Feb 11 2013
A Message from John Sargent – On Friday, DOJ filed papers indicating that the last publisher, Macmillan, had agreed to settle the price fixing suit. John Sargent had said in his previous letter to “Authors, Illustrators and Agents” (no readers in Sargent’s equation) that he wasn’t going to settle because he felt that Macmillan did(…)
Aug 2 2012
The Straight Dope: Who decided women should shave their legs and underarms? – “The gist of the article is that U.S. women were browbeaten into shaving underarm hair by a sustained marketing assault that began in 1915. (Leg hair came later.) The aim of what Hope calls the Great Underarm Campaign was to inform American(…)
Jul 24 2012
Introduction Yesterday, the Department of Justice released 868 comments made in support and in protest of the proposed settlement. You can find both the comments and the response here at the DOJ site. This is nothing compared to the number of 30,000+ comments that the Microsoft settlement with the DOJ generated. (A side note. The(…)
Jul 1 2012
Intro: In April, the DOJ filed suit against five of the big 6 publishers alleging an illegal price fixing conspiracy with Apple that increased prices of digital books. Three publishers have agreed to a settlement which has yet to be approved by the court. Penguin, Macmillan and Apple are proceeding forth with the suit against(…)
Jun 17 2012
Retail price maintenance v. Agency pricing The retail price maintenance (“RPM”) instituted by five of the big 6 publishers is commonly known as Agency Pricing. It is a pricing model wherein the producer of a widget, like the publisher of a book, gets to control the price. For nearly 100 years, RPM was considered per(…)
Jun 12 2012
Introduction I wasn’t going to do anything other than mention that Barnes & Noble objected to the proposed settlement between the government and three publishers: Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster but the adulatory statements of those publishing insiders about the statement really irked me and therefore, I had to post. For instance, Mike Shatzkin,(…)
May 31 2012
Deals: The Dark Glamour by Gabriella Pierce * $0.99 * A | BN | K | S – this is the sequel to 666 Park Avenue 666 Park Avenue by Gabriella Pierce * $0.99 * A | BN | K | S The House of Velvet and Glass by Katherine Howe * $2.99 * A(…)
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