices rose across the industry to about $ 14.99.»
However, due to new concerns about the security of our
digital editions, we find it necessary to
delay the availability of our new titles in the
digital format while we resolve these concerns with our business partners.»
They've also said that
digital editions of some of the
delayed print
editions will still see publication for purchase via eManga, so not everyone is left waiting the additional months.