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On Amazon stores and publishers accepting standardization; two unrelated commentaries

February 10, 2016 by Mike Shatzkin 28 Comments

When the “Amazon-opening-400-stores” rumor landed a week ago, many people were gobsmacked. It took me a minute to get past that, which also required getting past my firm conviction when they opened the Seattle store last year that it was an information-gathering exercise, not the opening move of a bigger retail play. But, when you […]

Filed Under: General Trade Publishing, Marketing, New Models, Scale, Supply-Chain, Unbundling Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Publishing, Amazon Studios, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Conde Nast Entertainment, Doubleday, Ingram, John Sherer, Leonard Shatzkin, Longleaf Distribution, Mellon Foundation, New Yorker, omni-channel, University of North Carolina Press, Warby Parker

No, the Big Five are not a cartel and it really ignores reality to label them as one

January 29, 2015 by Mike Shatzkin 150 Comments

One of the best-attended breakout sessions of Digital Book World 2015 was the discussion called “Should Amazon Be Constrained, and Can they Be?” which shared the very last slot on the two day program. That conversation was moderated by veteran New Yorker journalist Ken Auletta, and included Annie Lowrey of New York Magazine, thriller author […]

Filed Under: Authors, Digital Book World, General Trade Publishing, Global, Licensing and Rights, Marketing, Publishing History, Scale, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain, Vertical Tagged With: Amazon, Annie Lowrey, Atria, Barry Eisler, Barry Lynn, Big Five publishers, Bookbub, Brian Murray, HarperCollins, Hugh Howey, Joe Konrath, Judith Curr, Ken Auletta, Logical Marketing, New American Foundation, New York Magazine, New Yorker

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