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Old 01-29-2010, 10:34 PM   #16
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It was announced on Tor.com that it was going to be there - and in the comments thread on this post someone mentioned having emailed a screenshot from their kindle. (Comment #9), and since Tor didn't sell it DRM free it would have had to come from Amazon.
Okay. That's good enough for me.

I've been spot checking publishers from the Holtzbrink Wiki page, and while there isn't a lot of ebooks on there, not very many are showing anything hinky. Let's keep an eye on it, though.
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Old 01-29-2010, 11:44 PM   #17
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The NYT has the story

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.........the disappearance is the result of an disagreement between Amazon.com and book publishers that has been brewing for the last year. Macmillan, like other publishers, has asked Amazon to raise to the price of e-books from $9.99 to around $15.


http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/0...-disagreement/
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Old 01-29-2010, 11:46 PM   #18
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From the NYT Blog clarifying the situation; the fun of ebook price wars between the publishers and Amazon is starting!

Amazon Pulls Macmillan Books Over E-book Price Disagreement
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This just got interesting.
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Old 01-29-2010, 11:47 PM   #20
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Wow. If true, that totally puts a different spin on the Walt Mossberg-Steve Jobs "chat" after the iPad event, where Mossberg mentioned the $14 rumored price of iBooks vs. the $10 Amazon price, and Jobs replied rather testily that they'll cost the same...everyone assumed Jobs meant iBooks would be $10-but maybe...
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Well I guess tomorrow we get to find whose finger's on the trigger...
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Old 01-30-2010, 01:16 AM   #22
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Well I guess tomorrow we get to find whose finger's on the trigger...
Hmmm. This week it sounds like everyone's finger is on the trigger...

MacMillan versus Amazon (price wars)

Apple versus Amazon (eReader market)

Adobe versus Apple (flash non-support)

Apple versus Fujitsu (iPad name)
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In this particular dispute Either side might be doing it...
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This stuff just reminds me how crazy it is...the authors (like Scalzi) find out 2nd or 3rd hand that their books are no longer for sale somewhere they just assumed they would be...and they don't know really who to ask why.
Um...yes. I just found out from this thread that my newly-published Tor paperback of Sunborn is no longer available directly from Amazon. (I just checked.) Just what I need, when I'm trying to get the word out to potential readers.

I had been annoying my editor with periodic questions about when a Kindle version would appear, but I guess that's a moot point for now.
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It's all over the Kindle forums... The pulled books are also missing from Amazon.com's wish lists.
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Old 01-30-2010, 03:59 AM   #26
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Hmm.. I just bought The Eye of the World night before last. Now a search brings a page with all of Jordan's Kindle books marked "Sign up to be notified when this item becomes available."

Guess I'd better not delete it..
The ebooks which I've bought that have now been pulled are still available to download from the 'Manage Your Kindle' page so I wouldn't be too worried. However backing-up your ebooks (after stripping the DRM) is always a good precaution.
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The ebooks which I've bought that have now been pulled are still available to download from the 'Manage Your Kindle' page so I wouldn't be too worried. However backing-up your ebooks (after stripping the DRM) is always a good precaution.
By the sounds of the grumblings on other forums, it seems to be affecting USA residents .
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http://gizmodo.com/5460203/the-apple...acmillan-books

Amazon pulling paper books as well as digital? Gutsy move.
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Old 01-30-2010, 08:52 AM   #29
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Personally, I could handle it if they set the default e-price for new-release hardcovers to $15, that's what Baen does with their E-Arcs. However, if they're setting e-books of hardcovers to $15 then they should set e-books of paperbacks closer to $5.

I've rarely felt ripped off by the e-price of a book that's still in hardcover, because even when dead tree is discounted and cheaper, the e-version is usually at least lower than list. It's when the e-version is damn near double the list price of dead tree, like a $15 e-book for a $7 or $8 paperback that I get angry.

Sure does look interesting though.
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Old 01-30-2010, 09:01 AM   #30
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Is Amazon doing the pulling or is Macmillan/Holtzbrinck? Anyone know?
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