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Title: Hachette book preorders return to Amazon as companies come to terms Post by: HCK on November 14, 2014, 03:00:22 am Hachette book preorders return to Amazon as companies come to terms
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Amazon and Hachette have resolved a contentious contract battle that caught readers and authors in the crossfire for months.</p><p> Neither company is talking specifics, but the New York Times reports (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/14/technology/amazon-hachette-ebook-dispute.html?ref=technology) that Hachette will get the ability to set its own ebook prices. At the same time, Amazon will offer specific financial incentives for Hachette to sell books at lower prices.</p><p> E-book pricing was seen as the central issue in the dispute, and while the companies initially kept the nature of their disagreements secret, a bit of public posturing took shape on both sides as the battle wore on. In July, Amazon posted a letter (http://www.techhive.com/article/2459148/amazon-says-cheaper-ebooks-are-better-for-everyone-in-latest-hachette-war-salvo.html) arguing that lower prices are better for everyone, because higher sales make up the difference in revenue. Hachette eventually issued its own public response (http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2014/hachette-ceos-response-to-amazon-advocate-emails-why-we-pricebooks-the-way-we-do/) in defense of its pricing, as authors banded together with a full-page anti-Amazon ad (http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/08/900-authors-sign-letter-ripping-amazon-over-its-battle-with-hachette/) in the Times.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2847721/hachette-book-pre-orders-return-to-amazon-as-companies-come-to-terms.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Hachette book preorders return to Amazon as companies come to terms (http://www.macworld.com/article/2847721/hachette-book-pre-orders-return-to-amazon-as-companies-come-to-terms.html#tk.rss_all) |