Big Six.. Decline .. Amazon Contract, A raises prices-or cuts them; agency support grows; Google drops indies; how to distribute;

  [And interesting new phase in the steering of the publishing industry?]

Big Six Publishers Decline To Renew Contract With Amazon Over Unfavorable Terms
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Big Six publishers are taking a page from the Independent Publishing Group's book and declining to renew their contract with Amazon over what they see as an Amazon price gouge
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/35953-40010

Amidst Justice Department Lawsuit, Kindle E-book Prices Rise Sharply
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E-book prices for Amazon's best-selling e-books have spiked in the past several wee
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/35953-40049

Amazon To Cut E-book Prices, Shaking Rivals
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/35953-40048

DOJ Gives Amazon The OK To Kill Publishers, Or So You'd Think
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I mean, seriously, a two year cooling off period? To figure out how to compete with an Internet retailer?
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/35953-40091
[The ignorance in the use of 'free market' should be noted here. It does not mean 'punch-up', which so many imagine. It should be synonymous with 'fair', and supply that elusive 'level playing field'.]

Coalition Grows In Support Of Publishers Vs. Amazon
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ABA tells DOJ don't end agency
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/35953-39980

US Booksellers Disappointed By Google Decision to Drop Indies
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/35953-39971


    Should Publishers Control Their Own Digital Distribution?

Posted at 8:33AM Wednesday 11 Apr 2012

Publishers may be better off controlling their own distribution 
platforms. This direct-to-consumer approach cuts out the middlemen and 
gatekeepers who may favor another product other than your own.
http://www.booktrade.info/index.php/showarticle/40036/nl




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