Tag Archives: Authors Guild

Amazon vs. Big Publishing

Posted on August 9, 2014 5:54 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

As most of you know, Amazon has been in a serious contract dispute with Hachette, one of the “Big Five” publishing conglomerates. Central to this conflict is ebook pricing. Big Publishing wants to keep the prices of ebooks high — … Continue reading →

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Does Amazon Pose a Danger of “Monopoly” to the Book Business?

Posted on March 17, 2012 2:55 am GMT+0000 by bidinotto

  Joe Konrath, the bad-boy guru of self-publishing, utterly demolishes another piece of nonsense written against Amazon.com by author Scott Turow, president of the Authors Guild. Turow trots out every tired liberal cliche about the alleged evils and “threats” posed … Continue reading →

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