Another battle may be brewing between Amazon and one of the world’s largest book publishers. HarperCollins, which is one of the publishing industry’s “Big Five,” is refusing to sign the exact same contract that… Read More
The seven-month long dispute between Hachette and Amazon was a costly one, with the company disclosing weaker sales for the year as a result. Yesterday, the publishing group’s parent company, Lagardere released… Read More
Macmillian Publishers announced today that the company has reached a distribution deal with Amazon to allow the e-commerce company to sell physical and electronic copies of its books. The multiyear… Read More
Want to buy Amanda Palmer’s “The Art of Asking” as a gift this holiday season? It’ll be as easy as reading her tweets starting later this week. Hachette will start selling… Read More
Jeff Bezos wants to make books more affordable — a goal that he says will actually help authors increase their profits. The Amazon CEO sat down with Business Insider co-founder Henry Blodget… Read More
The intense battle between Hachette Book Group and Amazon is over. After trading barbs for the past six months over pricing and profit margins for e-books, the two companies reached a multi-year… Read More
Amazon has reached a deal with Simon & Schuster, one of the five major publishers it has been negotiating with, according to a source familiar with the deal. The Wall Street… Read More
Paul Krugman is an Amazon customer. But that’s not stopping the well known columnist for The New York Times from ripping the Seattle-based tech juggernaut, noting in a column today… Read More
Amazon.com’s board will be the next group to be dragged into a months-long dispute between the online retailer and publishing giant Hachette. Authors United, a group of writers represented by… Read More
Amazon this weekend took the unusual step of asking authors and readers to send a message to Hachette Book Group CEO Michael Pietsch, appealing to the publisher to support Amazon’s push for lower… Read More
Amazon is declining to offer pre-orders for upcoming DVD and Blu-ray versions of Disney movies including “Muppets Most Wanted,” “Maleficent,” and “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” — reportedly holding back the… Read More
Amazon.com is facing another PR backlash over its ongoing dispute with publisher Hachette as a group of more than 900 authors have signed a letter demanding that the Seattle online… Read More
Amazon has gone public with new details about its high-profile standoff with book publisher Hachette, confirming that the e-commerce giant is trying to lock in a standard price of $9.99 for e-books — and making… Read More
Some prominent authors have publicly voiced their frustration with Amazon amid its ongoing e-book contract dispute with Hachette Book Group. Now, it appears Amazon is responding. The New York Times… Read More
Amazon has come under fire in recent months as it continues to fight with book publisher Hachette over e-book pricing, but the company is now getting a show of support from… Read More
A top executive for Amazon’s e-book business is defending the company’s tactics in its high-profile dispute with publisher Hachette, saying that it’s “acting in the long-term interest of our customers.” “This discussion… Read More
Amazon calls Edan Lepucki’s new book California one of the “best books of July,” but the highly anticipated novel about a post-apocalyptic world has been caught in a real-life battle. Lepucki finds herself… Read More
After previously warning of delays of 1 to 2 months for JK Rowling’s new book, “The Silkworm,” Amazon is now describing the hardcover title as “in stock” with a delay of only 1-2 days… Read More
Apple is currently featuring a limited-time sale on pre-orders for 26 upcoming e-books, including J.K. Rowling’s “The Silkworm” (her second book written under the pen name Robert Galbraith), four new… Read More
Walmart and Barnes & Noble aren’t the only ones capitalizing on Amazon’s contract dispute with the Hachette Book Group — brick-and-mortar retailers are, too. Seattle-based independent bookstore Third Place Books said today that… Read More
Walmart and Barnes & Noble are taking advantage of Amazon’s contract dispute with the Hachette Book Group. While Hachette and Amazon are currently locked in a stalemate over pricing and profit margins for e-books,… Read More
After two weeks of silence, Amazon has finally given its side of the story in its ongoing contract dispute with Hachette Book Group — disagreeing with critics who say it’s unfairly wielding… Read More
Amazon has started blocking users from pre-ordering books published by Hachette — including a book about Amazon itself — as a part of an ongoing contract dispute between the two… Read More
Amazon’s shareholder meeting on Wednesday is one of the rare times we get to hear from Jeff Bezos. The rest of the year, the company’s founder and CEO frequently skips duties, like chatting with analysts on… Read More
People who want to buy Malcolm Gladwell’s books and some other popular titles from Amazon could be waiting for a while. Hachette Book Group is claiming that Amazon is delaying shipments… Read More
Yet more news has developed in the DOJ’s case against Apple and several book publishers over their alleged collusion to price-fix e-books, or what we like to call The Never-ending… Read More