TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » Hachette http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:25:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.4 SFWA announces membership qualifications for self-published and small press writers http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/sfwa-announces-membership-qualifications-for-self-published-writers/ http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/sfwa-announces-membership-qualifications-for-self-published-writers/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2015 02:10:12 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=125352 The Science Fiction Writers of America, or SFWA, has finally come through with its long-promised support for self-published and small press authors. A SFWA press release declares that complete details will be posted to the SFWA’s membership requirements page by March 1, 2015. (I have been informed that SFWA’s members refer to it as SFWA, […]

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Cory Doctorow speaks on self-publishing, Amazon, DRM, Hachette, and a whole lot else besides http://www.teleread.com/publishing/cory-doctorow-speaks-self-publishing-amazon-drm-hachette-whole-lot-else-besides/ http://www.teleread.com/publishing/cory-doctorow-speaks-self-publishing-amazon-drm-hachette-whole-lot-else-besides/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2015 15:25:17 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=124184 Cory Doctorow came over to Budapest at the invitation of the Center for Media, Data and Society of Central European University to speak on policing computers and other issues. In the course of a fascinating interview with me, he shared a slew of observations on a great many issues, many of which I’ll be presenting in […]

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Rick Chapman lays into Amazon advocates, KDP pricing strategy http://www.teleread.com/amazon/rick-chapman-lays-amazon-advocates-kdp-pricing-strategy/ http://www.teleread.com/amazon/rick-chapman-lays-amazon-advocates-kdp-pricing-strategy/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:25:27 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=122760 Indie science fiction author and business book writer Rick Chapman has unleashed a long diatribe against Amazon’s pricing model for Kindle Direct Publishing, which does make some valid points – although they’re buried among a screed against Amazon’s defenders (who he charmingly refers to as the Aggregated Amazon Ankle Grabbers, or AAAGs), and also somewhat obscured […]

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Amazon and Hachette finally agree to a contract! http://www.teleread.com/amazon/amazon-hachette-finally-agree-contract/ http://www.teleread.com/amazon/amazon-hachette-finally-agree-contract/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2014 20:55:02 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=120968 Finally! While I’m sure that Authors United and their compatriots will continue to find something to harp about, it should stop being how big bad Amazon is bullying poor benighted Hachette. According to the letter to Hachette authors and agents (via Joe Konrath): The new agreement delivers considerable benefits. It gives us full responsibility for […]

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News Corp results show how badly those poor disrupted publishers are hurting … http://www.teleread.com/harpercollins/news-corp-results-show-badly-poor-disrupted-publishers-hurting/ http://www.teleread.com/harpercollins/news-corp-results-show-badly-poor-disrupted-publishers-hurting/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2014 21:38:05 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=120460 News Corporation, that big bouncy Murdoch baby, demonstrated just how badly the Big Five publishers really need rescuing from Bezos’s brutal bullying bugbear Amazon – by delivering quarterly results well above expectations, buoyed in part by strong performance at publishing unit HarperCollins. According to the results release, News Corp’s performance for the first quarter of its […]

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Wylie the jackal becomes Hachette’s running dog? http://www.teleread.com/publishing/wylie-jackal-becomes-hachettes-running-dog/ http://www.teleread.com/publishing/wylie-jackal-becomes-hachettes-running-dog/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:25:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=120165 Never one to bear a grudge or indulge in overly aggressive, unreflective self-promotion, Andrew Wylie can’t seem to forgive Amazon for the failure of his Odyssey JV with them – or in general, for failing to acknowledge that nothing moves until Andrew Wylie says so. And now he’s blaming Amazon for depriving writers of a […]

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Simon & Schuster reportedly reaches agency deal with Amazon http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schuster-reportedly-reaches-agency-deal-with-amazon/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/simon-schuster-reportedly-reaches-agency-deal-with-amazon/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2014 22:50:03 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=119722 The interesting times we live in might just have gotten a little more interesting. Right as Hachette is in the middle of a protracted contact negotiation dispute with Hachette comes a rumor, via Publishers Weekly, that its fellow Big Five publisher Simon & Schuster has just finalized a contract deal with Amazon. The deal would […]

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Morning Links: Flight attendants and electronic devices. Why privacy is important. http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-links-flight-attendants-electronic-devices-privacy-important/ http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-links-flight-attendants-electronic-devices-privacy-important/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:00:42 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=119426 The Flight Attendants Union Wants You to Put Away Your eReader on Takeoff (The Digital Reader) The WSJ reported on Friday that the AFA-CWA thinks you’re not paying enough attention during the safety briefings. *** Why Your Privacy Matters, Even If You’re Not “Doing Anything Wrong” (Lifehacker) Glenn Greenwald—one of the first reporters to write […]

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New York Times public editor finds bias in its Amazon/Hachette coverage http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/new-york-times-public-editor-finds-bias-in-its-amazonhachette-coverage/ http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/new-york-times-public-editor-finds-bias-in-its-amazonhachette-coverage/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2014 14:45:47 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=119075 Wow, this is pretty big. For quite some time, indie publishing bloggers such as Hugh Howey, Joe Konrath, and David Gaughran have been complaining about the slanted nature of the New York Times’s coverage of the Amazon/Hachette squabble. Now New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan has taken a look at the Times’s coverage and […]

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HarperCollins offers authors higher royalties for direct sales http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/harpercollins-offers-authors-higher-royalties-for-direct-sales/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/harpercollins-offers-authors-higher-royalties-for-direct-sales/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2014 22:17:23 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=119054 One of the rallying cries of author advocates and Amazon adversaries alike has been that publishers should start selling their books direct to the public instead of letting middle-man Amazon have so much power. Another rallying cry is that publishers should pay authors bigger royalties. Well, Publishers Weekly reports that HarperCollins is combining those two […]

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More from Neil Gaiman on the Amazon/Hachette faceoff http://www.teleread.com/amazon/neil-gaiman-amazonhachette-faceoff/ http://www.teleread.com/amazon/neil-gaiman-amazonhachette-faceoff/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2014 16:25:30 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=118088 Neil Gaiman’s views on the Amazon/Hachette spat seem to have evolved a little since Chris Meadows last reported on them in mid-June. According to an answer to a self-published author and fan recently posted on “the official Neil Gaiman Tumblr, but honestly no better than the unofficial Neil Gaiman Tumblrs out there,” Gaiman now says: […]

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In dismissing Amazon’s Orwell quotation, Laura Miller misinterprets Orwell herself http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/in-dismissing-amazons-orwell-quotation-laura-miller-misinterprets-orwell-herself/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/in-dismissing-amazons-orwell-quotation-laura-miller-misinterprets-orwell-herself/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2014 01:15:55 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=117784 There she goes again. Salon’s Laura Miller has penned the latest in a series of tirades against Amazon, this one summing up the squabble thus far and taking issue with Amazon’s quotation of Orwell’s discussion of paperbacks in its “Readers United” letter explaining that lower prices were good for everyone. We’ve already discussed Miller’s biases […]

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Is Hachette gagging its authors? http://www.teleread.com/hachette/hachette-gagging-authors/ http://www.teleread.com/hachette/hachette-gagging-authors/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2014 18:25:02 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=117343 As some may know, there’s a fascinating spat going on between Lee Child, recent star of a BBC Newsnight anti-Amazon segment, and the The Passive Voice‘s readers and creator – a.k.a. David Vandagriff, recently cited, along with Chris Meadows and yours truly, as one of The Independent Publishing Magazine‘s “12 Publishing Shakers You Should Be […]

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Simon & Schuster results show good performance as Amazon talks http://www.teleread.com/simon-schuster/simon-schuster-results-show-good-performance-amazon-talks/ http://www.teleread.com/simon-schuster/simon-schuster-results-show-good-performance-amazon-talks/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:25:41 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=117246 CBS Corporation, parent company of Simon & Schuster, has just released its second quarter 2014 financial results, with performance numbers for the publishing group that is reportedly in talks with Amazon. “Publishing revenues for the second quarter of 2014 increased to $211 million from $189 million for the same prior-year period, driven by higher print […]

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How many UK authors can you buy for the cost of an NYT ad? http://www.teleread.com/new-york-times/many-uk-authors-can-buy-cost-nyt-ad/ http://www.teleread.com/new-york-times/many-uk-authors-can-buy-cost-nyt-ad/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:25:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=117238 Class, today’s math question is: How many UK authors can you buy for the cost of a single full-page New York Times ad? And we’re going to compare the average median income of a British author, as calculated by the the UK Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society (ALCS), with the cost of a full-page ad […]

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