Tag Archives: Macmillan
Good Guys, Bad Guys, Which is Which?
For now, at least, the dust has settled in the Amazon/MacMillan confrontation. Last weekend Amazon restored the buy buttons for MacMillan and its imprints, although with some seriously deep discounting of hardcovers and that same objectionable $9.99 sticker on the Kindle editions. Amazon has agreed to accept the same model MacMillan uses for its dealings [...]
Showdown
As of Tuesday night, Amazon’s standoff with Macmillan has showed no signs of resolving itself since they went head to head Friday. For those not following the ins and outs of the situation obsessively, which is probably most people, the setup is as follows:
In the course of negotiations, Macmillan CEO John Sargent proposed a plan [...]
