Comments on: Two of the best explanations of the Amazon/Macmillan book battle http://kindlerama.com/two-of-the-best-explanations-of-the-amazonmacmillan-book-battle Tips and tricks for your Amazon Kindle Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:10:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Richard Orlin http://kindlerama.com/two-of-the-best-explanations-of-the-amazonmacmillan-book-battle/comment-page-1#comment-1310 Richard Orlin Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:19:31 +0000 http://kindlerama.com/?p=981#comment-1310 If Macmillan is hellbent on forcing this pricing on it’s customers, then I will be forced to forego Macmillan books in the future unless they are reasonably priced. Unlike some, I will not give them bad reviews, because reviews should be based on content, not price. I will attempt to hit Macmillan where they will most feel it: in the pocketbook and I suggest that others do the same. Before the Kindle came into my life, I either made do with the library or waited until the cheaper paperback came out. There is no book that I must read so urgently that I can’t wait a few months. However, I agree with most in that e-books should not cost as much as their paper counterparts. These days, the book is already in an electronic format before it goes to the printer. The cost to format it as pdf, ePub or Mobi are minimal. The publisher incurs no more costs whether one copy or three million copies are sold. Anything past the initial formatting costs is 100% profit. “The future of publishing” is not fueling this, John Sargent”s greed is what is fueling this. Well, to quote Henry Blodget (Silicon Alley Insider Jan 31, 2010): “Hey john Sargent, CEO of Macmillan Books, Screw You!” For the record, here are all the subsidiaries of Macmillan Books: Farrar, Straus and Giroux FSG Hardcovers FSG Paperbacks Hill & Wang Faber & Faber First Second Henry Holt & Co. Henry Holt Hardcovers Henry Holt Paperbacks Metropolitan Books Times Books Macmillan Audio Behind the Wheel Nature Publishing Group Palgrave Macmillan Picador Quick and Dirty Tips Scientific American St. Martin’s Press Minotaur Books Thomas Dunne Books Tor/Forge Tor Books Forge Books Orb Books Tor/Seven Seas If Macmillan is hellbent on forcing this pricing on it’s customers, then I will be forced to forego Macmillan books in the future unless they are reasonably priced. Unlike some, I will not give them bad reviews, because reviews should be based on content, not price. I will attempt to hit Macmillan where they will most feel it: in the pocketbook and I suggest that others do the same.
Before the Kindle came into my life, I either made do with the library or waited until the cheaper paperback came out. There is no book that I must read so urgently that I can’t wait a few months. However, I agree with most in that e-books should not cost as much as their paper counterparts. These days, the book is already in an electronic format before it goes to the printer. The cost to format it as pdf, ePub or Mobi are minimal. The publisher incurs no more costs whether one copy or three million copies are sold. Anything past the initial formatting costs is 100% profit.
“The future of publishing” is not fueling this, John Sargent”s greed is what is fueling this. Well, to quote Henry Blodget (Silicon Alley Insider Jan 31, 2010): “Hey john Sargent, CEO of Macmillan Books, Screw You!”
For the record, here are all the subsidiaries of Macmillan Books:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
FSG Hardcovers
FSG Paperbacks
Hill & Wang
Faber & Faber
First Second
Henry Holt & Co.
Henry Holt Hardcovers
Henry Holt Paperbacks
Metropolitan Books
Times Books
Macmillan Audio
Behind the Wheel
Nature Publishing Group
Palgrave Macmillan
Picador
Quick and Dirty Tips
Scientific American
St. Martin’s Press
Minotaur Books
Thomas Dunne Books
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
Forge Books
Orb Books
Tor/Seven Seas

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