Indie publisher James Atlas is indie no longer, or, Now Nancy Pearl has a friend!
Biographer and editor James Atlas, who has acquired books for HarperCollins, Penguin, and WW Norton and later published an independent list at Atlas & Co., has teamed up with Amazon… Read more »
American Booksellers Association joins boycott of books published by Amazon, effectively sealing off North America
Although numerous independent booksellers, over the last few weeks, have individually announced they would ban books published by Amazon from their stores, late yesterday the trade organization representing most of… 2 / Read more »
Can James Franco be a bestseller?
It’s a small thing, but over and over again I’ve seen industry observers appear impressed that Amazon Publishing — recently renamed “Amazon Publishing’s East Coast Group” — was able to… 3 / Read more »
Will Amazon kill the “big six” publishers?
An anonymous insider at one of New York’s big six publishers thinks so. According to a letter posted on pandodaily, and headlined a “confession,” the biggest issue is not that Amazon… 8 / Read more »
Smut, Amazon, and the biggest plagiarism problem of them all
Amazon’s publishing services have been touted for how easy they are to use. Much has been made of the story about writers bringing to market works while not having to… 2 / Read more »
Et tu, Nancy Pearl?
Nancy Pearl, the reigning “Librarian of the Year” and widely acknowledged champion of all things library science, has done the unthinkable: partner with Amazon. BusinessWire reports: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)… 6 / Read more »
It’s war: Three big publishers announce plans to share sales info with authors … just like Amazon
A Monday article in the New York Times by David Streitfeld about the threat Amazon’s publishing company poses to the industry seems to have been the spark that finally ignited… 1 / Read more »