Amazon has a small write-up explaining their decision to let Macmillan set prices. They say that Macmillan has a monopoly over their titles and Amazon want to offer the titles to Kindle owners (even if the price isn’t right) and let them decide - Macmillan, one of the “big six” publishers, has clearly communicated to us that, regardless of [...]
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Two free kindle books from James Scott Bell to say goodbye to January. They’re both religious fiction - Sins of the Fathers – It’s rated 4.5 stars on 15 reviews. Deadlock – Rated 4.5 stars on 15 reviews. The last set of free books disappeared quickly so please get these as soon as you can. Galley [...]
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First, we have Kindle Deals – 7th Heaven by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Rated 4 stars on 175 reviews and just $5. Mr. Patterson also has 20 books for $6.39 and another 23 books between $7 and $8. Dominant Species by Michael E. Marks is just $1.99. It’s a Military SciFi book published by Centurion Press. It’s rated 4.5 stars [...]
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The Bits Blog has an update from Motoko Rich stating that Macmillan offered Amazon one of two choices – An agency model like iPad will have – Publishers set eBook prices and get 70% of revenues. This would mean Publishers set prices for new books at $15 and get $10.50. The big win is the $15 price. A wholesale [...]
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