tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post6707037763704053012..comments2024-03-18T22:39:50.137-07:00Comments on A Kindle World blog: Macmillan books to go back up soon? Apple DRM - UpdateAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-74541497610379624122010-02-06T16:11:44.372-08:002010-02-06T16:11:44.372-08:00Harvey, you probably missed my reply to you on thi...Harvey, you probably missed my reply to you on this in the "Amazon surrenders" posting. I'll just repeat that here.<br /><br />Usually you can see the publisher's name and release name as well as the book's ASIN number on the product page for the book, by scrolling down about a third of the page.<br /> It'll be on the left with the other book information.<br /><br /> The problem for some will be that Macmillan also is responsible for "imprints" such as St. Martin's Press, so it's hard to know when something is a Macmillan book.<br /><br /> I'd just resist best seller fiction over $9.99 rather than only Macmillan maybe if the reason is pricing.<br /><br /> Good luck. Sometimes the Kindle book product page has only "Kindle edition" where the publisher's name ought to be.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-66165379087837654562010-02-02T22:56:39.193-08:002010-02-02T22:56:39.193-08:00Ceci, I just got back. Thanks for that - no surpr...Ceci, I just got back. Thanks for that - no surprise from Murdoch. <br /><br />Amazon will have to get creative.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-46631601748431116982010-02-02T22:49:03.579-08:002010-02-02T22:49:03.579-08:00You're right that there are no angels in this ...You're right that there are no angels in this area at all - in my view both the authors and the customers lose out unless they all decide on something not mainly self-serving and what are the chances there...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-51236261489690312882010-02-02T22:46:00.386-08:002010-02-02T22:46:00.386-08:00They certainly got a massive dose of publicity abo...They certainly got a massive dose of publicity about their desire to raise prices 50% no matter how nicely clothed the suggestion/demand.<br /><br /> Even if Amazon initially got the brunt of the ill will, ultimately it sure helped to bring some light on more of what is going on here. <br /><br /> Steve Job's video'd impromptu Q&A didn't help, and someone, I think it was Forrester guy on Len's The Reading Edge podcast who said it was a very interesting clip and that he must have been tired to say what he did as he did.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-12988660669067813562010-02-02T18:20:39.090-08:002010-02-02T18:20:39.090-08:00On a related note....sigh.
Harper Collins
http:/...On a related note....sigh. <br /><br />Harper Collins<br />http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358731,00.aspCecihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04877254849186115434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-43827582365625746242010-02-02T16:52:07.984-08:002010-02-02T16:52:07.984-08:00you are correct in that big mac will suffer and ri...you are correct in that big mac will suffer and rightly so....but big'am is no angel by a long shot....in the end...it will be the people that generate the content we purchase for our enjoyment that will take it....in the end.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16862629804075296467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-20577301977728706992010-02-02T13:13:41.991-08:002010-02-02T13:13:41.991-08:00How do we determine whether or not a book is publi...How do we determine whether or not a book is published by NacMillin?Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978483518216873259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-48151045738575150652010-02-02T11:03:16.333-08:002010-02-02T11:03:16.333-08:00Hopefully, their insistence on higher prices will ...Hopefully, their insistence on higher prices will contribute to a rise in the success of independent writers (much like mp3's did for independent music)... which is probably exactly what publishers are afraid of ... but I think they will be speeding the process/shooting themselves in the foot by insisting on higher prices.<br /><br /> I'm sure there are plenty of good lesser-known authors that may not be with big publishers like, say, McMillan, that I can & will read.mitchsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13245175550951773370noreply@blogger.com