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Trade publishing isn’t one business and it needs more than one strategy

October 15, 2010 by Mike Shatzkin 20 Comments

A dispute broke out on Brantley’s list this morning and I’m in a distinct minority. Maybe a minority of only a bit more than one. The brouhaha started with observations about ebook pricing, with some very disdainful remarks about Agency pricing in principle and the big publishers’ execution of it in particular. The complaint was […]

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