Sentences with phrase «pricing by major publishers»

Predatory pricing by major publishers are pricing their e-books almost 500 % more than the Kindle edition and libraries have had enough.

Not exact matches

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Despite efforts from different major publishers to sell books directly through their own websites, even in the face of pricing disputes and lack of access to titles offered by retailers at one point, it isn't a concept that has grown.

On Mike Shatzkin's blog, he speculated that the publishers» decision to delay the e-book versions of some major upcoming titles isn't «a battle to rescue hardcover books from price perception issues caused by inexpensive ebooks» so much as it is about «wresting control of their ebook destinies back from Amazon.»

As I have been saying here over and over and over, most electronic books sold through most major ebook retail outlets are sold by traditional publishers in the price range of $ 7.99 to $ 15.99.

Industry insiders and general interested parties proclaimed that under the new Agency model being adapted by major publishers in determining global eBook prices, violates anti-trust and anti-competitive laws.

Sorry, but for the major publishers — you know, those publishers who are being sued by the Department of Justice for price fixing and for others who have followed in their footsteps and have implemented agency model pricing — they don't want to sell the e-book.

, there's an understanding at least of the fact that $ 12.99, $ 13.99, and $ 14.99 ebook prices are being pinned on the majors» books by their own publishers in full knowledge (if not admission) that these are not «popular prices» for digital reads.

Penguin has not begun to offer deals as of yet, and most major electronic stores still have the «Price Set by Publisher» flag.

And isn't it really the publishers who will be affected by a major retailer's inability to sell ebooks at comparable prices, effectively hurting the authors as well?

While the saga of alleged price fixing between several major publishers and Apple raged in the US, a similar investigation and court decision were taking place by the European Commission.

Christian Damke, the founder of Skoobe mentioned «Skoobe aims to enlarge the market for major publishers by offering easy ebook access to price - sensitive readers who don't necessarily want to own the books.

The Department of Justice, urged on by Amazon, filed suit against the major publishers claiming that they worked together to fix prices artificially high.

Publishing Despite indications that Amazon had blinked in its weekend - long standoff with Macmillan over the price of electronic books, by Tuesday afternoon some of the publisher's major titles had...

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal filed by Apple to overturn a stinging ruling that it led a broad conspiracy with several major publishers to fix the price of e-books sold through its online bookstore.

Now, I'll admit I was surprised to see he admitted part of the problem — a major part, in my mind — is the increased price of e-books by traditional publishers.

All in all, I suspect that the major publishers are making the best of a bad situation by keeping their ebook prices high.

One continues to be dominated by major publishers, and increasingly uses agency pricing as a strategy to support print book sales.

Click here for the 36 - page complaint filed today by the Department of Justice against Apple and five major publishers charged with conspiring to fix e-book prices.

What appears to be happening, writes Shatzkin, is that higher Agency pricing by publishers may be placing the majors» ebooks right out of the market for many potential buyers.

So far, it's being trialled by a handful of major publishers who enforce fixed retail prices and pay the retailer a commission.

Sorry, but for the major publishers — you know, those publishers who are being sued by the Department of Justice for price fixing and others who have followed in their footsteps and have implemented agency model pricing — they don't want to sell the e-book.

Apple has been officially charged, along with several major book publishers, by the US Justice Department with regards to ebook pricing

The above chart reveals the effect higher prices and lower market share have had on daily consumer spending, with self - published authors gradually chipping away at market share lost by major publishers.

Our goal is to make UP titles virtually indistinguishable in content, appearance and price from books released by major publishers.

One of the major reasons seen for the seismic shift from trad to indie is the return to agency pricing by the Big 5, which has brought sharp rises in ebook prices from the trad publishers.

AuthorEarnings, which is run by best - selling indie author Hugh Howey, says it may be that major publishers are finding it difficult to compete with indie authors on diversity, price, quality, and frequency of publication.

The case involved a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department against major online publishers, including Apple, alleging price - fixing in regard to e-books.