Another Publisher Dumps Amazon E-Book Model

Written by: Matt Hartley on 2/05/10  |  Filed Under Mobile  |  Share    

Amazon is being hit hard by publishers that don’t agree with Amazon’s e-book pricing model. PC World reports that with the Macmillian e-book pricing dispute, other publishers are joining the fight against Amazon’s e-book policies. Clearly, publishers feel that it devalues the value of the printed word.

What does this mean to you?

Like any content provider, the distributor is only as strong as the content creator. In Amazon’s case, it seems that content creators are ticked off and demanding that changes take place immediately. Now the big question is whether or not Amazon will deal with this or continue to ignore the issue. Are e-books being devalued by Amazon’s policies? I think the marketplace should decide this instead of the publishing industry, but that’s just me.

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  • nicolechardenet
    The publishers are begging on bended knee to be pirated. Everyone knows an e-book shouldn't cost as much as a dead tree book, but the greedheads at the Big Six are reinventing the Edsel last abandoned by the music industry. I sure as hell am not going to pay $15 a book, $10 was far more reasonable. Glad I'm not a published author right now because the industry is working even harder to not sell any books as it was before the Crash.
  • nicolechardenet
    BTW I'm not suggesting I'll pirate ebooks instead; I'll just wait for the publishers to cry uncle, as they invariably will, when people stop buying e-books. If I was a published author right now, I'd be really, really pissed, and not at Amazon.
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