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Penguin Random House does its competitors a favor by walking away from subscription

November 19, 2014 by Mike Shatzkin 30 Comments

I sometimes feel like I’m the only guy in town (NYC, but I’d include London too) contemplating out loud how Penguin Random House might use its position as by far the biggest commercial trade publisher to make life a bit more difficult for its competitors, which in the first instance means the Following Four: HarperCollins […]

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Subscriptions are in the news this week

July 24, 2014 by Mike Shatzkin 16 Comments

Subscriptions for ebooks are certainly in the news this week. Amazon just announced their Kindle Unlimited offering, taking its place beside Oyster and Scribd as a “one price for all you can eat” Netflix- or Spotify-for-ebooks program. And the Book Industry Study Group has released a lengthy and fact-filled report from Ted Hill and Kate […]

Filed Under: Authors, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Self-Publishing, Subscriptions, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon, Baen, Big Five, BISG, Book Industry Study Group, Hachette, HarperCollins, Hugh Howey, Kate Lara, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle Unlimited, KU, Macmillan, Madeline McIntosh, Oyster, Penguin Random House, Publishers Lunch, Scribd, Simon & Schuster, Ted Hill

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