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January 20, 2015

The State of our Reading Habits (2015 edition)

JanetLetters of OpinionAgency pricing / book buying habits / digital books / digital publishing / genres / print books / Reader Habits / subgeneres46 Comments

I don’t know about you all, but I could use a small breather from the heavy this week. So as I was thinking about this week’s post, I kept circling back to a couple of interesting tweets from Digital Book World. First, a comment from Kobo’s head bookseller, Nathan Maharaj, ... more >

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February 17, 2013

Some post price fixing settlement thoughts

JaneEbooksAgency pricing13 Comments

I have a number of thoughts running around my head over the Agency pricing resolution and the post settlement state of affairs. 1)  Will Agency pricing be brought back in two years. Per the terms of the settlement, publishers’ right to control prices will return in two years.  The question ... more >

December 2, 2012

Your Rights and Deadlines Under the Price Fixing Settlement

JaneEbooksAgency pricing / lawsuits18 Comments

Introduction This post is to help ebook buyers understand their rights and deadlines in the price fixing settlement.  Minnesotans, this post is not for you. Nor does it apply to those in DC  or one of the five Territories or Commonwealths  It’s about the ebook price fixing settlement and for ... more >

October 11, 2012

Thursday News: Bent Objects; Apple destroys secrecy; Questionable free speech issue

JaneUncategorizedAgency pricing / Amazon / ereader device / Free Speech12 Comments

Yesterday around 3-4 pm CST, Amazon engaged in some weird pricing shenanigans with several books (who knows how many) getting a 31% off treatment. Initially some on the Amazon boards thought it signaled the end of agency for Simon & Schuster but after investigating, I noticed that several Macmillan books ... more >

September 21, 2012

Friday News: Music market controlled by four labels; Walmart says no to Kindle; eBook discounts are reaching 97%

JaneUncategorizedAgency pricing / Amazon / Wal-mart12 Comments

Wait, it’s Friday already? Universal-EMI Merger Could Yield New Mega-Label To Threaten The Future Of Music – Did the internet ruin record labels? I mean, Napster, Pandora, the decline of the CD and the rise of the low priced single heralded the end of labels, right? Apparently not. The four ... more >

July 2, 2012

Monday Morning News: Timeline of the pricefixing lawsuit, Digital readers being spied on, and

JaneUncategorizedAgency pricing / book prices / Contest / lawsuits / Literary Criticism / Retail Price Maintenance28 Comments

I’m changing things up a little.  More and more people apparently read the news roundup that I post every day and therefore I’ve decided to post the news posts first thing in the morning.  That’s when most people read the news and thus Dear Author can be a consistent morning ... more >

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