Big-5 publisher Macmillan adds its ebooks to Scribd and Oyster
Ebook subscription offerings
Another large publisher has decided that ebook subscription services are worth testing out: Macmillan on Tuesday became the third big-5 publisher to…
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Ebooks in 2015: Dull new world
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Ebooks are feeling a bit hungover heading into the new year. The 50 Shades of Grey exuberance of 2011 and 2012 feels long…
Nature journals now free, as open access model gains steam
The public now has unprecedented access to dozens more research journals, including the prestigious Nature, as publisher Macmillan announced that 49 of its titles will be available through a free content-sharing model starting today.
Google rolls out digital textbooks, to buy and rent — but students should shop around
Google has launched a digital textbooks section of the Play store. So far, the section has fewer textbooks available than Amazon or Barnes & Noble, but the selection should increase over time.
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The biggest difference between Amazon and book publishers
“We’re in a major battle right now for the future of the industry,” former Macmillan CEO Brian Napack said at the Publishers Launch conference Wednesday. Here’s why clashes between Amazon and book publishers are inevitable.
When can a book be digital-only, and when does it need to be print too?
Book publishers discussed digital-first and digital-only initiatives at the Making Information Pay conference this week.
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Macmillan to launch two-year ebook library lending pilot
Macmillan is making some ebooks available to libraries for the first time. But the company’s two-year pilot program is limited: It only includes 1,200 older titles in the crime and mystery genres.
The right to resell: a ticking time bomb over digital goods
There’s a brewing conflict over consumers’ rights to use platforms like ReDigi to resell their books, music and other digital property. Now libraries and companies like eBay and Redbox are leading a campaign to pass “You bought it, you own it” laws.
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IPG announces DRM-free option for client publishers
IPG, the Chicago-based distributor that recently made news due to its battle over terms with Amazon (s AMZN), has announced that it…
Macmillan’s Tor/Forge will launch DRM-free digital bookstore this summer
Macmillan’s science-fiction/fantasy imprint, Tor/Forge, will launch a DRM-free digital bookstore this summer, Macmillan announced at Publishers Launch BEA today. Sci-fi authors Cory Doctorow, John Scalzi and Charlie Stross also spoke out on DRM.
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Another Macmillan imprint drops DRM
Pan Macmillan Australia’s digital-only imprint Momentum will remove DRM from all its titles by August, the company announced today. Last month, Macmillan sci-fi/fantasy imprint Tor/Forge announced it will drop DRM by early July.
Macmillan’s Tor/Forge goes DRM-free
Macmillan science fiction/fantasy imprint Tor/Forge will sell its e-books DRM-free as of “early July 2012,” the company announced today.
Update: Amazon Yanks 5,000 Kindle Titles In Fight Over Terms
Updated: IPG’s full memo to publishers on page 2.
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has turned off the buy button on nearly 5,000 Kindle titles from dist…
Macmillan CEO Promises Most (Older) E-Books Will Still Be Under $10
Weeks after Macmillan CEO John Sargent told Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) the publisher was switching to the agency model for e-book sales — promptin…
Macmillan Stacking Sandbags Against e-Book Flood
John Sargent, CEO of book publisher Macmillan, has written a blog post defending his company’s new “agency model” approach to e-book sales through retailers such as Amazon and Apple, but all the post really shows is how desperate Macmillan is to protect its existing business model.
In Amazon vs. Macmillan, Amazon Is The Winner
It was a surprising weekend for those of us who had naively imagined that after crossing the River iPad, we might actually get some Elysian…
Amazon To Customers: ‘We Will Have To Capitulate To Macmillan’
Five major publishers were highlighted by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) at Wednesday’s unveiling of the iPad and the iBookstore. Two days later, one of…
Amazon Is Doing to Publishers What Apple Did to Record Labels
Amazon is coming under fire for sanctioning Macmillan, after the book publisher said it wanted to raise prices for its e-books. But in reality, Amazon is just doing to the book industry what Apple did to the record labels in the early days of the iPod.
