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guyanonymous · 02-05-2010, 02:21 PM

http://us.macmillan.com/splash/publishers/index.html
http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/pub...ng-groups.aspx
http://www.harpercollins.com/footer/companyProfile.aspx (right hand side)

A nice convenient list of the publishers that are tied to each of the uberpublishers.

I'm not clear on this. Does, for example, HarperCollins own all of the smaller publishing houses? Or do they operate independently and will they be setting their own pricing?

If each of the "big 3" listed above owns the publishers listed on their pages, then I seriously question where competition has gone. Especially when the "big 3" are working hand-in-hand (with Apple and each other?) to price-fix? And if they do own them all, then I'll be avoiding a lot of books in the future.

02-05-2010, 02:21 PM	#38
guyanonymous Guru Posts: 692 Karma: 27532 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Ebookwise 1150 / 1200	http://us.macmillan.com/splash/publishers/index.html http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/pub...ng-groups.aspx http://www.harpercollins.com/footer/companyProfile.aspx (right hand side) A nice convenient list of the publishers that are tied to each of the uberpublishers. I'm not clear on this. Does, for example, HarperCollins own all of the smaller publishing houses? Or do they operate independently and will they be setting their own pricing? If each of the "big 3" listed above owns the publishers listed on their pages, then I seriously question where competition has gone. Especially when the "big 3" are working hand-in-hand (with Apple and each other?) to price-fix? And if they do own them all, then I'll be avoiding a lot of books in the future.